Taming Lions With Drugs

Herd Of The Ether Space

Taming Lions With Drugs by Herd Of The Ether Space 1 Lyrically Cackling Microchip Flavor 2 High Fashion Rhythms With Frosty Taste 3 Crematory Story 4 Taming Lions With Drugs 5 Three Guys Jumped A Killr Recorded in October of 1992, the cassette album entitled: "Taming Lions With Drugs" documents the last two sessions in which Herd Of The Ether Space (HOTES) recorded with the Frippertronics-style tape loop system which had been its mainstay during the previous decade. After more than a dozen years of abuse, served up during hundreds of recording sessions and live performances by HOTES and the Taped Rugs acts: -ING, Disism, and Charles Rice Goff III, the two old Pioneer RT-707 reel-to-reel tape recorders were deteriorating. The playback and recording qualities of both decks had dulled to the point that a single sound could barely survive three looped repetitions before fading into an audio blur. The first two recordings archived here were recorded on October 24th, 1992, during a session powered by the duo of Goff and Robert Silverman. Silverman commanded Ensoniq synthesizer, electronic guitar, and voice. Goff accompanied on Micro Moog synthesizer, electronic guitar, voice, phonograph, and modified electronic toys. Both Ether men employed a battery of electronic sound effects as well; however, the main sound effect which they both played through was the tape loop system itself. No other effect can produce the same orchestrated rhythms as a Frippertronics-style tape loop, and evidence of this unique quality can be heard on these recordings. The other three pieces archived here were recorded on October 31st (Halloween), 1992. While Rod Serling and Edgar Allan Poe did not attend this Samhain gathering, their spirits were likely hanging around as Will Flanagan (aka Will Marston), George Gibson, Goff, and Killr "Mark" Kaswan traded horror stories and supernatural sonics in the dark Oakland night. The air in the recording studio that Hallows Eve seemed heavy with the breath of death, as the possessed Ether men spoke in tongues, summoning disturbing tales of terror. On recollection, this mortuous mood was quite fitting, since the herdsmen were witnessing the last trip around the reels for their beloved Frippertronics system. A huge variety of instrumentation helped to stir the Ether on this occasion, but some of its most dramatic aspects were exhibited through the unnerving narratives contained in "Three Guys Jumped A Killr" and "Crematory Story." The "Taming Lions With Drugs" cassette album was released to the public in 1993 by Taped Rugs Productions (USA) and by Alex Frick's Neuzeitliche Tonkonstruktionen (Germany). An additional recording from the October 31st session was released by Taped Rugs and the California outlet of Kentucky Fried Royalty on the 1993 cassette album entitled: "Audio Endurance Test," archived at the link below: http://www.archive.org/details/AudioEnduranceTest Copyright 1992, 1993 By Taped Rugs Productions www.tapedrugs.com ............................