YEAST CULTURE iys LP 1990 1st press 150ex avant experimental electronic toniutti

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Yeast Culture "IYS" LP privately issued by the composer through his Petri Supply (no catalogue number) in the US, 1990. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. This copy No. 18/150. Original handmade gatefold sleeve. ****** Rec:m- / Cov:ex ****** Original first press released on marbled gray vinyl and packaged in a screen-printed gatefold jacket. Both the inside and outside of the jacket, as well as the inside and outside of the inner bag were screen-printed. The record LP of the copy offered here was actually stored in a plastic inner sleeve in order to protect the grooves from the prints. The gatefold sleeve also incorporated black and white contact sheets of the Madrona tree used in the recording of the album. One pocket of the gatefold includes leaves and/or branches from the tree used in the recording. The gatefold was closed by a circular sticker. The original recordings were made over a three day period of the summer of 1989 at a rural location in Whidbey Island. Studio preparations were done at Incubator, and final mix-down achieved at Electric Eel recording studio. The second side was backwards out of phase version of the first side, meaning that theoretically if you played both sides at the same time, the sounds would cancel themselves out. Yeast Culture was an experimental recording group in Seattle, WA started by UW DJs at KCMU Radio in the mid-80s. Yeast Culture did a lot of field recordings around the islands in Puget Sound, and in empty buildings. They inhabited a derelict 1950s apartment building known as Main Plant where shows were held and a shop was set up to sell noise records. Early records were made here. In the late eighties they moved to a downtown warehouse space, continuing the shop and publishing more records and hosting shows. Photography and screen printing and DIY tactics were used to create record covers and more. They developed a conceptual approach to sound recording, collecting together related field recordings to create produced work. Their sound sources ranged from closely miked natural specimens such as trees and water, to live electric plasma, empty industrial sites and historical military forts. Studio techniques included musique concrete style tape manipulations, custom editing processes, and gear and environments which were designed specifically for each project. In the late eighties through the early nineties Yeast Culture actively participated in the European noise scene, working with the Dutch labels Korm Plastics and Midas Music, and also German labels Quiet Artworks and Selektion. In the early nineties, after having to vacate their studio space in the downtown Seattle area to make way for an urban development project, the group unofficially disbanded despite having accumulated a trove of incomplete recordings.  The label started by Yeast Culture is Petri Supply. Obscure and super-cool! ****** Please wait to receive my invoice before sending the payment after the auction ends. Attention! Real postage costs are not USD 4 as all the items are located in Doha, Qatar (which has a very safe and professional post system). Postage costs registered up to 1 Kilo (generally 3 LPs): to Europe and Japan is USD 16,50 / to America and Oceania is USD 22,50. Postage costs registered up to 2 Kilos: to Europe and Japan is USD 28,00 / to America and Oceania is USD 34,00. ****** More rare LPs and tapes from the Maurizio Bianchi early 80s collection available next week, including Camera Obscura, Chrome, Mnemonic Orchestra and more! ****** Thank you for your kind attention and good luck with your bids.