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The Blythe Archives Online Repository

Each volume of The Blythe Archives contains information which may be used to locate additional musical material cached throughout the United States. The data range in form, from etched GPS coordinates to lyrical pointers suggesting specific mass transit stations. At present, four caches exist, none of which have been uncovered.

The watertight caches contain original master cassette tapes and miscellaneous documents. These cassette tapes are the only extant physical copies of the music they contain. However, instructions accompanying each cache tell the finder how to unlock .mp3 files stored in this repository which contain all audio from the tapes. Once the .mp3s are unlocked, the repository server will display links to these files in the space below for public download. (crm:01.15.2008)

Volume 1-B




Cassette I: Audio

Cassette II: Audio

Cassette III: Audio - Side A | Side B

Notes: These sounds were compiled from a series of remixes and outtakes made around the same time as the material on the Burnt Toast one-sided LP. Cassette I is a hand-made 4.9 second loop, and Cassette II is a factory- manufactured one that I dubbed a song shard onto. Cassette III's A-side contains a grotty and gainy remix of 'D.N.A.R.T.S.O.N.', a shorter, more chaotic 'Hallelujah', an unreleased song called 'Blackmouse I Need You', and several unfleshed sketches. Cassette III's B-side is a continuation of the 'D.N.A.R.T.S.O.N.' remix.

The tape cache was hidden between the two metal faces of a New York City subway sidewalk signpost. Bright yellow stickers marked the exact location. Tiel Reardon and Brent Karwatowski were first to reach the tapes, but failed to see them wedged between the signposts and thought someone else had nabbed them first. I met them at a show in Brooklyn, where they told me about their search. I was sad that they'd spent a bunch of time and came away empty handed (even though Tiel said she found a twenty dollar bill on the subway steps!), so I stopped by the location and tried to pull the tapes out. After two months of rain and snow and mold, they were crammed firmly in place. It took about ten minutes, and I looked like a fool wrenching a wad of grimy plastic from the abandoned entrance of a G train stop in broad daylight, but I eventually succeeded and mailed the tapes to their rightful owners. (crm:03.17.2008)
Volume 2-B
Volume 3-B
Volume 4-B