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When I was working on R. Stevie Moore for last month's Musick that Needed Work - R, I came across my musikal stash of Minóy. Happily (to me) much of his work has been re-issued since 2014 on his original tape label Minóy Cassetteworks or on Phil Klinger's other label, PBKsound. 

 

Cassetteworks was the label run by Minóy himself from his home address at 923 W. 232 Street in Torrance, California from the 1980s through the early 1990s. Cassettes produced on this label were dubbed by Minóy with a copyright followed by a year & his signature or collaboration project name along the right edge of the spine of the tape. Only a few of the tapes he releases were actually branded "Minóy Cassetteworks".

Sound of Pig, out of Great Neck, New York under the management of Al Margolis was another outlet for Minóy releases enabling them to reach a larger(?) audience. Al Margolis earned the title "Cassette Godfather" with his Sound of Pig cassette label by releasing obscure tapes, distributing them through a growing DIY music underground. 

 

Minoy - The Art of Egyptian Bathing, Minóy Cassetteworks C60 cassette, 1986.
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Side A -
The Art of Egyptian Bathing
Side B -
Secret Ceremony
Time Step

 

 

 

 

Minóy – Pretty Young Negro Man, Minóy Cassetteworks C60 cassette, 1986.

Side A -
Pretty Young Negro Man
Side B -
Outback

This particular one was recorded live January 27, 1988 in San Bernardino, California...

 

 

Minóy – Devil Music - Minoy Live!, Nihilistic Recordings C60 cassette, 1988.

Side A -
The Flavor of Acid on Ice (A Dance in the Manner of Japanese Butoh)
Me & My Shadow
Side B -
Phil Runs the Voodoo Down

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ