A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird (complete edition), by Various Artists

A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird (complete edition)

by Various Artists

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Reissued by request, this edition of the complete collection has been mastered to the best possible standard from the original tape, and also comes with a pdf of the original booklet, and graphics for burning it off as a 2CD set.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Atmospheres And Melodies Inspired By The Paintings Of H.R. Giger, Introduction (cassettes sampler), Examination (cassettes sampler), Look Out! (Cassettes Selection 1986-1992), Substratum, Journey To The End Of Night, A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird (complete edition), View, and 35 more. , and , .

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1.	Paul Nagle - Skrying 08:45	info	buy track
2.	Peter Frohmader - Pharaonische Grabkammar 09:10	info	buy track
3.	Colin Potter - Potters Wheel 06:30	info	buy track
4.	Region 5 - In The Cage Of Crystal Moonlight 05:47	info	buy track
5.	Conrad Schnitzler - 1·11·84 07:03	info	buy track
6.	Adhara - Alucian Landscape 06:57	info	buy track
7.	Ken Moore - In The Field With Flowers & A Toilet 05:50	info	buy track
8.	Kevin O'Neill - The Claws That Catch 05:41	info	buy track
9.	Peter Frohmader - Sepulchral Choirs 11:27	info	buy track
10.	Alto Stratus - The Captive 14:57	info	buy track
11.	Paul Kelday - Timelord 05:06	info	buy track
12.	Günter Schickert - Powolerman/Suleika 08:49	info	buy track
13.	The Land Of Yrx - Merman Ikon Bee 07:11	info	buy track
14.	Bourbonese Qualk - Blackout 03:01	info	buy track
15.	New 7th Music - Tlazolteotl 05:12	info	buy track
16.	Hartmann - Forget The Past 03:07	info	buy track
17.	R. N. Andrews - Humphrey's Final Words 02:06	info	buy track
18.	Aussenminister - City Wolf 04:28	info	buy track
19.	Zircon & The Burning Brains - Imaginé 05:25	info	buy track
20.	Input - Heavy Street 04:19	info	buy track
21.	David Gate - Nothing Isn't Everything 03:46	info	buy track
22.	Rollkommando - Nude Picture 02:11	info	buy track
23.	Déficit Des Années Antérieures - Une Etude De Sonorisation Par Le Sol 04:47	info	buy track

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Acclaimed compilation of original specially commissioned material covering the unique range of music from the 80s experimental underground. Originally issued as a 2 cassette set (A: melodic synth and cosmic music, B: experimental synths and electronics, C: rock and new-wave underground, D: avant-garde and industrial).
The cover art was by the late Peter Harrison, and the inspiration for the title too, which was a deliberate misquote of “I am a cage, in search of a bird” by Franz Kafka, and a dedication to the paintings "The Therapist" 1937 by Rene Magritte and "Bird Cage" by Slavador Dali.

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released December 11, 2021

original issue (Dark Star DIS 1-2) c90+c60 © 4/85
download edition (Dark Star DIS 1-2 DL) 2021
if burnt to disc (Dark Star DIS 1-2 CDR) 2021
CD1 67:14 / CD2 74:57

Produced by Dark Star ©1985
Compiled by Alan Freeman Autumn '84 - Spring '85.
Cover art by Peter Harrison.
Mastered to digital by Alan Freeman in 2021.
Reissued by request.

booklet credits: see the info text file with the download, or check-out the extra info with the individual tracks here on Bandcamp, which also include links to many of the artists.

23 tracks, total: 141:29

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Auricle Music Leicester, UK

Auricle was born in 1986 as a cassette label run by Alan & Steve Freeman (Leicester, UK) specialising in weird, experimental, electronic, space-rock and related genres, later moving to CD releases.
This Auricle Music site on Bandcamp is for all the other oddments from our catalogue that won't fit on our individual artist pages.
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