Negativland - Thigmotactic

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Tracklist

1	Richard Nixon Died Today	2:24
2	Lying On The Grass	2:03
3	Extra Sharp Pencils	2:31
4	It's Not A Critique	1:02
5	Basketball Plant	2:46
6	Two Light Bulbs Flickering	1:35
7	By Truck	1:19
8	Jack Pastrami (Flower Burn)	2:41
9	Influental You	2:22
10	Virginia's Trip	2:26
11	Steak On A Whim	3:13
12	Pork In The Store	3:14
13	Perfect Little Cookies	1:55
14	Kind Of Grumpy	1:59
15	Your Skin Is Gelatin	2:35
16	Omnipotent Struggle	2:46
17	Rancho Pancho	2:28

Credits

Acoustic Guitar – Mark Hosler (tracks: 1, 3)
Arranged By – Bob Basanich, Thomas Dimuzio
Backing Vocals – Bob Basanich (tracks: 5, 7 - 8), Mark Hosler (tracks: 5), Richard Lyons (tracks: 9), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1)
Bass – Bob Basanich (tracks: 12), Mark Hosler (tracks: 1 - 2, 5, 7 - 9), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1 - 3, 5, 8)
Bass Drum – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 6, 17)
Bass Tuba – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17)
Bell Tree – Mark Hosler (tracks: 17), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 8 - 9, 12)
Bells – Mark Hosler (tracks: 11)
Bongos – Mark Hosler (tracks: 16)
Clavinet – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 12)
Composed By – Mark Hosler
Cymbal – Mark Hosler (tracks: 3)
Drum Machine – Mark Hosler (tracks: 2, 10, 12 - 13)
Drum Programming – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 6, 12, 15)
Drum Programming [Additional] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 2, 8)
Drums – Byram Abbott (tracks: 5)
Electric Guitar – Bob Basanich (tracks: 5)
Electric Piano – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1, 5)
Flute [Electric] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 16)
Flute [Thai Flute] – Bob Basanich (tracks: 16)
French Horn [Faux] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1)
Guitar [12 String] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 17)
Guitar [Acoustic] – Bob Basanich (tracks: 7, 14)
Guitar [Broken Guitar] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 14)
Guitar [Chord Guitar] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 9)
Guitar [Distorto Melody Guitar] – Bob Basanich (tracks: 12)
Guitar [Electric Melody Guitar] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 3, 5, 9)
Guitar [Other] – Jon Land* (tracks: 7, 9)
Handclaps – Mark Hosler (tracks: 3, 10), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 10), Wobbly (tracks: 10)
Harmonica [Digital] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 12)
Harmonica [Shredded] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 5)
Harp – Mark Hosler (tracks: 6)
Harp [Broken Toy Harp] – Bob Basanich (tracks: 16)
Horns – Mark Hosler (tracks: 12)
Keyboards – Bob Basanich (tracks: 8, 10, 15), Mark Hosler (tracks: 2 - 3, 6 - 8, 10 - 12, 15 - 16)
Keyboards [Broken Keyboard] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 4)
Keyboards [Modified Toy Keyboard] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 6), Mike Langlie (tracks: 2, 15), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17), Wobbly (tracks: 11)
Lyrics By – David Wills (tracks: 5), Mark Hosler (tracks: 1 - 3, 6 - 12, 14 - 15)
Noises – Mark Hosler (tracks: 5, 7, 11), Pete Edwards (tracks: 1 - 2), Pete Edwards (tracks: 17), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 4 - 5, 13, 15)
Organ – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
Other [Broken Toys] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 9, 15), Pete Edwards (tracks: 6, 14, 17)
Percussion – Bob Basanich (tracks: 8, 16), Mark Hosler (tracks: 1 - 2, 5, 8, 17), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 5, 11)
Percussion [Bangers] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 16)
Percussion [Brushed Clay Drums] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 17)
Percussion [Clay Head] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 17)
Percussion [Drum Synth] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 3)
Percussion [Electric] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 15)
Percussion [Horse Hooves] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 17)
Percussion [Other] – Mark Hosler (tracks: 4, 6 - 7, 10 - 14), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 13 - 14), Wobbly (tracks: 10)
Performer – Mark Hosler
Piano – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 3)
Piano [Honky-tonk] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17)
Sampler [Audio Contributions] – Bob Basanich, Byram Abbott, Jon Land*, Negativland, Pete Edwards, Thomas Dimuzio, Wobbly
Sequenced By – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 16)
Slide Guitar – Mark Hosler (tracks: 1)
Snare – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 7)
Strings [Gordo] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17)
Strings [Synth Strings] – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 8)
Synth – Mark Hosler (tracks: 7, 12 - 14, 17), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 10 - 12, 14 - 16), Wobbly (tracks: 10)
Tape – Bob Basanich (tracks: 16), Don Joyce (tracks: 9), Mark Hosler (tracks: 1, 4, 8 - 9, 11 - 12, 15), Richard Lyons (tracks: 4), Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17)
Trumpet – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 17)
Vocals – Bob Basanich (tracks: 10), Mark Hosler (tracks: 1 - 3, 5 - 12, 14 - 15, 17)
Wood Block – Thomas Dimuzio (tracks: 6)
Written-By – Mark Hosler

Notes

Promo copy of Thigmotactic; comes in a fold-out slip case with the full booklet and a sticker on the front that reads:

"Suggested tracks: #1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15

Thigmotactic takes another path in Negativland's many twists and turns throughout the musical wilderness, by going deep into song making territory with a project created mostly by one member of the group, Mark Hosler. Moving in a very different direction than other recent Negativland releases, and with a decidedly surreal bent, these eccentric toe-tapping electronic folk-pop noise songs are strung together to form a continuous and cohesive listening experience, with themes emerging around meat, pants, milk, cows, trucks, Herb Alpert, Richard Nixon, and even love. Thigmotactic continues in Negativland's decades long collage and cut-up tradition, but while the trademark sound of found audio elements is sparingly collaged through-out, the cutting up here is also in the lyrics, created by combining dream journals, bits of advertisements, found poems, automatic writings, stream of consciousness, old National Geographic articles, and more."