T.A.G.C. - 'Iso-Erotic Calibration'


CSR343CD (17 January 2025)

CD in 6-panel digipak
Barcode: 0641871746484





Carefully constructed aural rituals from T.A.G.C., this album maps new realms in the area of sensual electronic music. Founder Adi Newton (Clock DVA) uses The Anti Group as an outlet for his research in psycho-acoustic music. "Iso-Erotic Calibration" explores the potent topic of human sexuality. Recorded over a period of three years, this could be considered on of their more "accessible" albums.

Originally released in 1994 (Side Effects, the label of Lustmord, Musica Maxima Magnetica, and Adi's own Anterior Research Recordings), we are proud to present the album for the first time on vinyl, as well as the first official CD reissue, fleshed out with four bonus tracks: two were bonus digital-only tracks (2013); one track is taken from the soundtrack to the 2011 T.A.G.C. film 'Given'; one is a remix of the title track.

The Anti Group Communications (T.A.G.C.) was devised by Adi Newton and Steven James Turner as early as 1978 as a multi-dimensional research & development project. TAGC are not affiliated to any one system of philosophy or epistemological paradigm or occult fraternity but are open more to individual systems and innovative thinkers Science, Art, Music Sonology, Visual Arts, Literature, Research & Publication are its main areas.

The artwork is filled with text and illustrations supporting the different songs.

CD in 6-panel matt-laminate digipak.

Track listing:

1. Iso-Erotic Calibration
2. Union With Sirens
3. Mercurius
4. Annals Of Sancity
5. Nuerological Engineering
6. Psychophonophilia
7. Ethemeral
8. Iso-Erotic Calibration (After Glow Mix)
9. Adonne
10. Phantom Frequencies
11. Homage Dr Jekyll Et Les Femmes

Reviews:

"The sound design is surgical, clinical, and yet disturbingly sensual, a sonic tantra filtered through a cold lab lens; Reich meets Ballard in a sterile room pulsing with bioluminescent signals.... T.A.G.C. conduct autopsies on the interface between body and machine. And like all their work, this release is paired with a dense, multi-layered theoretical framework (the liner notes as essential as the sound), hinting at buried frequencies, ancient rituals, quantum oscillations of desire" (Unexplained Sounds)

"Adi Newton (off of Clock DVA) doing what Adi Newton does best, and that's disappearing into his wild and wonderful soundworld. There's some glorious dark ambient work on here too, like the drone/choral chanting of 'Mercurius' and the unsettlingly eroticisms of 'Psychophonophilia'... Adi's work is always interesting" (Moonbuilding)

"Weird spaced out alien electronic soundtracks with strange chittering and movement all around. It’s disorientating and just plain warped in places. I like it a lot" (Fighting Boredom)

"Die sorg-fältig konstruierten Klangrituale zeigen den Stand von Adi Newtons Forschungen im Bereich der psy-cho-akustischen Musik auf. „Iso-Erotic Calibration" erforscht inhalt-lich zudem die menschliche Sexua-lität und wurde über einen Zeitraum von drei Jahren aufgenommen. Es könnte als eines der zugängliche-ren Alben der Gruppe betrachtet werden. An vielen Stellen fühlt man sich deshalb an die kühlen Klang-landschaften von Clock DVA erin-nert... Ausnahms-weise lohnt sich hier die CD trotz-dem fast mehr als die Vinyledition: nämlich wegen der zahlreichen hochklassigen Bonustracks" (Sonic Seducer)

"Das sperrige Kürzel steht für The Anti Group Communications, dahinter stecken Adi Newton (Clock DVA) und Steven James Turner. Gemeinsam erschaffen sie erfrischende Industrial-Klänge, die zwischen atmosphärischem Ambient und krachenden Electro schweben. „Iso-Erotic Calibration" braucht aber die richtige Ruhe und Stimmung, um sich in seiner ganzen Pracht entfalten zu können" (Orkus).

"La tesa title track che parte come Clock DVA per svilupparsi come soundtrack dall'umore orrorifico, sperimentazione tra elementi noise, necessari gorgoglii, andamento meccanico e uno scampolo melodico, le coralità vagamente Current 93 di Mercurius... a frangente dark ambient (Psychophonophilia) con ansimanti respiri e popolata da spettrali entità, con l'aerea conclusione di Ethemeral... Questa riedizione e aggiunge una mezz'ora abbondante divisa in quattro episodi, un remix che spinge ancor più sul versante DVA... pregevole ambient nebbiosa ... a esplicito tributo, post-industrial a Borowczyk"" (7.9/10, Blow-Up)

"Bereit für einen musikalischen Ausflug ins Abgründige? Die musikalische Reise des Albums reicht von elektronischen Experimenten bis zu finsteren Klangwelten, die irgendwo zwischen Ritualmusik und sinnlicher Elektronik oszillieren. Die Tracklist bleibt dabei ein fließender Soundstrom, der neue Welten in deinem Kopf erschafft – perfekt, um sich ein wenig der Dunkelheit hinzugeben und zu schauen, was passiert. Optisch bietet das Werk nicht weniger: Das Artwork ist randvoll mit Texten und Illustrationen, die den Songs eine zusätzliche Ebene verleihen... T.A.G.C. liefern dir ein Stück Musikgeschichte, das gleichzeitig ein Forschungsprojekt und eine Einladung in fremde akustische Sphären ist... dafür umso spannender für alle, die es lieben, in das Unbekannte abzutauchen" (Medienkonverter)

"El eclecticismo conceptual es absoluto en los once temas que vertebran el álbum “Iso-Erotic Calibration”... Proyectando una estructura musical electrónica de base conceptual industrial cíclica orientada a la recreación de la uniformidad, donde los matices ruidísticos y los gritos establecen su puntual unión con lo humano para luego con planos melódicos ambient cuyos destellos cristalinos ofrecen la misma atmósfera que surge en el desvelo... Esta inmersión en lo mágico, en lo irreal, irradiará belleza y fascinación durante su audición ...ahondando en lo espiritual a través de este cálido estilo ambient... Casi tribal, ahonda en lo postindustrial con una firmeza artística que te atrae por su radiante perspectiva experimental... la innovación artística intemporal dentro de esta escena underground tan apasionante" (Lux Atenea)

"Dentro de la nutrida discografía de T.A.G.C, “Iso-Erotic Calibrations” es sin duda uno de los trabajos más enigmáticos y fascinantes, ya que logra combinar atmósferas lúgubres con cortes cercanos a la cadencia electrónica, dando a luz un sonido que puede segmentarse dentro de la electrónica de de los noventa. Adi Newton de Clock DVA subsumirá en dentro de un mundo repleto de magia y rituales ancestrales, configurando telares sonoros rebosantes de primitivismo y acercándonos a mundos apartados de la globalización y la sociedad de consumo... a hallar un fastuoso cuidado en lo referente a composición y estética sonora. No lo pases por alto!" (NOmelody)

"В отличие от более ритмичных ранних композиций, T.A.G.C. образца начала 90-х «умиротворен» и находится скорее на амбиентной территории. Никакого пения, мужского или женского, но при этом композиции не молчаливо несут в себе свои смысл и мелодию, а довольно бурно общаются со слушателем при помощи голосовых сэмплов... даже сейчас этот индустриальный амбиент слушается легко и с удовольствием" (Industrial Reviews)

T.A.G.C. - 'Iso-Erotic Calibration' CD (CSR343CD)

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