Excerpt Four of this podcast series showcased two pieces from the cassette album: “Kumquat Over Again.” The album’s other two pieces: “Kumquat Jelly” and “Jellied Quat Kum,” were created at the Taped Rugs studio on March 18th, 1990, by George Gibson, C. Goff III, and Killr “Mark” Kaswan, and are both featured here in their entireties. As explained in Except Four, these two compositions contain elements which were recorded both forwards and backwards, and while one piece is theoretically the “opposite” of the other, they are not exact opposites, because each was mixed individually.

The vibrant tang and Vitamin C punch of kumquats often served as a propellant for HOTES recording sessions. At this particular session, however, they also served as a subject for the group’s Dadaesque improvised vocal bits. The potent kumquat fuel, in fact, had a near-explosive effect on the band during this session, and the walls of cacophony exhibited in these recordings have often overwhelmed listeners.

Al Margolis’s “Sound Of Pig” home recording label co-released “Kumquat Over Again” with Taped Rugs Productions in 1990. The Taped Rugs catalog described the tape thusly:

“For the totally nonserious, some core members of the Herd (Kaswan, Gibson, Goff, Silverman) slosh through germ transmissions and jellied quat kum in a sort of Warholish tribute to bizarreness. Each side of the tape contains both forward and backward material, which can be listened to in either direction, depending on which side of the tape is in the cassette deck. A good deal of attention is paid to a particular little orange fruit throughout the work. C-90”

THE AUDIO COMPONENT OF THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN REMOVED TO ALLOW MORE EPISODES IN THIS SERIES TO BE POSTED. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE LINK BELOW: http://www.archive.org/details/KumquatOverAgain