So technically, this is a CIP release—but it's also the release that will bring CIP to an offical close, so...
This 2LP set (in an edition of 500 copies) presents the very first—and long unavailable—Chop Shop recordings, remastered by Scott.
This 2LP set (in an edition of 500 copies) presents the very first—and long unavailable—Chop Shop recordings, remastered by Scott.
LP one is a remastering and reworking of Power
Pieces Positive Force from 1987, originally a 90 minute cassette
released in an edition of 60 copies.
However, as 20+ minutes have been reissued as the
“A Different Kind of Connie” 3” CDR, and another 30 or so minutes involved
large swaths of sampling that would have raised serious copyright infringement
/ clearance issues, Scott decided to revisit the master tapes to create this
reworking of his germinal recording.
For Chop Shop fans, this disc provides a
fascinating aural journey to the big bang of the Chop Shop sound.
The second LP, Scraps, was originally
released as a C-45 cassette in 1989 in an edition of 200 copies.
Scraps is, by Scott’s own
account, “the first truly coalesced and focused Chop Shop release,” utilizing
the home-built speaker constructions that cemented Chop Shop’s reputation. The
hallmark sounds—machine vibration, furnaces, the rattling inner echoic walls
of a factory, pinging frequencies, and the magnetic tape itself—all come to
life in these recordings.
The record comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with
the record slot opening facing the interior spine
and liner notes by me and Gen Ken Montgomery.
The 2 LP set is $30 in the US, postage paid; please email me if you’re outside the US for shipping. That said, there will be international distributors—I am in the process of securing quantites for those channels—and when do I will update this blog.
thanks,
Blake
thanks,
Blake