Excerpt One of this podcast series contains the long and twisted tale of how Herd Of The Ether Space came to life. “Moon River Walk” is the only surviving recording from the session of February 26th, 1989, which was the day that C. Goff III, Killr Kaswan, and Robert Silverman decided to give a name to their ever-evolving band of sonic improvisers.

NOTE ADDED, April, 2009! There are TWO surviving pieces from this session, both of which were presented on the Taped Rugs cassette: "Bowed But Unbulging." The other piece is called "Right Here In My Hand." Sorry readers--a case of pure oversight, now corrected for the ages.

The name they came up with was “The Order Of Chaos.” Eventually the name was mutated into “Herd Of The Ether Space.” For those hardcore people who would like to review the details of this story, Excerpt One is still posted on the main TAPED RUGS PRESENTS podcast page.

For those who would like to have a listen, the twenty-two minutes of “Moon River Walk” are presented here. A modified 1980’s Casio keyboard, a sampling Ensoniq keyboard, a couple of electric guitars, a few phonograph records, a music box, a cello, and several sound effects all fed into the Taped Rugs Frippertronics-style tape loop system to create this bit of audio history. “Moon River Walk” was released in 1989 by Taped Rugs on the cassette entitled: “Bowed But Unbulging.” (Yes, that’s the tape featured in the previous podcast. The tentacles of the Ether Space are tangled in several places.)

THE AUDIO COMPONENT OF THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.archive.org/details/HOTESTapeLoopImprovisationsVol15