Points

by Negativland

Points cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Seeland
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Bob Jackson, Peter Dayton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Negativland's 'Points' introduced the Bay Area group's early collage methods before their later culture-jamming notoriety. The album uses tape fragments, electronics, and absurdist interruption to build a disorienting audio environment from media debris.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, atonal, avant-garde, atmospheric, experimental, satirical, dark-humor, deconstructed

Tracklist

  1. Harry To The Ferry
  2. The Answer Is
  3. The Scolding Box
  4. That Darn 'Keet
  5. Dear Mary
  6. Clutch Cargo '81
  7. BABAC D'BABC...
  8. A Nice Place To Live
  9. A Bee Fly
  10. No Hands
  11. Potty Air

Credits

  • David Wills - performer [all instruments], performer
  • Mark Hosler - performer [all instruments], edited by [additionally reassembled by], performer
  • Richard Lyons - performer [all instruments], performer
  • David's Mother - other [accordion]
  • Aunt Louise - other [singing]
  • Bob Jackson - clarinet
  • Peter Dayton - bass
  • Mark's Mom - other [kitchen noises]

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