Big City Orchestra
Big City Orchestra '' is a long-running art/anti-art group and musical project based in California. They have a rotating cast of musician and non-musician members. They were formed in 1979 as the house band for a network of artist residencies in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
Releases
Almost comedically prolific, BCO sailed through the cassette culture movement of the 1980s and 1990s with nearly 130 hour-long releases on over 100 labels.
Other work has included four video collections, five 7″ singles, one 8″ single, one 10″ single, 10+ compact discs, well over 40 CD-Rs, and more than 300 compilation appearances.
A partial list of releases
Baobab Biotope Art OrganizationBretagne Nihilistic RecordingsFresh Prezzies - Exclusive Tracks for Radio and Friends ubuibiGaiement Le RéseauMind Bent and Fancy Free - Industrial Therapy UnitMy Life in the Bush of Kate - UBUIBI RalphPandora Flutter Tongue - Ecto TapesPlanet of Giants - Peuleschille TapesProgressive Composition - ZNS TapesRites of Wrong - UBUIBISeeds of Doom - BloedvlagProduktSound Choice Cassette Culture Selection Sound ChoiceTelegraphe - New Flesh TapesUntitled - KadefVerstimmt - Ecto TapesWe Like Noize Too - UBUIBITryst Ubiubi 1982Massacre of The Innocents - Sound Of Pig 1985Bob Hope's Fruit Loop Special - Audiofile Tapes 1986Edge of Destruction - Swinging Axe Productions 1986Gateway of Fruit Loops - The Subelectrick Institute 1986Massacre Again - Tonspur Tapes 1986Parade of Idiots - Bog-Art 1986Arc of Infinity - Harsh Reality Music 1987Fury from the Deep - Markus Schwill 1987Hand of Fear - Calypso Now 1987Mile After Mile - Sound Of Pig 1987Mind of Evil - The Subelectrick Institute 1987Myth Makers - Nihilistic Recordings 1987Trail of Destruction - S.J. Organisation 1987A Good Time to Start Something New - Epitapes 1988Absence Sharpens, Presents Strengthens - GGE Records 1988Animal Religion - Ralph Records 1988Everyman Is a Volume - Korm Plastics 1988In the Near Future - Freedom In A Vacuum 1988Long Term Stimulation - SSS Productions 1988Magnetic Personality - IEP 1988Web of Fear - S.J. Organisation 1988Aime-Morot - Harsh Reality Music 1989Annual 1988 - UBUIBI 1989Childhood Remembrances - Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1989Headache Remedy - Ecto Tapes 1989Oblivion Realized - Minus Habens Records 1989Painfull Audio Enema - Lowlife Audio 1989The Man of Steal - Audiofile Tapes 1989Bell, Book and Candle - Tears Compilations 1990Prattling Box - Tragic Figures 1990Resurrection Men - Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1990Sounders; A Herd Of - Industrial Therapy Unit 1990Tallywags - Exo Product 1990Annual 1990 - UBUIBI 1991The Four Cassettes of the Apocalypse - Subelectrick Institute 1991Beatlerape - Realization Recordings 1993Greatest Hits and Test Tones - Pogus Productions 1993Schall & Rauch - Tonspur Tapes 1993So Much Dancing Then Nothing - Old Europa Cafe 1993A Child's Garden of Noise - Drone Records 1994So Much Nearer Than Ubiquitous - UBUIBI 1994Tryst 7 - UBUIBI 1994 With the Legendary Pink DotsGrass b/w Grass - Sick Muse Records 1995The Consumer - Commercial Failure 1995Tryst 8 - UBUIBI 1995Anguilliform - EE Tapes 1996Instructions for Use - Pure 1996Aime-Morot - HalTapes 1997And When We Get Homme, We Find Someone Else's Male - FDR Tapes 1997And When We Wake Up, There Is Sheep in Our Eyes - Doomsday Transmissions 1997Arc of Infinity - HalTapes 1997Eek! - EE Tapes 1997Split Single - Aquese Recordings 1997Untitled - Doomsday Transmissions 1997When We Wake Up... - HalTapes 1997Virus Radio Vol. I - Mutant Cactus Recordings 1998Don't Let Him Touch You - BLACK ORCHID Productions 1999Everyman Is a Volume - Korm Plastics 1999Arc of Infinity - Harsh Reality Music 2000Block Cedar Oakandstraw: Would - Blade Records 2001Eurotour 2001 - UBUIBI 2001New Beat for Baby - Negative Foundation 2002Scarab - EE Tapes 2002Can't We Just Have Sex Instead? - Brokenwave 2003In a Persian Market - Verato Project 2003Moisture - Reduktive Musiken 2003Trixxy Pixxy - Comfort Stand Recordings 2004Airre - Entr'acte 2005Big City Orchestra - Beta:Sound 2005Boom Crash Crash - Comfort Stand Recordings 2005Kismet - Umbrella Noize Collective 2005Progressive Composition - ZNS Tapes 2005Things Fall Down - Lostfrog 2005Azimuth - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006Dada Is Dead, Long Live Dada - UBUIBI 2006Does Art For... - Roil Noise Offensive 2006DoUBle the TroUBle - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006Love Film Greats - Roil Noise Offensive 2006Red Dog 9 - UBUIBI 2006Signals and Code - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006Drone Gnomes - Substantia Innominata 2007