Label: Tribe Tapes

極上の米コラージュ名作が初再発!!自主レーベルJim Tapesからの出版を中心に、Controlled Bleedingへの素材提供、Broken FlagやDry Lungsを含む数え切れない程のコンピレーションに参加し、僅か5~6年のライブ&パフォーマンス活動の後に解散してしまったJames LevineのプロジェクトCroiners。初の1stソロアルバムとして87年にカセット出版、テープ・ループ、サンプラー、MIDIハードウェアを駆使しガシガシにコラージュしまくった名作[Music To Listen To Other Tapes By]のリイシュー版。めくるめく悪夢的音響配置に惹き込まれる事必至。





“Music To Listen To Other Tapes By” is the essential work of clip art noise and american xerox prodigy Croiners AKA James Levine, originally self-distributed as part of the 1980s cassette culture underground and often regarded as a highlight of that era.

Muzak and industrial assemblages are processed via tape loops, samplers, and an adoption of now-archaic MIDI hardware, being one of the originating noise acts to utilize the digital technology in their live performances. Said gigs were riotous, equal parts laughs and confusion at the onslaught of public-access cacophony and flyers with slogans strewn around the space. The visual component of the Croiners project is equally as important as the noise itself and several clippings have been incorporated into the CD design.

Croiners gained infamy in the tape trading heyday through the associated label Jim Tapes, early efforts providing source material for Controlled Bleeding, and countless compilation appearances including the likes of Broken Flag and Dry Lungs, only to call it quits after a concise 5 or 6 years of bewildering tapes and live performances.