Telecorps

Edgar Um Bucholtz been working on digitizing the complete documentation of the Telecorps Generatour2 project. there are approximately 6 hours of video documentation and 2.5 hours of separate audio cassette recordings--as well as photo documentation, notes by the participants, and VHS recorded "runs" of the computer programs used to generate the data: 1) where in the greater Pittsburgh area 2) when during the three days chosen (November 22nd, 23rd, 24th 1991) 3) how many songs per set 4) the length of each song 5) the words/sounds voiced by me during the songs.

most but not all of the Telecorps sets performed during Generatour2 were recorded on VHS and audio cassette.

as an experiment, i decided to make mixes of one set using the VHS audio AND the cassette tape audio. i'm calling these mixes "duophonic." in the left channel is the VHS audio. in the right channel is the same song as it was recorded by the cheap audio cassette deck we enlisted for this project. using media software, i synchronized these two audio recordings as best as my patience would allow. i chose this set for this experiment not because i thought it contained the "best" performances but because it had the fewest songs.

during the three days of Generatour2, the participants varied somewhat. for this set, Shamanatrix Missy Galore operated the Panasonic SVHS video camera (which was her own.) the audio cassette deck seems to be mostly stationary. during other sets, Mr. Ernie Bullard or M. Francis Stramaglia operated the audio cassette deck. one of the benefits of making these duophonic mixes is that one is able to hear the performances from two different vantage points at the same time.

this first set of duophonic mixes are available for streaming and download via bandcamp:

https://telecorps.bandcamp.com/album/generatour2-day-2-set-3-duophonic-mixes

the video documentation for each song incorporating the duophonic mixes are available to experience via this youtube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeTZSkKrr7-23R_6sZx0tQLlVQM-GoJ4I

for this set, Telecorps was:

Andy Vogt - noise bass, turntable, vinyl records
Sam Ward - drums
Raq. V.B. [Craig Whitman] - bass
Edgar Um Bucholtz - voice, Atari computer, software
Missy Galore - Panasonic SVHS video camera

Telecorps

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