Reel Trills

Disism

Reel Trills by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III & Killr "Mark" Kaswan 1 Manipulating The King 2 Horsehair On The Capstan 3 The Twisted 4 Wizardy Word From Page 304 Again 5 Scents Of Radar 6 Curse Of The Anti-Gershwin 7 Irregular Groove Recorded At Taped Rugs Studio Oakland, California, USA Sound Generators: Electronic Guitars, Electronic Bass, Electrified Cello, Electronic Children's Toys, Voices, Radar Signals, Foot Pedal Effects, Clarinet, Music Box, Portable Biofeedback Monitor, Oddly-Played Vinyl Records, Prerecorded Tapes, Frippertronics-Style Tape Loop System, Tape Manipulation. Track One Special Guest: Timothy Burden-Armstrong - Vocals Some Notes: The seven recordings that make up "Reel Trills" are excerpts from improvised sound collages that were created by Disism in the mid-late 1980's. Goff and Kaswan compiled these excerpts (and a few others) in 1988, specifically to be used by Ronald Lessard (of RRRecords) in Lowell, Massachusetts. Lessard and some of his associates hosted a regular broadcast called "Due Process" on WZBC radio, Boston College. The broadcast was a live, on-air, sound collage, which featured blends of various home recorded cassettes. The Disism material was specifically featured on the Due Process Show: "RRRadio #28." Disism received a cassette with: "RRRadio #28" scratched into its clear plastic casing from Lessard in early 1989, which documented forty-five minutes of the broadcast on which Disism's recordings were featured. The recordings on Reel Trills DO NOT include the Due Process radio broadcast itself. They have never before been made available to the public in this form. "Reel Trills" is Volume Six of the Disism "reDIScovery" series of audio recordings. Disism was founded in 1985 by Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan. There was no such term as Disism in 1985, when Goff and Kaswan made it up to represent their brand of non-genre music. Between 1986 and 1993, Disism released nine cassette albums to the public. The next public Disism release was a CDR, recorded and produced in 2002. In 2012, Disism met in Kansas City, Kansas, to record several on-site improvisations, producing three CDRs from their rejuvenated efforts. Over the many years that Disism has been in existence, some recordings of live performances and brief out takes from improvised recordings have been made public in various forms as well. The Disism "reDIScovery" series was born in 2012, after Goff unearthed several cassette tapes of Disism in-studio improvisations and collages that had been recorded between 1988 and 1995. While a few brief portions of these tapes had been incorporated into Disism's official cassette releases, most of this recorded material had simply remained unheard and forgotten since its creation. Goff is responsible for editing these recordings into their current forms and for making them available to the public. Taped Rugs Productions is offering "Reel Trills" to the public online, on CDR, and on cassette. Copyright 1988 and 2014 by Taped Rugs Productions www.tapedrugs.com Artwork by Justin Jackley www.justinjackley.com ...............................