The Sound Projector Third issue 1998
Online version 2004
Contents and Credits
Original position in magazine: pages 1-2
Introduction to the online version
The Sound Projector third issue was published in January 1998. This issue had a contribution from David Elliott (musician, tape-label owner, fanzine editor) who had written about Krautrock and Kosmische in the 1980s and is now a music journalist living in Japan. We were also joined by Niall Richardson, brother of Harley, with a tempting glimpse into his exotica collection; Niall has since become a recognised expert in Bollywood soundtrack records. Andrea B was a mystery American woman who ran a small record label called Garden of Delights; she made a brief appearance with short record reviews in The Discurator’s Den.
For this online edition, the content remains exactly as written, although I have inserted a few additional comments in places. Certain dates (eg release dates, original recording dates), missing from the printed version, have been added to record reviews where they might enhance our understanding. This sort of ‘research’ is now possible using Google. The editorial content remains unaltered.
Below is the original contents page and credits page.
Ed Pinsent, September-October 2004
June 2007 update: the Kosmische page from issue 3 has now been recycled into Krautrock Kompendium.
Contents
Editorial - Too Many CDs p 2
American Monsters
The mystery of Raymond Scott (and even a little about Carl Stalling) pp 3-6
Simeon Coxe - Silver Apples live p 62
In the Art Gallery: commissions, omissions, strange emissions
Steve Roden / In Between Noise pp 7-8; Conrad Schnitzler p 8; Henri Chopin p 9; Remora p 9; Martin Archer and friends p 10; Trevor Wishart, Pauline Oliveros p 11 The Touch Label - Ash International Trilogy p 13; Disinformation, Farmers Manual, Mika Vanio p 14; Joe Banks interview pp 15-17
Your Ears..Oh My Bag: JapCore, Extreme Noise Madness, Sampling Virus and Ethnic Orientals
Ground-Zero live at LMC p 19; Merzbow - Scumtron and other travesties pp 24-25; Magical Power Mako pp 26-27; The Gyaatees p 20; Musica Transonic p 20; Neu Konservativ God Mountain sampler p 21; Frieze magazine p 22; Yamada Chisato’s Fantasy World p 22; Bi Kyo Ran p 23; Mikami Kan p 23
Shades of Darkness
Don’t use the M-Word… Niblock, Palestine and Wada, three great composer / performers in the one-note mode pp 28-29
The Crackling Ether: Ambient marshlands and sleep-inducing throbs
James Plotkin (+ Mick Harris) pp 30-31; Narcosis comp p 32; Flux p 31; Tactile p 31; Solarus p 32; Driftworks p 32; Thomas Köner p 33
Mephistophelean Beats! Drum ‘n’ Bass theoreticians
Dr Octagon p 35; Cypress Hill pp 34-35; DJ Spooky p 36
War Arrow’s Skipload of Tapes
Devastating sarcastic wit, nine home recording masterworks…and a competition! pp 37-40
Are you a Tree Frog
The A-Musik label and Isolationist Techno-freaks in Cologne pp 41-42
The Mossbed of Improvisation: Krautrock and German Cosmische Musik of all stripe
Krautrocksampler Movies evening at the NFT 1/8/97 hosted by Julian Cope pp 44-45; Tangerine Dream book by Paul Stump pp 46-47; Can - Sacrilege or Temptation for Fools? p 45; Space Explosion - Krautrock supergroup p 47; La Düsseldorf - their three matchless albums on proper CD pp 48-49; Agitation Free p 50; Annexus Quam p 50; Xhol Caravan p 51; Bröselmaschine p 50; Unknown Deutschland p 51 (page removed June 2007)
Heldon
French 70s rock-experimentalists given the once-over, by David Elliott pp 52-53
The Phantom of Liberty: UK Improvised Music
Derek Bailey p 55; Evan Parker p 55; Spontaneous Music Ensemble p 56; Guitar drums n bass p 56; Solar Wind p 57; Dislocation p 57; Tony Bevan p 57; The XIII Ghosts p 58; Descension p 58; P53; Chris Cutler and Zeena Parkins p 58…and a short interview with Martin Davidson pp 59-60
Volume Control: Books and Magazines
The Gravikords Whirlies and Pyrophones box set - Incredibly Strange Music has a lot to answer for…absurd oddities to tickle a jaded palate in a chocolate box sampler p 63…plus Resonance Retuning radio p 64
The Discurator’s Den: round up of record-reviews, good and not so good
Amber Asylum; Scanner vs Hovercraft; His Name is Alive; Barbara Manning; Charles Hayward; Spaceheads; Thurston Moore and Borbetomagus; Bob Drake; Broadcast; Total; Loren Mazzacane Connors; Yo La Tengo; LaBradford; Aqueous; The Trial of Bow; Voltolux; rhBand; Atman; Electroscope; Sophia; Stephen Fellows; Krel; Piano Magic pp 65-70
Lightweight but Likeable: E-Z Pickens from the string sections
Niall Richardson digs up three favourite Sound Obscurios pp 71-72
Credits
The Sound Projector Third Issue is dated January 1998
It was written mostly by Ed Pinsent (Editor)
With contributions from:
- Harley Richardson - musician and multimedia whiz
- Niall Richardson - brother of the above, connoisseur of E-Z lissning
- Andrea B - Garden of Delights head honchessa
- David Elliott - friend to the Cosmische music stars
- War Arrow - Industrial music specialist, limner and historian of Ancient Mexico
- John Bagnall - shape-note enthusiast and supernatural cartoonist
Pictures
- Ian Middleton - untitled works, used to illustrate Phantom of Liberty and Shades of Darkness
- Mark Robinson (cartoonist and teacher) - back cover and Silver Apples
- Niall Richardson - In the Art Gallery
- Ed Pinsent - cover and various ink drawings / collages
- Typewriter portrait of Henri Chopin is by Robert Morgan (1974)
- Can Sacrilege photo is by Joe Dilworth
- Disinformation (p 17) is by Joe Banks
- Neger Memorial photo is by Dr Caroline Grigson
- Entire Contents are Copyright © 1997 / 2004 by their respective creators
Thanks this time to: Martin Davidson, Ed Baxter, Mike Harding, Edwin Pouncey