Musick that Needed Work: T - The Tape-beatles

 

Plagiarism® is a collective vision. It is also the registered trademark (with tongue deeply in cheek) of the Tape-beatles, originally the Iowa City duo of Lloyd Dunn & John Heck. 

 

They set out to create music without using musical instruments. Their sampling was a conscious attemp at cultural & economic usage of so-called copyrighted material. They were influenced by the audio collage work of French concrete musicians, such as Pierre Henri & Pierre Schaeffer as well as a few other modernist composers like Edgard Varèse & John Cage.

Their first release was a resounding success... 

 

 

The Tape-beatles - The Subtle Buoyancy of Pulse cassette, Plagiarism, 1989.
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The Big Broadcast side -    
The Charlie Murdock Show    
The Ads Become the News    
Listen to the Radio    
These are Our Radio Voices    
Sing Sing Sing (Sing Sing)    
These are the Real Things    
Scream Scream Scream    
Play by Their Rules    
Microphone Burning in Flames    
Really Fine Sounds    
Big Show    
Opera Lady    
Take My Hand    
Radio Plays    
It's Been Done    
    
Plagiarism [v.2] side -    
Individual Choice    
Concern About    
I'm Lonely    
Guitar Filler    
A Hard Hand to Hold    
Wow, Feel the Amazing Power    
Recognize, Resist    
The Yoke of Bondage    
The Salt (Xatta Xig Xinkel)    
I Think I'm in Heaven    
The Law of Repetition    
The Law of Always Being Nice    
Piano Filler    
You People are in Great Danger    
You Make the Choice    
Urgent Rushing Around    
What Kind of Problems    
Catbird Logo    
Blank Filler    
Good Morning (reprise) 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple others to sink your ears into... 

The Tape-beatles - America is Confident 6" flexi,, Plagiarism, 1992.

America is Confident 

  

The Tape-beatles - Grave Implications 7" single, Carburetor Records brt001, 1993.

Side A -
Grave Implications
Side B -
Home Problems

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ