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1. I Wish I Were Dead, Pt. 1 2. Preamble 3. Love X 8 4. The Firin' Line 5. Government Figures 6. One More Valley 7. Kennedy Saga (Chapter VII) 8. The Way 9. Taxman 10. Terrible Weapons 11. You Used Me 12. Topeka Hello 13. X Mass 14. Doll House 15. A Short History of Music 16. Filthy Young People 17. Lying in Texas 18. I Wish I Were Dead, Pt. 2
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5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.68 Ounces
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Ah, Steve Fisk, the master of the tape splice and Optagon! I was a Fisk fan in the cassette days and loved his first CD "448 Deathless Days". Only just caught up with this compilation from the cassette releases, and it's wonderful to have this edgy free-for-all sonic tangle in my speakers again! "This cat's better than the other one!"
My first encounter with Fisk was off a sampler of (grind teeth here) "ambient" artists released by Astralwerks in the early 90's. It was actually a good roster of material, including tracks by Aphex Twin and Pete Namlook... anyway, there was a piece by Fisk called "express God" on it which stunned me at the time... it was anything but gentle, easy listening. Nevertheless the track had a compelling, not to mention unique, method of telling a tale using sound and sampled dialogue. "Over and thru the night" is a collection of his material from the 80's which demonstrated this purposeful blend of pop-culture references with pioneering (though primitive now)editing techniques. Tracks such as "Topeka Hello" access a giddy blend of hedonism and its sinister consequences via disco samples and a senseless test broadcast voice reading... that's what I heard anyway. "Doll House" is a devastating satire of connubial bliss versus the reality of an indifferent world, and manages both to amuse and disturb. It epitomizes the strength of Steve Fisk's vision which is quite a bit broader than most... His is an adult world, yet one in which primitive fears and illusions dominate. But most important, he keeps us entertained with hammy, tawdry , and overwrought dialogue and schtick, in a manner that all but capsizes the category of post-modernism. Or something like that.
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