Big City Orchestra

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Genres Experimental noise Website www.ubuibi.org		Years active 1979–present Genre Alternative/Indie

Origin Los Angeles, California, United States (1979) Members Das, Lesser, A. L. Dentel, Cyoakha Grace, David Gardner Albums Greatest Hits and Test Tones, Trixxy Pixxy Record labels Drone Records, Comfort Stand Recordings Similar If - Bwana, Dirk Serries, Kapotte Muziek, Asmus Tietchens, The Haters

Big City Orchestra is a long-running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members. They were formed in 1979 as the house band for a network of artist residences in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

A partial list of releases

Big City Orchestra Some Assembly Required October 6 2006 Big City Orchestra

Baobab (Cass) Biotope Art Organization

Bretagne (Cass, C60) Nihilistic Recordings

Fresh Prezzies - Exclusive Tracks for Radio and Friends (CDr) ubuibi

Gaiement (Cass) Le Réseau

Mind Bent and Fancy Free (Cass) - Industrial Therapy Unit

My Life in the Bush of Kate (Cass) - UBUIBI Ralph

Pandora Flutter Tongue (Cass) - Ecto Tapes

Planet of Giants (Cass) - Peuleschille Tapes

Progressive Composition (Cass) - ZNS Tapes

Rites of Wrong (Cass) - UBUIBI

Seeds of Doom (Cass) - BloedvlagProdukt

Sound Choice Cassette Culture Selection (Cass) Sound Choice

Telegraphe (Cass) - New Flesh Tapes

Untitled (Cass) - Kadef

Verstimmt (Cass) - Ecto Tapes

We Like Noize Too (Cass) - UBUIBI

Massacre of The Innocents (Cass, C90) - Sound Of Pig 1985

Bob Hope's Fruit Loop Special (Cass, C60) - Audiofile Tapes 1986

Edge of Destruction (Cass) - Swinging Axe Productions 1986

Gateway of Fruit Loops (Cass) - The Subelectrick Institute 1986

Massacre Again (Cass) - Tonspur Tapes 1986

Parade of Idiots (Cass) - Bog-Art 1986

Arc of Infinity (Cass) - Harsh Reality Music 1987

Fury from the Deep (Cass) - Markus Schwill 1987

Hand of Fear (Cass) - Calypso Now 1987

Mile After Mile (Cass, C60) - Sound Of Pig 1987

Mind of Evil (Cass) - The Subelectrick Institute 1987

Myth Makers (Cass) - Nihilistic Recordings 1987

Trail of Destruction (Cass, C60) - S.J. Organisation 1987

A Good Time to Start Something New (Cass) - Epitapes 1988

Absence Sharpens, Presents Strengthens (Cass) - GGE Records 1988

Animal Religion (Cass) - Ralph Records 1988

Everyman Is a Volume (Cass, C60) - Korm Plastics 1988

In the Near Future (Cass) - Freedom In A Vacuum 1988

Long Term Stimulation (Cass, Ltd) - SSS Productions 1988

Magnetic Personality (Cass) - IEP 1988

Web of Fear (Cass, C60) - S.J. Organisation 1988

Aime-Morot (Cass) - Harsh Reality Music 1989

Annual 1988 (Cass) - UBUIBI 1989

Childhood Remembrances (Cass) - Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1989

Headache Remedy (Cass) - Ecto Tapes 1989

Obivion Realized (Cass) - Minus Habens Records 1989

Painfull Audio Enema (Cass) - Lowlife Audio 1989

The Man of Steal (Cass, C60) - Audiofile Tapes 1989

Bell, Book and Candle (Cass) - Tears Compilations 1990

Prattling Box (Cass) - Tragic Figures 1990

Resurrection Men (Cass) - Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1990

Sounders ; A Herd Of (Cass) - Industrial Therapy Unit 1990

Tallywags (Cass) - Exo Product 1990

Annual 1990 (Cass) - UBUIBI 1991

The Four Cassettes of the Apocalypse (CD) - Subelectrick Institute 1991

Beatlerape (CD) - Realization Recordings 1993

Greatest Hits and Test Tones (CD) - Pogus Productions 1993

Schall & Rauch (Cass) - Tonspur Tapes 1993

So Much Dancing Then Nothing (Cass) - Old Europa Cafe 1993

A Child's Garden of Noise (7", Ltd) - Drone Records 1994

So Much Nearer Than Ubiquitous (Cass) - UBUIBI 1994

Tryst 7 (Cass) - UBUIBI 1994 With the Legendary Pink Dots

Grass b/w Grass (7") - Sick Muse Records 1995

The Consumer (CD) - Commercial Failure 1995

Tryst 8 (2xCass, Ltd) - UBUIBI 1995

Anguilliform (Cass, Ltd, C60) - EE Tapes 1996

Instructions for Use (CD) - Pure (US) 1996

Aime-Morot (Cass) - HalTapes 1997

And When We Get Homme, We Find Someone Else's Male (Cass)- FDR Tapes 1997

And When We Wake Up, There Is Sheep in Our Eyes (Cass) - Doomsday Transmissions 1997

Arc of Infinity (Cass) - HalTapes 1997

Eek! (Cass, C60) - EE Tapes 1997

Split Single (7") - Aquese Recordings 1997

Untitled (Cass, Single, Ltd) - Doomsday Transmissions 1997

When We Wake Up... (CDr) - HalTapes 1997

Virus Radio Vol. I (Cass) - Mutant Cactus Recordings 1998

Don't Let Him Touch You (Cass, Album, C60) - BLACK ORCHID Productions 1999

Everyman Is a Volume (CDr) - Korm Plastics 1999

Arc of Infinity (CDr) - Harsh Reality Music 2000

Block Cedar Oakandstraw: Would (CDr) - Blade Records 2001

Eurotour 2001 (CDr) - UBUIBI 2001

New Beat for Baby (CD, Album) - Negative Foundation 2002

Scarab (CDr) - EE Tapes 2002

Can't We Just Have Sex Instead? (File, MP3) - Brokenwave 2003

In a Persian Market (CDr) - Verato Project 2003

Moisture (CDr) - Reduktive Musiken 2003

Trixxy Pixxy (File, MP3) - Comfort Stand Recordings 2004

Airre (CDr) - Entr'acte 2005

Big City Orchestra (File, MP3) - Beta:Sound 2005

Boom Crash Crash (File, MP3) - Comfort Stand Recordings 2005

Kismet (File, MP3) - Umbrella Noize Collective 2005

Progressive Composition (File, MP3) - ZNS Tapes 2005

Things Fall Down (File, MP3) - Lostfrog 2005

Azimuth (File, MP3) - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006

Dada Is Dead, Long Live Dada (CDr, Album) - UBUIBI 2006

Does Art For... (CDr) - Roil Noise Offensive 2006

DoUBle the TroUBle (File, MP3) - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006

Love Film Greats (CDr) - Roil Noise Offensive 2006

Red Dog 9 (CDr, Album, Ltd) - UBUIBI 2006

Signals and Code (File, MP3) - Umbrella Noize Collective 2006

Drone Gnomes (10", Ltd, Mar) - Substantia Innominata 2007

Big City Orchestra Big City Orchestra Green Death YouTube

Songs

ChaossTrixxy Pixxy · 2004
MobadTrixxy Pixxy · 2004
ChimestarBoom Crash Crash · 2005

References

Big City Orchestra Wikipedia

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Contents

A partial list of releases

Songs

References