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Scarcity Of Tanks: Fear Is Not Conscience (Total Life Society Records)

New York/Ohio skronkers Scarcity of Tanks with Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus plus Kid Millions in a hard free rock free improv blast.
 

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Don Godwin-engineer

Nick Lesley-guitar

Kid Millions-drums

John Broken Hand Morton-guitar, theremin

Jim Sauter-saxophone

Weasel Walter-bass

Matthew Muug Shank Wascovich-vocals.


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UPC: 616892016045

Label: Total Life Society Records
Catalog ID: TLS005
Squidco Product Code: 16521

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2012
Country: USA
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Recorded July 30 - August 3, 2011 by Don Godwin in Brooklyn, NY.

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"Progressive scramblecore that will get you angry at something, even if you're not sure at what. Poetic manifestos that never tank...thus the band name!"-Roctober Productions


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Artist Biographies

"Kid Millions is a musician, composer and writer best known as the drummer and founder of Brooklyn's experimental rock behemoth Oneida. For the last twenty years, Millions has been at the forefront of the NYC experimental music community collaborating with artists as varied as Laurie Anderson, Yo La Tengo, Boredoms, So Percussion and William Basinski."

-Tompkins Square Label (https://www.tompkinssquare.com/kid%20millions.html)
3/13/2024

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Multi-reedist Jim Sauter was born July 23, 1953 in Nyack, NY. He currently lives in Sparkill, NY. He is a primary member of Borbetomagus.

-Squidco 3/13/2024

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"Weasel Walter (real name Walter Wyzowski) is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus. Over the years, The Flying Luttenbachers included noted Dylan Posa, and Michael Colligan, while creating a body of music drawing equally from no wave, death metal, gamelan, noise music, hardcore punk and modern classical. Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003, where he formed the latest of many Luttenbachers lineups, remaining on percussion with the addition of bassist Mike Green (Burmese), and virtuoso guitarist Ed Rodriguez (ex-Colossamite, Gorge Trio). Singular guitar phenomenon Mick Barr (Krallice, Octis, Orthrelm) joined the group in 2005. The Flying Luttenbachers ceased to operate in late 2007. On November 25, 2009, Weasel Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join the band Behold... The Arctopus on drums and will be writing "new, more extreme material from scratch." He also formed Cellular Chaos with Marc Edwards (drummer), Admiral Grey and Ceci Moss."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_Walter)
3/13/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Stood Straight

2. Never Private Clubs

3. Winter Is Here

4. Already Alive

5. Slut's Rut

6. Cathedral Hush

7. Impaired Nominee

8. Exhausted Down

9. Forgiveness

10. Gloomy Reason

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Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Rock and Related
Improvised Rock
NY Downtown & Jazz/Improv
New in Rock Forms

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