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BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

NOTHING HERE NOW BUT THE RECORDINGS (DAIS RECORDS)

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S. - NOTHING HERE NOW BUT THE RECORDINGS 157945
Format:
1 CD
Release:
28.04.2023
Label:
DAIS RECORDS
Genre:
Independent
Kat.-Nr.:
157945
Barcode:
0683950556195
In 1980, Genesis P-Orridgeand Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of(then-)Throbbing Gristle travelled to New York City to meet up at thefortified apartment, known as The Bunker, of famed beat writer andcultural pioneerWilliam S.

Burroughsand his executor JamesGrauerholz. Genesisand Sleazy started the daunting task of compilingthe experimental sound works of Burroughs, which, up until that point,had never been widely heard.During those visits, Burroughs would play back his tape recorderexperiments featuring his spoken word "cut-ups", collaged fieldrecordings from his travels and his flirtations with EVP recordingtechniques, pioneered by Latvian intellectual Konstantins Raudive.

Overthe following year, P-Orridge, Christopherson and Grauerholz spentcountless hours compilingvarious edits, each collection showcasingBurroughs sensitive ear and experimental prowess for audio anomalywithin technical limitations.

In early 1981, Burroughs had relocated toLawrence, KS to escape the violence and manias of New York City life.There, P-Orridge and Christopherson put the finishing touches on therecord that would be known asNothing Here Now but the Recordings.Released in Spring 1981, the album would end up as the final release onIndustrial Records, brought about by the dissolution of Throbbing Gristle.It was quietly out of print until 1998, when John Giorno and the GiornoPoetry Systems included the album on a retrospective CD box set, whichcompiled the majority of Burroughs's seminal recordings.

In 2015, DaisRecords worked closely with the Estate of William S. Burroughs to finallyre-release, for the first time in 36 years, a proper vinyl reissue of WilliamS.

BurroughsNothing Here Now but the Recordingsto celebrate thecentennial anniversary of William S.

Burroughs. For the2023 edition, Daishas remastered the audio with renowned engineer Josh Bonati, andrestored the original artwork with a new dedication to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. "CAPTAIN CLARK WELCOMES YOU ABOARD"
  • 1.2. "THE SAINTS GO MARCHING THROUGH ALL THE POPULAR TUNES"
  • 1.3. "SUMMER WILL"
  • 1.4. "OUTSIDE THE PIER PROWED LIKE ELECTRIC
  • 1.5. TURTLES"
  • 1.6. "THE TOTAL TASTE IS HERE"
  • 1.7. NEWS CUT
  • 1.8. UP
  • 1.9. CHORAL SECTION, BACKWARDS
  • 1.10. "WE SEE THE FUTURE THROUGH THE BINOCULARS OF THE PEOPLE"
  • 1.11. "JUST CHECKING YOUR SUMMER RECORDINGS"
  • 1.12. CREEPY LETTER-CUT-UP AT THE BEAT HOTEL IN PARIS
  • 1.13. INCHING-"IS THIS MACHINERECORDING?"
  • 1.14. "HANDKERCHIEF MASKS"-NEWS CUT-UP
  • 1.15. "WORD FALLING-PHOTO FALLING"
  • 1.16. THROAT MICROPHONE EXPERIMENT"IT'S ABOUT TIME TO IDENTIFY OPENAREA"
  • 1.17. LAST WORDS OF HASSAN SABBAH