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Howard Stelzer
12+ albums
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Howard Stelzer (born 1974, in Belle Harbor, NY) is a composer of electronic music whose work is made primary from sounds generated by cassette tapes. Since 1997, he has run the record label Intransitive Recordings, which has published CDs and records by artists such as Brume, Jason Lescalleet, John Hudak, Nerve Net Noise, Brendan Murray, Seht, Lethe, Kapotte Muziek, Lionel Marchetti, Roel Meelkop, and many others. While in high school, Stelzer began experimenting with cassette tapes, making collages with a tape recorder by quickly pausing and unpausing a tape while simultaneously changing the source sound. He would perform concerts at clubs and in local high schools by playing back these tapes and banging on metal percussion scavenged from junk yards. Some of this material has been published on small-edition cassettes and on compilations. Stelzer's first proper album, "Stone Blind", was published on his own Intransitive Recordings label in 1997. The album consisted of three pieces, each roughly 20 minutes long, and made from crudely spliced cassette tapes. Initially, each track was recorded to one side of a 40-minute tape; a piece ended when the tape ran out. Stelzer has since disowned the album, and claims to have thrown most of the copies away. Upon graduation from college, Stelzer moved to Boston, where he came into contact with the city's community of experimental musicians, particularly nmperign, Jason Lescalleet, David Gross, Vic Rawlings, and Brendan Murray. His wor
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Songs
The Impossible Astronaut
The Year 25 - 25 Years Of Korm Plastics
Bond Inlets
You're All The Fucking Best: Anti-Gravity Bunny 5 Year Anniversary Compilation
The Case Against
Invariably Falling Forward, Into the Thickets of Closure
How To
Less Self Is More Self: A Benefit Compilation For Tarantula Hill
A Strange Object Covered With Fur Which Breaks Your Heart
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TU M'P3 Soundtracks For Images