The Impossible Humane

by Mixed Band Philanthropist

The Impossible Humane cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Staalplaat
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating in total obscurity within the British cassette underground, this anonymous project constructed a wildly disorienting, cut-and-paste auditory experience. 'The Impossible Humane' rapidly collides classical music samples, manic spoken word, and abrasive noise into a dense, surreal sound collage. The album remains a fascinating, highly chaotic benchmark in early plunderphonics and experimental tape manipulation.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, sampling, dissonant, experimental, lo-fi, avant-garde, atmospheric, minimal

Tracklist

  1. The Beginnings Of A Once Great Loneliness
  2. Some Were Animated By Their Purest Motives
  3. Confusion In The Mind Of The Otherwise Healthy Boy
  4. The Industry Of Children & Machines
  5. Horus Man (Enclaved By Wisdom)
  6. The Impossible Humane

Credits

  • Mixed Band Philanthropist - primary artist
  • Richard Rupenus - artwork [insert/labels], performer
  • D. Lucas - performer
  • K. Jameson - performer
  • Selektion - sleeve
  • S.B.O.T.H.I. - sleeve [concept], tape [raw sound material specifically for this project]
  • Adventures Of Twizzle - tape [raw sound material specifically for this project]
  • Andrew Chalk - tape [raw sound material specifically for this project]

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