Tellus

Moshe · 03.02.2008, 01:13 AM

Tellus

Tellus, the New York audio magazine, was founded twenty-five years ago by Joseph Nechvatal and Claudia Gould (now the Director at the ICA, Philadelphia). 'The Audio Cassette Magazine' functioned as subscription only publication, issued bimonthly, and was active for ten years, releasing twenty-eight issues, including three CDs and a compilation two-LP set. These included many landmark soundworks such as

Christian Marclay's Groove
The artist's first solo recording in a professional studio. The 1982 track consists of dense layering of loops from the same 7 inch single, which had been altered to skip using little dot stickers. Included on Tellus #8.

Louise Lawler's Birdcalls
A 1972 work that transforms the names of famous male artists into a bird song, parroting names such as Artschwager, Beuys, Rusha and Warhol. Included on issue #5/6.

Lee Ranaldo's The Bridge
A 3:17 long track from 1985 that was later re-issued on the "East Jesus" compilation. Ranaldo calls it "my first try at fashioning a talking sound-piece". Included on Tellus #10.

Ian Murray's Keeping on Top of the Top Song
An excerpt of a 1984 performance of the Toronto artist's 1970 composition The Top Song, which included the first ten seconds of the of the top 100 songs of the previous decade. Arno Van Nieuwenhuise accompanies on drums. Included on Tellus #21.

Alison Knowles' Nivea Cream Piece
"First performer comes on stage with a bottle of hand cream, labeled "Nivea Cream" if none is available. He pours the cream onto his hands, and massages them in front of the microphone. Other performers enter, one by one, and do the same thing. They join together in front of the microphone to make a mass of massaging hands. They leave in the reverse of the order they entered, on a signal from the first performer." Included on issue # 24.

The best issues tended to follow a single theme, such as: Tellus #21 (Audio by Visual Artists) which featured Joseph Beuys, Joan Jonas, Susan Hiller, Christian Boltanski, Martin Kippenberger, Jack Goldstein, Richard Prince and Ian Murray; and Tellus #24 (Fluxtellus) which was curated by Reflux publisher Barbara Moore and included early sound works by Fluxus artists George Brecht, Philip Corner, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Takehisa Kosugi, George Maciunas, Jackson Maclow, Larry Miller, Tomas Schmit, Robert Watts and Emmett Williams. Perhaps the best sound piece was by Takako Saito; two small ball bearings which fell out of the cassette when opened.

Ubuweb has a series of downloads available, including issues #1, 3, 4, 5/6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 21, and 22, available here.

Posted by Mercer Union at 12:39 PM

sonicl · 03.02.2008, 03:12 AM

Thank you, Moshe.

I notice that #10 (the one featuring Lee's wonderful "The Bridge") isn't on Ubuweb's list of ones available for download. I have that sitting on my bookshelf - would anyone like to volunteer to make and upload a digital copy if I duplicate it and send them a taped copy? PM me if you're the kind person who'll do that.

Contributing artists to #10 "All Guitars":

Lee Ranaldo
Arto Lindsay and Toni Nogueira
Janice Sloane
Butthole Surfers
New Detroit Inc
Bob Mould
Bond Bergland
Joseph Nechvatal
Elliott Sharp
David Linton
Jules Baptiste
Tim Schellenbaum
Bump
Rudolph Gray
Hahn Rowe
John Myers
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton
Sue Hanal
Blixa Bargeld
Andrew Nahem
Sandra Seymour
Run Nigger Run
Thurston Moore ("Skrewer Boy")
Mark C and Marnie Greenholz
Glenn Branca
James Vidos
Angela Babin and Joe Dizney
Frankenjerry

sonicl · 03.04.2008, 08:47 AM

No-one wants to make a digital copy?

tesla69 · 03.04.2008, 09:21 AM

all guitars is the nads.

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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Thank you, Moshe. I notice that #10 (the one featuring Lee's wonderful "The Bridge") isn't on Ubuweb's list of ones available for download. I have that sitting on my bookshelf - would anyone like to volunteer to make and upload a digital copy if I duplicate it and send them a taped copy? PM me if you're the kind person who'll do that. Contributing artists to #10 "All Guitars": Lee Ranaldo Arto Lindsay and Toni Nogueira Janice Sloane Butthole Surfers New Detroit Inc Bob Mould Bond Bergland Joseph Nechvatal Elliott Sharp David Linton Jules Baptiste Tim Schellenbaum Bump Rudolph Gray Hahn Rowe John Myers Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton Sue Hanal Blixa Bargeld Andrew Nahem Sandra Seymour Run Nigger Run Thurston Moore ("Skrewer Boy") Mark C and Marnie Greenholz Glenn Branca James Vidos Angela Babin and Joe Dizney Frankenjerry __________________
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tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	all guitars is the nads.
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03.02.2008, 01:13 AM	#1
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,895	Tellus Tellus, the New York audio magazine, was founded twenty-five years ago by Joseph Nechvatal and Claudia Gould (now the Director at the ICA, Philadelphia). 'The Audio Cassette Magazine' functioned as subscription only publication, issued bimonthly, and was active for ten years, releasing twenty-eight issues, including three CDs and a compilation two-LP set. These included many landmark soundworks such as Christian Marclay's Groove The artist's first solo recording in a professional studio. The 1982 track consists of dense layering of loops from the same 7 inch single, which had been altered to skip using little dot stickers. Included on Tellus #8. Louise Lawler's Birdcalls A 1972 work that transforms the names of famous male artists into a bird song, parroting names such as Artschwager, Beuys, Rusha and Warhol. Included on issue #5/6. Lee Ranaldo's The Bridge A 3:17 long track from 1985 that was later re-issued on the "East Jesus" compilation. Ranaldo calls it "my first try at fashioning a talking sound-piece". Included on Tellus #10. Ian Murray's Keeping on Top of the Top Song An excerpt of a 1984 performance of the Toronto artist's 1970 composition The Top Song, which included the first ten seconds of the of the top 100 songs of the previous decade. Arno Van Nieuwenhuise accompanies on drums. Included on Tellus #21. Alison Knowles' Nivea Cream Piece "First performer comes on stage with a bottle of hand cream, labeled "Nivea Cream" if none is available. He pours the cream onto his hands, and massages them in front of the microphone. Other performers enter, one by one, and do the same thing. They join together in front of the microphone to make a mass of massaging hands. They leave in the reverse of the order they entered, on a signal from the first performer." Included on issue # 24. The best issues tended to follow a single theme, such as: Tellus #21 (Audio by Visual Artists) which featured Joseph Beuys, Joan Jonas, Susan Hiller, Christian Boltanski, Martin Kippenberger, Jack Goldstein, Richard Prince and Ian Murray; and Tellus #24 (Fluxtellus) which was curated by Reflux publisher Barbara Moore and included early sound works by Fluxus artists George Brecht, Philip Corner, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Takehisa Kosugi, George Maciunas, Jackson Maclow, Larry Miller, Tomas Schmit, Robert Watts and Emmett Williams. Perhaps the best sound piece was by Takako Saito; two small ball bearings which fell out of the cassette when opened. Ubuweb has a series of downloads available, including issues #1, 3, 4, 5/6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 21, and 22, available here. Posted by Mercer Union at 12:39 PM
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