Part of her inspiration was Tellus, the first successful publication formally known as an "audio cassette magazine." Founded in 1983 by noise composer Joseph Nechvatal, Carol Parkinson (now the director of nonprofit arts organization Harvestworks), and Claudia Gould (now the director of New York's Jewish Museum), Tellus was an experiment with the then-wildly successful cassette tape format. " just my pace: You publish four times a year, and you have some time to really curate it." Instead, what made the most sense was the publishing schedule for a format very rarely associated with audio: quarterly magazines. While radio seemed like the most obvious form of distribution for audio, that daily pace wasn't exactly how she wanted to create or distribute her work. "I kept asking myself, 'Why do I like audio so much? What does that mean? What are the options available if you like that sort of thing?'" Kauffman told WIRED. It all started with a simple question: If you could hear an art magazine instead of reading it, what would it sound like? After releasing many of her recordings on her Life Spying tumblr, Kauffman decided to take it to the level by asking for submissions from artists, and curating them into her first issue of Master Cactus. That belief in the intimacy of physical sound is a major touchstone of Brooklyn-based artist Becca Kauffman's project Master Cactus, an audio cassette magazine filled with field recordings, monologues, songs and avant garde sound art that documents the local scene where her band Ava Luna has been making music over the past few years. This resurgence within largely young, underground audiences proves that despite much ado about the death of physical media, many people - at least in some subcultures - still want actual, intimate contact with the culture they consume. People buy and sell zines online as readily as they'd order stationery, while cassette-dominant labels - like Orange County locals Burger Records and Minnesota-based Night-People - do so well that some of them have opened storefronts they've also created Cassette Store Day, where local labels and collectors advertise on the Internet, then gather in DIY spaces to buy and sell cassettes. While that looks increasingly prescient for mainstream music, it's not true for every form of art zine culture and audio cassette trading has actually been buoyed by the rise of the Internet, despite fading from popular consumption. And they said “why don’t you give us a mixture of some of your own stuff and some of the older stuff that you’ve done?” So that’s the primary reason for doing an Eclectic Electric.When the Internet and MP3s began taking off in the early 2000s, many hand-wringing critics believed the rise of digital media would spell doomsday for their physical counterparts.
They asked why did I do different versions of other songs. I asked a lot of my friends, a lot of musicians and record label people, my wife, my kids, my grandkids… what do you hear me doing? They said, “we like what you do.” My one friend said “I really like your version of “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?” Why did you do that? I said because my friend, Nick Lowe asked me to do it. I figured I’d do something different this time. JLW: Well, this is my thirtieth album since 1985 when I came back to playing the blues.
I really like the mix! What made you go in that direction this time? GD: I've been listening to this record and you have quite an eclectic mix of songs on your album that range from traditional blues, to more rockin’ blues to even a zydeco flavored tune. So it's been a lot of that, but with that being said, I’m just glad I have a new record that’s being released and I’m glad to have a few gigs coming in. As you can see, everything has been pushed back, cancelled, rescheduled, cancelled and rescheduled.
Most musicians were the last groupings that were able to start opening up. How has the past year and a half gone for you? GD: You seemed to have kept yourself busy during the quarantine by writing and recording your new album. We had the chance to do a Zoom call with Joe to discuss his upcoming album, how he managed the last year and a half and his eagerness to get back out on the road. He will also be playing the Music Box Supper Club on November 13.
Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee, Joe Lewis Walker is set to release a new album titled Eclectic Electric on November 11.
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