Tape Chants is made up of performances and compositions using tapes as the main source material, as well as mono speakers of various cassette players for the piece's amplification. Inspired by experiments with tape loops, cassette players and recorders, analog synths, sine oscillators, mixer feedback, contact mics and various acoustic sound sources. The studio version adds rhythmic textures to the once static drone compositions.

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?It's not too surprising that any release on the Kranky label would begin with a dark, dramatic drone, though some may be surprised that Invocation barely lasts a minute long. But it's a good representation of what Gregg Kowalsky's art is like, at once working in familiar areas while exploring twists and turns of his own devising. Growing out of a series of performances and installations that relied on such things as multiple amplified sound sources and specific audience placement, Tape Chants is by defau...   [ read more ]

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