Work on What Has Been Spoiled

Work on What Has Been Spoiled
Studio album by Borbetomagus
Released	1981
Genre	Free improvisation
Length	34:16
Label	Agaric
Borbetomagus chronology

Last updated October 11, 2019

Work on What Has Been Spoiled is the second studio album by Borbetomagus, released in 1981 by Agaric Records.^[1] It features musical input from power electronics composer and pioneer Hugh Davies.^[2]

Borbetomagus are a free jazz/noise rock group. They are cited by critics as pioneers of aggressive improvised noise music.

Power electronics was originally coined by William Bennett as part of the sleevenotes to the Whitehouse album Psychopathia Sexualis, and is related to the early Industrial Records scene but later became more identified with noise music. It consists of static, screeching waves of feedback, analogue synthesizers making sub-bass pulses or high frequency squealing sounds, and screamed, distorted, often hateful and offensive lyrics. Deeply atonal, there are no conventional melodies or rhythms. Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine produced a compilation compact cassette tape called Power Electronics in 1986 that was curated by Joseph Nechvatal.

Hugh Seymour Davies was a musicologist, composer, and inventor of experimental musical instruments.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Concordat 6"	7:13
2.	"Concordat 7"	4:57
3.	"Concordat 8"	6:38

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Concordat 9"	1:31
2.	"Concordat 10"	6:02
3.	"Concordat 11"	7:55

Personnel

Adapted from Work on What Has Been Spoiled liner notes.^[3]

Borbetomagus

An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the performer and listener.

Don Dietrich is a saxophonist and founding member of New York City based improvisational group, Borbetomagus.

The saxophone is a woodwind instrument. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Although most saxophones are made from brass, they are categorized as woodwind instruments, because sound is produced by an oscillating reed, traditionally made out of woody cane, rather than lips vibrating in a mouthpiece cup as with the brass instrument family. As with the other woodwind instruments, the pitch of the note being played is controlled by covering holes in the body tube to control the resonant frequency of the air column by changing the effective length of the tube.

Production and additional personnel

Paul Laliberté – cover art
Mike Smirnoff – photography

Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book, magazine, newspaper (tabloid), comic book, video game, DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, for instance to promote the product it is displayed on, but can also have an aesthetic function, and may be artistically connected to the product, such as with art by the creator of the product.

Photography Art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation

Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing, and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1981	Agaric	LP	Ag 1981

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References

↑ Sprague, David (2007). "Borbetomagus". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
↑ Coley, Byron (December 1987). "Underground". Spin . Vol. 3 no. 7. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 38–39. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
↑ Work on What Has Been Spoiled (sleeve). Borbetomagus. Sparkill, New York: Agaric Records. 1981.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

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[trouserpress-1] Sprague, David (2007). "Borbetomagus". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 6, 2016.

[spinmag87-2] Coley, Byron (December 1987). "Underground". Spin . Vol. 3 no. 7. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 38–39. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

[linearnotes-3] Work on What Has Been Spoiled (sleeve). Borbetomagus. Sparkill, New York: Agaric Records. 1981.CS1 maint: others (link)

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Don Dietrich Donald Miller Jim Sauter Hugh Davies Brian Doherty Adam Nodelman
Studio albums	Borbetomagus Work on What Has Been Spoiled Borbetomagus Barbed Wire Maggots
Collaborative albums	Industrial Strength Borbeto Jam Fish That Sparkling Bubble Asbestos Shake
Live albums	At In Roads Live in Allentown New York Performances Seven Reasons for Tears Snuff Jazz Buncha Hair That Long Experience the Magic
Related articles	Cadence Jazz Records Voice Crack