During the mid summer of 1990, another new member was initiated into Herd Of The Ether Space. “Pete,” as he was known at the time, had been trading experimental tapes with Charles Goff III throughout the previous year. These two sonic adventurers met at the Taped Rugs studio in Oakland, California, on July 8th for a fiery one-on-one recording session.

Pete is quite handy with electronics, and he has built several synthesizers and other noise gadgets from scratch. The devices which he brought with him to Oakland from his home base in New Jersey were a natural compliment to Goff’s collection of musical and non musical instruments.

A thirty minute edit from the July 8th session was later entitled: “60 Cycle Cell Anemia” and released to the public in 1991 by both Taped Rugs Productions and Pete’s Dancing Bear Audio Research recording label on the cassette album: “The Hills Of Home.” Here Taped Rugs presents the full dose of this powerful distillation of sonic madness.

A BIT OF BACKGROUND: Pete started operating Dancing Bear Audio Research in the late 1980’s. From the early 1980’s to the early 1990’s, Pete was a member of the recording and performing group called “60 Cycle Hum.” Taped Rugs and Dancing Bear together released the 60 Cycle Hum cassette album: “Space I/O” in 1989. Pete took on the nom de plume of “Crystal” around the turn of the 21st Century. He has continued to create electronic devices and sonic productions in various guises and locations. The Dancing Bear Audio Research website can be accessed at:

http://www.gardenofsensualdelight.com/DBAR.html

The poster which embellishes this podcast was used to promote a Dancing Bear Audio Research Halloween performance in 1990.