Maybe Mental - Animisum II
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Cause And Effect
Maybe Mental
Animisum II
1984 C50
Arizona, USA
Rarely have we heard a tape with such clarity of expression and depth of emotion as this set of eight tracks recorded in August 1984. Maybe Mental is two people: Donna Oliphant displays a vocal style that is bold, gripping and horrifying, one of the very best vocalists in indie music; David Oliphant who wrote most of the music here and programmed the savage rhythms, synths and otherworldly tape manipulations. ANIMISUM II captures to horrors of psychological self-cannibalism, of those times when the mind locks all doors on itself and devours itself in the emptiness of its isolation. This is a very exciting, well-produced and conceived K7 by an outstanding new group.
- January 1985 Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Catalog
Cause And Effect
Maybe Mental
Animisum II
1984 C50
Arizona, USA
Rarely have we heard a tape with such clarity of expression and depth of emotion as this set of eight tracks recorded in August 1984. Maybe Mental is two people: Donna Oliphant displays a vocal style that is bold, gripping and horrifying, one of the very best vocalists in indie music; David Oliphant who wrote most of the music here and programmed the savage rhythms, synths and otherworldly tape manipulations. ANIMISUM II captures to horrors of psychological self-cannibalism, of those times when the mind locks all doors on itself and devours itself in the emptiness of its isolation. This is a very exciting, well-produced and conceived K7 by an outstanding new group.
- January 1985 Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Catalog
S/M Operations At The Harrington Ballroom was listed in the January 1985, May 1985, November 1985, and Summer 1986 Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution catalogs. It is presented here strictly for archival, educational, historical, and non-commercial purposes. All rights belong to the artists.
These recordings are straight transcriptions from what is apparently a copy of an original copy of the cassette as it was published by Maybe Mental in 1984. No attempt has been made to enhance or "improve" the sound quality.
Pictured above is a copy made from an original copy of Animisum II. The cover has discolored/yellowed somewhat due to age.
The audio files are transcriptions of the entire sides of the cassette, not divided into tracks. This was done for two reasons:
1) to give the listener an opportunity to hear the sides of the tape as continuous listening experiences just as someone might have heard them if they bought the tape from Cause And Effect in 1985
2) to highlight and emphasize the non-commercial nature of this archival presentation
The main purposes here are to preserve artifacts and documents of Cassette Culture Era history, and to honor the artists and labels who produced them.
This is part of a project that I have recently commenced to thoroughly document the cassettes that were distributed and produced by Cause And Effect. I expect this project to take several years to complete.
These recordings are straight transcriptions from what is apparently a copy of an original copy of the cassette as it was published by Maybe Mental in 1984. No attempt has been made to enhance or "improve" the sound quality.
Pictured above is a copy made from an original copy of Animisum II. The cover has discolored/yellowed somewhat due to age.
The audio files are transcriptions of the entire sides of the cassette, not divided into tracks. This was done for two reasons:
1) to give the listener an opportunity to hear the sides of the tape as continuous listening experiences just as someone might have heard them if they bought the tape from Cause And Effect in 1985
2) to highlight and emphasize the non-commercial nature of this archival presentation
The main purposes here are to preserve artifacts and documents of Cassette Culture Era history, and to honor the artists and labels who produced them.
This is part of a project that I have recently commenced to thoroughly document the cassettes that were distributed and produced by Cause And Effect. I expect this project to take several years to complete.