delineation of perspective

thomas dimuzio

generations unlimited

1987 cassette

(originally released by generations unlimited)

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reviews

“Excellent building of electronic effects and shifts makes this a very beautiful work. Recommended.” — ND

“Extremely dense pieces that build to earshattering amounts of noise.” — Factsheet Five

“... Dimuzio's formulative work has a unique and fascinating character - devious, strange and haunting.” — Audion

“'Blackened Prospects' is a dense conglomerate of sound that pulsates in 58 ways ...” — File 13

“... Dimuzio remains a unique player, and it’s a true pleasure to have these early exciting works available.” — The Sound Projector

ND

A very intriguing cassette from this Boston composer. Spirals and loops and at turns a very dense and ambient sound. Excellent building of electronic effects and shifts makes this a very beautiful work. Recommended. —Daniel Plunkett

Factsheet Five

Electronically altered music as part of the GU series of plainwrap releases. Dimuzio is interesting mainly for taking the human voice as another instrument; rather than lyrics, he mixes in vocal samples aloing with the clamour of the synthesizers. Extremely dense pieces that build to earshattering amounts of noise. —T/MG

Audion

Unlike Michael Chocholak's OWL MAN DREAMS, this Generations Unlimited release contains a more diverse and inventive collection of compositions and abstractions. Cyclic fragmentary and spacious moods are created on synths and other (often unrecognisable) instruments to create an unreal and oft frightening atmosphere. Although starting out like 'Chrome down in the sewer' (to quote Steve's apt description) Dimuzio's tape visits similar musical territory, albeit being more spacious and inventive. To describe such music accurately is hard, Dimuzio's formulative work has a unique and fascinating character - devious, strange and haunting. —Alan Freedman

File 13

'Window Music' shows off Dimuzio's imaginative use of sampling technology. A bicycle bell, breaking glass, car horn, and a plethora of other samples are used in a manner which makes musical sense — this is not just a bunch of cool sounds. 'Blackened Prospects' is a dense conglomerate of sound that pulsates in 58 ways, like some spastic heart that got left on the operating table. The other selections are not as striking, but provide some decent musical intergalactica.

The Sound Projector

I have always greatly enjoyed this fellow's robust approach to making electronic junkyard noise, and his releases on Chris Cutler's ReR Megacorp label aren't about to be leaving this listener's collection. His "Delineation Of Perspective" (GU-TD1) is a set of works from 1987, remixed in 1988, and is simply glorious. One has the impression of machines, objects, and entire environments coming to life and taking over the planet much like mechanised monsters; all that was once familiar and safe is rebelling against us and cannot be controlled or tamed. "Of Vast And Barren, Rotting Wastelands" is one title that will alert you to Dimuzio's plan; nothing short of a scorched earth, total desolation nuclear blast can satisfy him. In the context of the other tapes on this page, I suppose Dimuzio is the most maximal of the composers; I think this may be in part to his production methods, which are not exclusively synth-based involve recordings of traditional instruments and various objects, battered or played to produce far-out sounds. Everything is layered together in a large gummy wodge of controlled noise, where every element is competing for attention and the whole threatens to tear itself apart. Dimuzio remains a unique player, and it’s a true pleasure to have these early exciting works available.— Ed Pinsent