Polyethylene Pet is a conceptual art project originally started by Kimara Sajn (in a series of recordings with Erling Wold and Brian Woodbury in 1978) and later developed with Chris Diurni in 1980 for performances at the world reknowned InterDada '80 dada art festival. In the spirit of Dada and future culture jammers, the project tackled issues such as the dialectic between audience and performer, art and entertainment, popular culture and media.
The music and performances themselves are often a mix of contemporary tape composition, ambient electronics, musique concrete and avant-progressive rock music in the vein of Faust, Henry Cow and Frank Zappa.
There is often a strong ironic aspect (and not necessarily
even tunes, in the normal sense). Very unpredictable stuff - not for the squeamish!
+1 is the kinder, gentler but just as unpredicatble cousin of Polyethylene Pet. The focus is more on music and listening context. Consequently, it tends to seem more like a normal musical event. However, like it's cousin, it can quickly turn from accessible to very complex and difficult music. The influences tend less toward the abstract and include more friendly musical forms such as rock, progressive jazz fusion, funk as well as the aforementioned tape and contemporary chamber. The albums under this name are usually more rock in attitude and less conceptual.
None of this is as HEADY as it may sound. At the end of the day it's mostly about the music. So, please take a listen to some of the tracks here or visit our Precognitive site at http://www.precognitiverecords.com for our full catalogue and lots of additional music samples.
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