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Monsters from the Tape Recorder 1998​-​2003

by Adam Sandosa

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1.
Flower in Asphalt 02:17
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2.
Forever Searching 03:40
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3.
Morning Sunrise 02:49
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4.
Green Deeps of the Outer Bay 03:21
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5.
Like a Child 02:02
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6.
We Are Smoke 01:46
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7.
Back on the Streets 02:58
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8.
Bass / Guitar Jam 1 02:09
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9.
Bass / Guitar Jam 2 01:57
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10.
Hermitage 03:16
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11.
Death May Be Your Santa Claus 04:51
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12.
When You're High 01:40
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13.
Revelation 02:05
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14.
Space Lullaby 01:16
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15.
Wake Up and See 01:32
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16.
Herba Gramen 02:31
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17.
Winter Sun Part.1 00:56
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18.
Winter Sun Part.2 04:55
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19.
Here We Are Now 02:05
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20.
Vapor Trails 01:47
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21.
For a While 03:06
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22.
Green Lady 02:57
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23.
Herba Gramen (2) 02:31
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24.
Męczennica 03:30
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about

Adam Majdecki-Janicki has been home-recording his own ideas, songs, jams, themes, demos, noise, jokes, curiosities since 1998, alone, and with friends.

He has been using a simple Panasonic tape recorder.

Like he said in the interview with Record Crates United about cassette culture in Poland:

"The cassette underground has always been here, and generally behind the Iron Curtain, but I guess it still remains a mystery to the “Western World”, even if Poland is now part of the Western World. Very few recordings from Poland pop out online. It all started with the “unofficial” music, like punk, anarcho synth, noise, ambient, protest songs, stuff like that, like anywhere else in the world, but here it was forbidden and no official label associated with the communist system would release such music on vinyl. Lyrics were censored, mind-altering music forbidden, only jazz was “official”. So, people started home-taping and releasing tapes privately with xeroxed covers. I wasn’t really familiar with it all, being born too late to be part of the initial scene. It wasn’t until 2002, when me and my friend Mateusz Nowicki became part of the local cassette underground, releasing some raw rock’n’roll psych music on limited tape. We recorded under too many names to mention. First, Brain Salad Underground, then Strange World, then Kobieta Barda… I think we cut 9 tapes or so, over two summers, can’t really remember. Really weird stuff. We recorded in a high-rise block, direct to tape, utilizing electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, Casio organ, and Mateusz’s father tape recorder and “space” FX. The adventure ended in 2004 when I bought my first computer and started recording to digital as Die Rote Erde, seeking more adventures in the world of noise, while Mateusz remained indebted to rock and pop music."

This here album collects 24 recordings from 3 home tapes labeled simply 1998-2003, and is the first release from Adam's vast home tape archive.

If there is enough interest, further volumes might appear.

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released February 24, 2023

Written and Recorded 1998-2003 in Poznań, Poland by Adam Majdecki-Janicki.

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