Here's an interesting vinyl release that collectors and otherwise fans of eccentric music will be excited to get their hands on: Dais Records will be rereleasing author William Burroughs' experimental "tape experiments" album Nothing Here Now But The Recordings during January.
The original collection was released during 1981 as the final album from iconic Industrial Records. Industrial was run primarily by Genesis P-Orridge, the founding member of industrial music icons Throbbing Gristle. P-Orridge and fellow Gristle member Sleazy (Peter Christopherson) became friends with Burroughs via a classified advertisement, according to Resident Advisor. The pair were aware that the member of the beat generation had conducted experimental recordings using the cut-up technique, where text is sliced up and rearranged to make less logical prose. Burroughs had done said experiments during the '50s and '60s but it was only rereleased after some mastering from P-Orridge and company.
Although Industrial Records isn't back in action, P-Orridge has worked with Dais Recordings for rereleases of his former acts such as COUM Transmissions and Psychic TV. Burroughs did plenty of work in the recording industry, and not necessarily with the most abstract of performers. He's collaborated with everyone from Philip Glass to hip-hop group the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.
Check out the tracklist for a hint at what the rest of the album might sound like:
01) Captain Clark Welcomes You Aboard
02) The Saints Go Marching Through All The Popular Tunes
03) Summer Will
04) Outside The Pier Prowed Like Electric Turtles
05) The Total Taste Is Here - News Cut-Up
06) Choral Section, Backwards
07) We See The Future Through The Binoculars Of The People
08) Just Checking Your Summer Recordings
09) Creepy Letter - Cut-Up At The Beat Hotel In Paris
10) Inching - "Is This Machine Recording?"
11) Handkerchief Masks - News Cut-Up
12) Word Falling - Photo Falling
13) Throat Microphone Experiment
14) It's About Time To Identify Oven Area
15) Last Words of Hassan Sabbah
