T.A.G.C.: TESTE TONES , Meontological Research Recordings II
Soleilmoon |SOL 15 | CD 1986 / 88
An incomparable release in the history of psycho-acoustic recordings, no other disc in my collection possesses such indisputable power to alter my mental and physical state. One track in particular, "A.A.A. (Audio Alpha Activity)" contains such mind-bending material, it's difficult to fathom the notion with which it was created.
T.A.G.C. (The Anti-Group) is a project of Clock DVA's Adi Newton, who created the project as an "experimental research program". Included with this disc is an informative text entitled "Threshold Of The Inconceivable", which delves into the effects of sound on brain patterns from technical and meontological (parapsychological) perspectives. Also supplied is a breakdown of beta, alpha, theta and delta waves, and which specific sound frequencies pertain to which.
The disc commences with a twelve-second recording of a 40 Hz tone, seemingly to test the boundaries of your sound system. If you can't feel the presence of this low frequency tone when it's played through your system, you'll be missing out on too much to get anything out of these recordings. The track "Teste Tones" follows, which is a layering of ultra-high frequency sounds parlayed over the 40 Hz tone introduced at the start. Slow, creeping synthetic washes of sound enter the mix, and begin to reverberate around you. The mix is recorded so that the stereo phasing of certain elements is flipped to near 180º, resulting in a surround effect.
Incursion Music Review Vils M DiSanto