R.A. Cantius - Playing In The Dirt (EP)
EP with booklet by Scott Seward & Byron Coley Limted Numbered Edition of 200 This LP exists through an act of sheerest serendipity. Scott Seward of John Doe Jr. Records up in Greenfield, MA was talking to one of his regulars, an Amherst-based photographer named Bob Cantius. In the course of their conversations, Scott learned that Bob had — in a former life — done some experimental sound recording, portions of which featured his own homemade string instrument: The Brunt-Milter. Eventually, Bob was able to turn up tapes of two finished pieces. Both were begun with the Brunt-Milter in 1964, then finished off with added sound sources and mixing in 1968. When they were started, Cantius had just finished his arts… Read more »
