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Progressive Lycanthropy

by Thomas Bey William Bailey

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Bonus .pdf 'propaganda booklet' with exclusive TBWB essay included
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  • Overstock from the original cassette run of "Progressive Lycanthropy" (which is sold out, tape NOT included) - exclusive essay by TBWB on nature, the military, and coercion. Comes with official rubberstamp and signature.

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  • limited edition pro-duplicated cassette and propaganda pamphlet
    Cassette + Digital Album

    A decade after its initial release, I managed to exhume one last still-shrinkwrapped copy of this magnetic media monster. Lovely silver ink on black cassette shell and thick / sturdy j-card. Also includes the pamphlet with my otherwise unpublished essay "A Weapon For The Wolf Age." Signed and rubber-stamped by me as well.

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WARNING: DO NOT PLAY WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING FIREARMS OR HEAVY MACHINERY

“Progressive Lycanthropy” was originally intended for a 2007 “Furious Show” exhibit in Atlanta’s Eyedrum gallery, based loosely around the art of rage. In 2010 the audio was re-tooled for a commercial audio release format and picked up by the short-lived but high-quality Mirror Tapes label (on which it was the 2nd release overall). Here it is again, after long since being sold out.

Many releases in this genre have embraced the over-the-top fanaticism, in both sound and image, that was once a staple of the “black metal” underground, and this is my contribution to that curious micro-genre. However, I hoped to make this more than simply my “metal” album, even if it is in the top 3 of the harshest things I’ve ever recorded.

Much of the audio you hear on hear is underpinned by a “feraliminal lycanthropizer” binaural frequency, a speculative foray into manipulative military sonics that was intended to induce a state of berserker frenzy in a subject. In keeping with the lycanthropic theme, and while liberally sampling from the teeming back catalog of available black metal releases, I deliberately restrained myself to choosing titles named after wolves or performed by a group which was itself named after wolves, or had a prominent member also named after such. Outside of the “Eyedrum” show, portions of this were performed live only a couple of times, to perceptible audience unease.

Since I’m terrible at self promotion, I will direct you to the .pdf “propaganda booklet” accompanying this release for much more significant detail about my opinions on nature (“wolfen” and otherwise) and its relation to human coercion and military operations…and how they all relate to this musical experience. Though the cassette release of this has, again, sold out years ago, the booklets themselves accompanying the physical release were over-printed, and so you have the option to have a physical copy of this, rubber-stamped and autographed by me, should you want it.

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released July 10, 2010

Thomas Bey William Bailey: feraliminal lycanthropizer tones, sampling, synthesis, editing (ProTools), screams recorded from within German Shepherd dog crate

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Thomas Bey William Bailey South Carolina

Thomas Bey William Bailey is a researcher and author of several books (e.g. "To Hear The World With New Eyes," "Micro Bionic," "Sonic Phantoms") as well as a dedicated sound artist and editor of the Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity label.

His work explores issues of unstable identity, post-industrial technology, and the hidden wonders at the edges of perception. ... more

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