The eighth edition in Shame File Music's reissue of the seminal Australian experimental music series NMATAPES (as referred to in the current issue of The Wire's article on the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre) was originally released in 1990, and collects together a series of media, voice and installation pieces from artists active at the time.

Of particular note are the pieces by Ian Andrews, whose collages of advertising and commercial radio snippets hold up a mirror to consumerism. Similarly, Douglas Kahn's "Hotel", uses audio from the 1980s TV programme of the same name in his collage piece.

Other names of interest include Densil Cabrera, and Richard Vella's composition for multiple funk bass guitars.

Download NMATAPE 8 from http://ShameFileMusic.com  as well as tapes 1-7, or order a CDR copy.

Clinton

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