The Tape-beatles

June 7, 2005





*Name: The Tape-beatles

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Public Works

*Members: 2 (now) - Lloyd Dunn and John Heck

*Founding Members: Lloyd Dunn, John Heck and Ralph Johnson

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Tape Manipulations

*Another genre descriptor: Performed Cinema

*Why you use this descriptor: We perform with movie projectors.

*Location: Now living in Prague

*Original Location: Iowa City, Iowa

*What is your creative/artistic background: I am a filmmaker and visual artist. Heck is a visual artist and music maker.

*History: Since 1986

*Born:
--Dunn: 1957, Iowa
--Heck: 1964, Iowa

*Motivations: (from http://pwp.detritus.net/faq/index.html) ...an interest in making music without the use of conventional musical instruments; using recording technology itself as a creative, expressive medium with unique capabilities; Plagiarism(R), or the notion that recontextualization of previously 'finished' works can be done ethically and can in itself constitute authorship; and making use of contemporary media to critique culture and social milieux.

*How would you like to be remembered: We labor in obscurity, so maybe we'd rather be forgotten!

*Web address: http://pwp.detritus.net/