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“Jane’s Garage” was my (Evan) foray into musique-concrète. We ran Jane Carpenter’s machines and jingled-and-jangled scrap metal of all kinds in her shop to produce a very abstract musical piece, but musical nonetheless. Jane was given co-author credit with me and she is credited for performing on a “Bridgeport, Harrison lathe, Air Compressor and scrap metal.” I performed simply on scrap metal. This is machine music if ever there was such a thing. There is a lot of turning on-and-off of machines, getting the different tones of the engines and the whine as they wind down. We are obviously applying scrap metal to the lathe to produce all kinds of grinding, shrieking and squealing machine sounds. The jangling of piles of scrap metal sound like bells. The air compressor provides its own unique whooshing sound. Jane’s machine shop was located in what is now called “old-town” Superior, Colorado. At the time, the “old-town” was all there was of it and it was just a tiny little rural town out in the country with no services. Now it is surrounded by an enveloping sea of suburban development and shopping centers, just to the east of Davidson Mesa, the summit ridge of which forms the southeast rim of Boulder Valley. You can’t see all this development from Boulder because it’s just over, behind and below, the rim of the mesa. Jane Carpenter moved to Salida, Colorado, some years ago, and I ran into her there once, but we are not presently in touch.

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from Ludovico Treatment (1984), released March 1, 1984
composition by Jane Carpenter & Evan Cantor
Jane Carpenter: Bridgeport, Harrison lathe, air compressor, scrap metal
Evan Cantor: scrap metal

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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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