Roberta Eklund ‎– "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (Eklund cassettes) 1984

Right....get a loada these notes from the insert of this tape:

"The cover illustration is a graphic representation of the anal stage. Notice the two hills representing the buttocks, respectively. Also, the placement of the mountain, a double meaning, either the feces or a penis. This could be interpreted as "loss of self" or the "completion of self"."  (!)

Is this this high quality Irony or turgidly pompous Bollocks?
Now we know what the cover means, because we're obviously too dumb to work it out for ourselves. I don't know about it being interpreted as "Loss of self"? i would interpret it as "patronisingly pretentious" myself. It makes Patti Smith  seem in touch with the street.
Doubtlessly, Ms. Eklund would have loved to have been a part of the NYC SoHo art glitterati, but more likely came from the Boise Idaho art set.Which is in some way, kinda preferable?
Toe curling pretentiousness aside,(Never explain your 'art',rule number one), the spoken word collages are great,but lofty, Philip Glass inspired minimalism. Love it...a lot.

Tracklist: 

A1	Consumer
A2	Mate
A3	Some Days
B1	Manifesto
B2	Ha-Ha

Also included in the download is Eklund's other,not so good, tape from the following year,where she tries to actually be Philip Glass. Still pleasant enough repetitive,and largely wordless, minimal keyboard compositions.It could have been written by a student of modern composition in some east coast university around 1985.....mmmm the same year as this cassette!?

Roberta Eklund ‎– "The Process Of Recognition"

Tracklist:

A1	Running	13:00
A2	Bedtime	10:16
B1	Fear Of Intimacy	7:03
B2	Murmurs	7:18
B3	That Sound Can Be Easily Explained	2:22
B4	Scarlet Park	7:03

 
DOWNLOAD a representation of the anal stage,click HERE and the file will appear like a binary turd from between two digital buttocks!