Released 2008 Artist Negativland Genre Rock | Length 39:29 Release date 2008 Label Seeland Records | |
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Recorded 2008 at Olympia, Oakland, San Francisco and the Sonoran Desert Thigmotactic
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Thigmotactic is a 2008 album by sound collage group Negativland. Unlike previous efforts by the band, it is primarily the expression of one member, Mark Hosler, though other members contributed, as did Thomas Dimuzio. Hosler created the bulk of its audio content as well as the visual collages and assemblages of found objects that are pictured in the liner notes. It is also notable as the band's "first entirely song-based project" and features fifteen songs and two instrumental pieces.
Contents
The title Thigmotactic refers to thigmotaxis, an instinctive reflex in response to physical touch, as mentioned in a passage from Ann Zwinger's The Mysterious Lands about a desert lizard with this property. These sentences are excerpted on the inside of the CD cover.
Track listing
- "Richard Nixon Died Today" – 2:24
- "Lying On The Grass" - 2:03
- "Extra Sharp Pencils" - 2:31
- "It's Not A Critique" - 1:02
- "Basketball Plant" - 2:46
- "Two Light Bulbs Flickering" - 1:35
- "By Truck" - 1:19
- "Jack Pastrami (Flower Bum)" - 2:41
- "Influential You" - 2:22
- "Virginia's Trip" - 2:26
- "Steak On A Whim" - 3:13
- "Pork In The Store" - 3:14
- "Perfect Little Cookies" - 1:55
- "Kind Of Grumpy" - 1:59
- "Your Skin Is Gelatin" - 2:35
- "Omnipotent Struggle" - 2:46
- "Rancho Pancho" - 2:28
Songs
1Richard Nixon Died Today2:25
2Lying on the Grass2:04
3Extra Sharp Pencils2:31