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  • The Living Archive of Underground Music

    early experiences

    Underground artists reflect on their early days in the cassette culture and underground music.

    • Charles O'Meara is C.W. Vtracek

      5 May 2014

      Veteran music maker Charles O’Meara ( aka C.W. Vtracek ) was an eyewitness and direct participant in the early days of the underground music scene Here, he gives his perspective on it.

    • Ken Moore

      2 January 2014

      Long time electronic musician Ken Moore tells all about his early experiences.

    • Dan West

      6 August 2013

      Southern California musician Dan West has been home taping since the 1980’s. Now partnered up with Azalia Snail, Dan talks about the early days.

    • Coz The Shroom

      19 May 2013

      Long time underground figure ( and one time member of Suckdog) tells his story.

    • Mud Pie

      7 January 2013

      Home tapers from PA discuss their duo.

    • Walls Of Genius by Evan Cantor

      6 August 2012

      Memories about that crazy group from Colorado, Walls Of Genius.

    • Jeff Chenault, aka Jeff Central

      8 February 2012

      From Ohio, Jeff Chenault was known as Jeff Central during the heyday of tape trading and home recording. He talks about the early days.

    • Christian Renou, aka Brume

      5 February 2012

      One of France’s best known and creative underground music makers, Christian Renou recounts the early years of Brume.

    • Lawrence Fishberg

      22 January 2012

      Home taper from New York used lo fi tools to create personal pop music.

    • Dick Metcalf aka Rotcod Zzaj

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, keyboardist, Improvijazzation Nation ezine, aka Rotcod Zzaj

    • Andy Xport

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Man’s Hate, ISC compilations, Peace And Freedom Band, Man’s Hate label

    • Sean T. Wright

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator

    • Dwain Woodliff

      27 October 2011

      Artist, YU

    • John Wiggins

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Sea Wanton

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Non Toxique Lost

    • Achim Treu

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Dauerfisch, Kunstler Treu, Sea Of Tranquility, Der Plan, UFO Hawaii radio show and others

    • Ray Taylor

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Terrorplan

    • Andrew Szava-Kovats

      27 October 2011

      Artist, compilation producer, True Age Records label, documentary producer

    • Dan Susnara

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, 9 on Bali, Mumble Mumble label

    • Jeff Surak

      27 October 2011
      Artist, New Carrollton, – 1348 – , Violet, zeromoon label, collaborator
    • Greg Stomberg

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Syberite, Space Ocean, compiler of home recorded Beatles songs

    • Ian Stewart

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Devilcake, FzzyPmpr, publisher Autoreverse Magazine

    • Peter Stenshoel

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Russ Stedman

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Jovial Milkman label, Stedmuzik label, various groups

    • John Sosnowski

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Broca’s Area, Cystem, The Merigars, The Undead, many others

    • Solomonoff And Von Hoffmanstahl

      27 October 2011

      Artists, Carola Solomonoff and David Von Hoffmanstahl

    • Linda Smith

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Silly Pillows

    • Greg Segal

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, PaperBag, Cold Sky, Jugalbandi

    • Andrew Duncan Scott

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Fungus Moth

    • Skot Schtikla

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Vocabularinist, aka DJ Urinal Cake

    • K.D. Schmitz

      27 October 2011

      Artist, publisher Ten Thousand Things journal

    • Andy Savage

      27 October 2011

      Artist, SuperTrouper tapezine, Tapeworm Tapes, aka Angelo Gravity

    • Micky Saunders

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator

    • John Sandin

      27 October 2011

      Artist, aka Myke Marrs, Mars Dark

    • Above and below, two CDs from 2001.
    • Pete Rizzo

      27 October 2011

      Artist, aka Sneaky Pete

    • Mark Ritchie

      27 October 2011

      artist, Frank Peck, Shy Rights Movement, KAW label

    • Clive Richards

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Fragment label, Moisten Before Use, Erixma

    • Daniel Prendiville

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Mike Pougounas

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Flowers Of Romance. New Zero God, blogger

    • Duncan Pope

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Conspiracy

    • Chris Phinney

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Mental Anguish, Viktimized Karcass, collaborator, Harsh Reality label

    • Christophe Petchanatz

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Klimperei, Deleted, and more

    • Evan Peta

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Scorched label

    • Al Perry

      27 October 2011

      artist, DJ, collaborator, Addled label, Al Perry And The Cattle

    • Heather Perkins

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Land ‘O Newts label,collaborator

    • Kevin Paisley

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Mutant Cactus label, Static Insect, Aardvark and others

    • John Orsi

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Knitting By Twilight, Incandescent Sky, other groups.

    • Carsten Olbrich

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Ebu’s Music label, Die Traktor, many other bands and projects

    • Robin O'Brien

      27 October 2011

      Artist, duo with David Mitros

    • M. Nomized

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, aka Michel Madrange

    • Brian Noring

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, EHI, 360 Sound, FDR Tapes, many other projects

    • Martin Newell

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Poet, Cleaners From Venus, Brotherhood Of Lizards, and more

    • Nad Neslo (Dan Olsen)

      27 October 2011

      aka Dan Olsen, artist

    • Eric Muhs

      27 October 2011
      Artist, collaborator, Mata Rata, Invisible label, The Metal Men, Flavor People, other groups.
    • Jason Mundok

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Jesters Longevity, Jack Kettle label, Kettle Black zine, Living Fables

    • Gen Ken Montgomery

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Generations Unlimited label

    • Roger Moneymaker

      27 October 2011

      Artist, rolmo, Swinebolt 45, Viktimized Karcass

    • A. Molotkov

      27 October 2011
      Artist, Discord Aggregate label
    • Adriaan Mol

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Mashpot, Red Soda

    • Ron McFarlan

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Dust That Collects

    • Hal McGee

      27 October 2011

      Artist, publisher (Electronic Cottage, Halzine), collaborator, producer

    • Greg Mathieson

      27 October 2011
      Artist, Stegor, Bat Lenny, Limpid Green
    • Arnold Mathes

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator

    • Josh Mars

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Unknown Eyes, Mars Dark

    • Al Margolis

      27 October 2011
      Artist,If Bwana, Sound Of Pig label, Pogus label, collaborator
    • Mick Magic

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Magic Moments At Twilight Time, Music And Elsewhere label , The Mattrix zine, United World Underground distribution and information

    • Lord Litter

      27 October 2011
      Artist, DJ, Out Of The Blue label, Litter And Leech, Das Frei Orchester
    • Francisco Lopez

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator

    • Pete Long

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Moonpump, Vanray:UK?

    • Little Fyodor

      27 October 2011

      Artist, DJ, Walls of Genius

    • Robert Lawson

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Riogordo Orchestra

    • G.X. Jupitter-Larsen ( The Haters)

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Haters

    • Brian Ladd (The Psyclones)

      27 October 2011
      Artist, The Psyclones, Blackhouse label
    • Tim Jones

      27 October 2011

      Artist, producer, DJ, Stone Premonitions label, Census Of Hallucinations, Body Full Of Stars, The Rabbits Hat, Neon and more

    • Wes Johnson

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Ordinary Boys, Last House On The Left

    • Debbie Jaffe

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Master/Slave Relationship, Viscera, Cause And Effect label

    • Carl Howard

      27 October 2011

      Artist, NoMuzic, audiofile tape label, collaborator, a/A zine

    • Mike Honeycutt

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Mystery Hearsay, DJ, Cassette Culture.net co-founder, collaborator, other groups.

    • Anna Homler

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Five Voices, Drift, other groups.

    • Zan Hoffman

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Bodycocktail, zh27 label, zidslick label, collaborator

    • Toshiyuki Hiraoka

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Brook Hinton

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Big City Orchestra, and others.

    • Alan Herrick

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Auricular Records, Big City Orchestra,and more

    • Eric Hausmann

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Spilling Audio label, Tres Gone, other groups

    • Bret Hart

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Hipworks label, other groups

    • Mark Harrington

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Toronto Experimental Artists label

    • Mark Hanley

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Sister Ray, The Bliss Machine, Room 101. and others.

    • Graham Halliday

      27 October 2011

      Artist, aka Funkmeister G

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    • Mark Gunderson

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Evolution Control Committee, aka TradeMark G

    • Chris Gross

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Peter Gullerud

      27 October 2011
      Artist, Uzima, Pine Cone Radio, visual artist
    • Gary Pig Gold

      27 October 2011
      Artist, Next Big Thing, Ghost Rockets, many groups, writer, critic
    • Charles Rice Goff III

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Taped Rugs label, Disism, Herd Of The Ether Space, Turkey Makes Me Sleepy, member The River Cow Orchestra, and others.

    • Brent Godfrey

      27 October 2011

      Artist

    • Tom Furgas

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, The Bliss Machine

    • Dave Fuglewicz

      27 October 2011
      Artist, collaborator
    • Siegmar Fricke

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator

    • Otis Fodder

      27 October 2011
      Artist, The Bran Flakes
    • Dan Fioretti

      27 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Kitti Tapes

    • Guido Erfen

      27 October 2011
      Artist, SHM label, visual artist
    • Christopher Earl ( Zajkowski)

      27 October 2011

      Artist, The Squires Of The Subterrain, The Silly Pillows

    • Darrell Draeger

      27 October 2011

      Artist, Hermanos Guzanos , collaborator, blogger

    • Joseph B. Raimond ( Doc Wor Mirran)

      26 October 2011

      Artist,Doc Wor Mirran, Insanity Twirl publication

    • dk

      26 October 2011

      Artist

    • Dino DiMuro

      26 October 2011

      Artist,Collaborator, DiMurotapes label

    • Arrington deDionyso

      26 October 2011

      Artist, Old Time Relijun, visual artist

    • Jim DeJong

      16 October 2011

      Artist, The Infant Cycle, Doomsday Transmissions label, The Ceiling label

    • Above, his solo cassette on the Doomsday Transmissions label.
    • W. A. Davison

      16 October 2011

      Artist, Six Heads, Disembraining Songs label, visual artist, film

    • Alan Davidson

      16 October 2011

      Artist, The Kitchen Cynics

    • Crystal Awareness

      16 October 2011

      Artist, DBAR productions, 60 Cycle Hum

    • Ken Clinger

      16 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Bored Young Men, Bovine label, compilations, podcasts

    • Peter Cherches

      16 October 2011

      Artist, writer

    • Tim Chaplin

      16 October 2011
    • Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

      16 October 2011

      Artist, The Silly Pillows

    • Peter Catham

      16 October 2011

      Artist

    • Scott Carr

      16 October 2011

      Artist, Hot Buttered Elves, Hebephrenic

    • Ray Carmen

      16 October 2011

      Artist, collaborator, Pop! Productions, Cut And Paste label

    • Buzzsaw

      16 October 2011

      Artist

    • Daniele Brusaschetto

      16 October 2011

      Artist

    • Peter Bright

      16 October 2011

      Artist, This Window

    • Bruce Bolos

      16 October 2011

      Artist, Dead Gerbils

    • Tom Bollinger

      16 October 2011

      Artist, The Stinking Badger Of Java, Fetishes, My Delicate Melancholy Devotion, DJ

    • Ralf "Gypsy" Bevis

      16 October 2011

      Artist, Rodent Tapes

    • Vittore Baroni

      16 October 2011

      Mail artist, music producer

    • Steve Andrews

      16 October 2011

      Artist

    • Jerry Adams

      16 October 2011

      Artist, DJ, Metro Rouge, Peppermint Subway, The Real Americans, Porkopolis label

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