terre thaemlitz writings
執筆

A-Muzak
 
- Terre Thaemlitz


Accompanying text to the 7-inch single of the same name (Germany: A-Musik, 1999), A-14. Click here to view original release artwork.

A-Musik Presents A Program Of...
A-MUZAK
...Featuring Arrangements
By Terre Thaemlitz

Titles: "Program-A" & "A-Program"

Under The Slogans Of:
TRANSGENDERED LIBERATION
TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS
WOMEN'S EQUALITY
 
OPEN IMMIGRATION
COMMUNAL DIVERSITY
 
REPLACING MALE FIGUREHEADS
WITH FEMALE TO MALE
CROSSDRESSERS
 
SEXWORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
For generations MUZAK has functioned on a secondary level, "heard but not listened to." Similarly, MUZAK's pretense of leisure withholds a secondary agenda. MUZAK broadcasts around the world have been used to increase production of acpital, create passivity in social contexts, and further exploit existing hierarchies

Today MUZAK gives way to A-MUZAK.
 
What once had the appearance of
A-POLITICALITY assumes
POLITICALITY.
 
 
Millions of people, internationally, find inspiration in A-MUZAK's demand for attention to the cacophony of the periphery.
 
 
A-MUZAK IS A PHENOMENON OF OUR AGE. IT AROSE AMID THE "DIRECT ACTION" LEFTIST AUDIO ENGINEERS AND IDEOLOGISTS.
 
      THE PRESENT RECORDING IS AN AGITATIONAL PROGRAM WITH WHICH THE A-MUZAKISTS BEGIN THE STRUGGLE WITH THE SUPPORTERS OF TRADITIONAL MUZAK.
 

This A-MUZAK program was specially engineered to reflect multiple stages of production and utilization, giving proper audibility to digital residue generated during compositional production; surface residue incurred during manufacturing; and your own contributions of noise to be determined by wear patterns resulting from normal usage.

 
Germany: A-Musik, 1999 Red 7" Vinyl: A-14