Monday, March 18, 2024 by DJ Uncertain #music
ZONKED with D.O.T. Audio Arts and Harsh Reality
We're happy to announce D.O.T. Audio Arts aka African American Sound Recordings aka Gavin is a guest curator at MPR. The first in a series of shows he's organized is a deep excavation of the Harsh Reality Music label from his native city of Memphis.
Listen to it ➚here --->
In his words, the show is "...a peek into the exploded world of seminal yet underrated experimental cassette label Harsh Reality Music.
HRM (helmed by Chris Phinney) started in Memphis, Tennessee in the 80s as a progressive offshoot of the punk minded zine Malice. Seemingly forgotten within the crypts of Memphis lore, Harsh Reality Music meticulously weaved together an international network of bedroom sound artists, noise musicians, sonic poets, punks, and zonkers.
With the recent passing of underground figure Mike Honeycutt, we’ve since revisited the enormous catalog of HRM with focus on Mystery Hearsay’s contributions as well as Honeycutt’s label releases through Mystery Hearsay & Total Recess. Tune in for deeply fried audio from Mental Anguish, Mystery Hearsay, Eternal Concessions, Big City Orchestra, and more."
You can find full issue scans of Malice➚ here. The music reviews are pretty hilarious.
Find more from D.O.T. Audio arts ➚here.