Many thanks to the SciFi-Blog & Podcast “Fantastische Wissenschaftlichkeit” for playing “What Penumbras” from Strategic Tape Reserve’s brilliant ShopLand World cassette! Catch the tracklist and archived audio on their website.
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Raised by Cassettes C.M.S.O. Review
Great review of C.M.S.O. up by Raised By Cassettes!
“It’s kind of fun how this cassette begins with that wild electro-folk sound and then ends on something along the same lines though not completely the same.”
Read the track-by-track over on the blog.
The Tape Label Report
Bandcamp has a very fun newish monthly feature called The Tape Label Report “where we introduce you to five cassette-focused labels you should know about and highlight key releases from each.” January 2022 includes Strategic Tape Reserve with a little shout out to Orca, Attack!’s C.M.S.O.
C.M.S.O. on Avant Music News Best of 2021
Many many thanks to Avant Music News for including Orca, Attack!’s weird little faux-educational-musical-dispatch C.M.S.O. (with Strategic Tape Reserve and David Rodriguez) with the Best of 2021! See the full list, plus honorable mentions, on the AMN website.
C.M.S.O. top 46 tape of the year
A million thanks to Tabs Out for naming Orca, Attack!’s C.M.S.O. the #46 cassette tape of the year! So many of my favorite releases from 2021 are also on the list, really excited to be included. Listen to the year-end show and see the list on the Tabs Out website.
Avant Music News Best of the First Half of 2021
Big ups to Avant Music News for including C.M.S.O. in their “best of the first half of 2021” list!
Limitations on WFMU
C.M.S.O. Reviewed in The Wire
It’s with the utmost pride and joy that I share that Orca, Attack!’s C.M.S.O. is reviewed in this month’s edition of the incredible The Wire magazine. Spenser Tomson writes, “…incoherent snippets of detail are delivered via garbled new age electronics and blissed out chorals, like a sleep learning tape that’s been chewed by the deck.” The full review is available from Exact Editions or your local library. THANK YOU to Spenser and The Wire editorial staff for their support!
C.M.S.O. is (some of) The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp!
We here at Orca, Attack! headquarters are beyond ecstatic that Marc Masters included C.M.S.O. as one of his picks for the best experimental music on Bandcamp last month. Here’s an excerpt:
The New Orleans-based duo of Elizabeth Joan Kelly and David Rodriguez mix retro-futuristic voices with technological debris to create something not far from James Ferraro’s work circa Far Side Virtual. Simultaneously funny and creepy, C.M.S.O. is cultural collage that works on whatever level you feel like assigning to it.
Read the rest over on Bandcamp!
C.M.S.O. Review in Electronic Sound Magazine
It’s truly a dream come true that C.M.S.O. was reviewed in Electronic Sound Magazine, and James Thornhill did a wonderful job. Thank you! Check your local library for access, or just order a copy.
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 