The White Box Vol 6: the techno ones, by galen from tone set

The White Box Vol 6: the techno ones

by galen from tone set

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almatthews7 I've literally just gone down a Dow Jones & The Industrials wormhole and was led here. Of all the "proto-techno" from this period, Haas/Bartel, Tolerance, Cab Voltaire, Ike Yard etc this is the most staggering I've come across. Thank you for sharing this. Fascinating stuff! Favorite track: the leisure class (continuous mix).

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1.	the leisure class (continuous mix) 28:30		buy track
2.	the leisure class (instrumental continuous mix) 24:34	info	buy track
3.	01 a bygone recollection 00:14		buy track
4.	02 the leisure class 1 she saw me 05:04		buy track
5.	03 an unguarded observation 00:04		buy track
6.	04 the leisure class 2 mrs wilkins 03:54		buy track
7.	05 an elementary revelation 00:06		buy track
8.	06 the leisure class 3 the bowels of christ 03:16		buy track
9.	07 a shocking hypothesis 00:08		buy track
10.	08 the leisure class 4 a regiment of ghosts 04:54		buy track
11.	09 a damning admission 00:10		buy track
12.	10 the leisure class 5 activity of the cells in the brain 03:55		buy track
13.	11 a philosophical conjecture 00:10		buy track
14.	12 the leisure class 6 warm pain 03:36		buy track
15.	13 a sodden truth 00:10		buy track
16.	14 the leisure class 7 more or less automatic 03:07		buy track
17.	15 an interview with bobby 00:10		buy track
18.	16 the leisure class 8 talk to the dark 03:59		buy track
19.	17 a solemn realization 00:08		buy track
20.	18 the leisure class 9 nullward 02:59		buy track
21.	19 a candid question 00:03		buy track
22.	20 the leisure class 10 inaccessible 03:44		buy track
23.	21 a confession and a working principle 00:04		buy track
24.	22 the leisure class 11 this principle applies most of all 05:35		buy track
25.	23 a plaintive assertion 00:15		buy track
26.	24 the leisure class 12 man should have chosen the gorilla 03:17		buy track
27.	25 a notable quote 00:05		buy track
28.	26 the leisure class 13 a workman should be worthy 05:01		buy track
29.	27 a jarring criticism 00:04		buy track
30.	28 the leisure class 14 some modern work 04:36		buy track
31.	29 a rueful scheme 00:09		buy track
32.	30 the leisure class 15 thousands of times a second 03:22		buy track
33.	31 an uncompromising rejoinder 00:11		buy track
34.	32 the leisure class 16 tragically false intrinsically nasty 04:29		buy track
35.	33 an heedful recognition 00:06		buy track
36.	34 the leisure class 17 vague chaos 01:11		buy track
37.	35 a confession and a witty riposte 00:09		buy track
38.	36 the leisure class 18 think it possible 04:35		buy track
39.	37 a sobering reflection 00:03		buy track
40.	38 the leisure class 19 the lead waistcoat 03:45		buy track
41.	39 an immodest suggestion 00:03		buy track
42.	40 the leisure class 20 dreadful wisdom 04:10		buy track
43.	41 two passing thoughts 00:10		buy track
44.	42 the leisure class 21 what my grandma always said 03:05		buy track
45.	43 one last observation 00:10		buy track
46.	44 the leisure class 22 a simple man-made device 03:06		buy track
47.	45 a final suggestion 00:04		buy track
48.	46 the leisure class 23 translucent glove 03:56		buy track

about

In 1982, right as Tone Set was taking off, I made 23 pieces of music all the same tempo, to be able to easily edit from one to the other in old school ways. The music was created on a Pro-One synth and The Cat™ (by Octave). All percussion noises were made by synths; no drum machines were used. Recorded on a Teac 2340-S in the final months of residence at my parent’s house, my goal was to be as monodic and repetitive as possible, any variety coming about from the editing. The pieces were finished, but I never got around to the edit as life got busy. It would have been one of the first instances of a packaged for sale continuous mix, had I done so. And all from my own compositions. Techno mixes are usually samplers of lots of different artists. The Fabric Live and MixMag CD series are current examples.
So now, editing on computer, but only doing things I could have done back then, it has taken me 3 months to finally put this together. The music edit was only a few days, but it turns out, each piece was separated by a sound clip. These clips were from the same tapes Tone Set used for Cal’s Ranch. So I began adding them to the mix ala Tone Set, and that took up the rest of the time. Here's the full mix, the instrumental mix and the individual tracks that have lain unused all these years on The White Box tape 90-3.
However, “she saw me” appeared in this form at our live show at Merlin’s from 1982, available here on bandcamp. It was later turned into a poppier song, included on the “Such Heavy Conviction” box set by Vinyl-On-Demand.
This is posted here and at the galen from tone set page.
I've waited years to finally put this together. Super monodic techno. Some poppy Tone Set-ishnes creeps in. Includes continuous techno mix.

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released April 22, 2020

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