The Anti-Group

The Anti-Group Communications
The Anti-Group Communications
Also known as	T.A.G.C.
Origin	Sheffield, England
Genres	Industrial, ambient, electroacoustic
Years active	1984–1996, 2009–present
Labels	Anterior Research Recordings, Sweatbox, Big Sex, Side Effects
Spinoff of	Clock DVA
Members	Adi Newton
Past members	Robert E. Baker; M. Banks; P.H. Barke; Ant Bennett; Justin Bennett; Dean Dennis; Darrell Fitzgerald D'Silva; Robert Gordon; Barry Harden; David Heppenstall; Mark Holmes; Oskar M; D. Nicholson;
Website	[1]

The Anti-Group Communications (often referred to as The Anti-Group or T.A.G.C.) is an open-membership collaborative art and information project formed in 1978 by Adi Newton and Steven Turner.^[1]^[2] The T.A.G.C. acronym refers to the four different types of DNA Nucleotide: thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine.^[3] The group's main objective was to combine interactive and mixed media art, installations, and research on psycho acoustics and philosophical concepts to produce fascinating presentations. Although the group disbanded in 1996, Newton continued the project with CD releases and live performances in 2009.^[4]

T.A.G.C. audio recordings are released on Newton's Anterior Research Recordings label. The psychoacoustic experiments and carefully constructed aural rituals are usually accompanied by lengthy liner notes, explaining the theoretical underpinnings of the recordings. In this way, T.A.G.C. presents itself explicitly as acoustic research rather than music.^[5]

Works

Live performances

Pandora's Box "Der Doelen" center in Rotterdam, Holland, Sat. 22 Sep 1984 pandora's music box
2nd Atonal festival "The Ballhaus Tiergarten" Berlin, Germany. 18 Feb 1985
3rd Atonal Festival "TU Mensa" Berlin, Germany on 13 Dec 1986
The Pump Station SO 36" Berlin, Germany 14 Feb 1987
Museum of Contemporary Art Prato, Italy Sept 23rd, 1988
Electro-Acoustic Music Academy Stockholm, Sweden 23 Aug 1990
ARS Electronica symposium on Virtual Reality 8 Sep 1990 Linz, Austria
National Art Gallery V&A inclusion. Smile Classified a magazine of multiple origins March/August 1992 London.UK I.C.A.
Art Futura Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Sept 1994
Equinox Festival 14 June Conway Hall, London, 2009
TAGC SPECIAL PERFORMANCE EVENT THE CUBE / WGT Festival Leipzig Fri 10 June 2010 e.v.MMXI
XWIF: 10.11.11 T.A.G.C. - Wroclaw: BWA art gallery
Live Sono Visual Projection Invocation Integration in Ambisonics The Denizens. From the Meontological Research Recording 3 Transmission from the Trans-Yoggothian Broadcast Station
ATRIBUTETOJGBALLARD–, T.A.G.C., PARADISO, AMSTERDAM -8/9/2012
TAGC live performance The Cube @ INCUBATE SEPT 22ND 2013. De NWE Vorst The new King Theater
Willem II straat 49, 5038 BD, Tilburg.
PERSUASION: Musique industrielle et contrôle mental / Exhibition inclusion jeudi 2 avril 2015
Exposition le 3 et 4 et les 15, 16, 17 et 18 avril 2015 de 15h à 19h
Vernissage le 2 avril 2015 dès 19h
Précédé d’une journée de conférences dans le cadre du projet de recherche MIND CONTROL, Radical experiments in art and psychology Design Project Room Bâtiment HEAD La Prairie Rue de Lyon 22, 1201 Genève mercredi au samedi de 14 à 19h
TAGC / CAFE OTO - 10 / 12 / 15 Meontological Research Recordings Experimental works 1985 / 2014
Mark Fell Curation / Reality Check with Thomas Metzinger
TAGC / Visual staging
Geräuschwelten Festival in The Black Box 08.05.2016: TAGC (The Anti Group) Münster
TAGC / MATAR / MYKEL BOYD 06 /10/16 @ The Burlington Chicago, IL and 07 /10/16 @ Feed Arts Centre Kankakee, IL. The USA.
OCT 13TH / TAG PRESENTATION NEW PLATZ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK / MUSIC FACILITY
TAGC / FRI 2ND NOV 2017 / SPRINGDALE STATION AUSTIN TEXAS
DIMENSIONS GALLERY 2017 / AUSTIN TEXAS NOV 3RD TAG SPECIAL PERFORMANCE SOUND PIECE AND DOCUMENTIVE EXHIBITION

Discography

1985 – The Delivery - Atonal Records LP ST3006
1985 – Ha/Zulu - Sweatbox 12" SOX009
1986 – ShT - Sweatbox 12" SEX010
1986 – Digitaria - Sweatbox LP SAX012 / CD SACD012 / Cass SAXC012
1987 – Meontological Research Recording - Record 1 - Sweatbox LP SAX013
1987 – Big Sex - Sweatbox 12" SOX011 / 7" OX011
1988 – Meontological Recordings - Record 2: Teste Tones - Side Effects LP SER12
1989 – Broadcast Test - Wax Trax 12" WAX9104 / Big Sex Records 12" Big Sex 002
1994 – Burning Water - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR004 / Side Effects CD DFX17
1994 – Iso-Erotic Calibrations - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR003^[6]
1994 – Audiophile - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR001
2005 – Psychoegoautocratical Auditory Physiogomy Delineated - Die Stadt maxi-CD DS67 (unofficial release)
2018 – OBSOLETE CAPITALISM AND ADI NEWTON / TAG - CHAOS VARIATION III - VINYL 12 / 45 / NURKFM004 [ITA]
2018 – Matar / TAG - Sculptures Of Daedalus / Spiritual Psycho synthesis (Flexi, 7", Shape) - Anterior Research Media Comm FX1/FX2
2020 – 4 X 12 CD / PERIPHERAL MINIMAL RECORDS / ARMComm / Peripheral Minimal PM27
2020 – Organ Needles Limited Edition Box inc 1xUSB card / CD / Anterior Research Media Comm – 005 / USB 02
2021 – Meontological Research Recording III - Transmission from the Trans Yuggothian Broadcast Station / Anterior Research Media Comm - Rizosfera/NUKFM - NUBKFM 013 (Book + USB Card)
2022 – AMMA / Armcomm Europe / Rizosfera CD

Compilations

1986 – You Bet We've Got Something Against You - Cathexis LP
1986 – Abstract Magazine Issue 6 - Sweatbox LP
1986 – Berlin Atonal '86 - Cass
1987 – Minutes To Go! - Interphon CD / Les Temps Modernes LP
1988 – Provoke N° 3 - IMC Cass
1988 – Bark - Sweatbox LP
1989 – Funky Alternatives Vol. 4 - Concrete LP/CD
1990 – Total Volume 1 - Total LP
1991 – Project 91 - Hyperium CD
1994 – Taste This 2 - Discordia CD
1996 – Deepnet - Side Effects 2xCD
1996 – Alternator - Concrete Productions 2xCD
1997 – Exclusive Alternatives - Cleopatra CD
1999 – Industrial Meltdown - Cleopatra 3xCD
2000 – Industrial Rock - Edel America CD
2010 – Antibothis Vol. 3 - Chili Com Carne / Thisco Book+CD
2011 – Tesserae - Abraxas Journal 2 Audio Supplement - Fulgur Book+CD ^[7]
2016 – The Anti Group, Matar (4), Mykel Boyd - Phantom Airwaves Presents: (Flexi, 7", Shape, S/Sided, Single) Somnimage SOM100616
2019 – ARMComm Sampler - Anterior Research Media Comm CD 003

References

^ "Adi Newton on Pataphysics, ClockDVA, Electronic Music and Sheffield". Artcornwall.org. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ Radio, N. T. S. "The Anti Group | Discover music on NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ Artcornwall.org interview with Adi Newton
^ "Clock DVA founder Adi Newton announces new box set from The Anti-Group". ReGen Magazine. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780199832583. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
^ Walk, Douglas (20 June 1994). "Jackpot!" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 39 (385). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 14. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ Abraxas Journal 2 contents

External links

[1] "Adi Newton on Pataphysics, ClockDVA, Electronic Music and Sheffield". Artcornwall.org. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[2] Radio, N. T. S. "The Anti Group | Discover music on NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[3] Artcornwall.org interview with Adi Newton

[4] "Clock DVA founder Adi Newton announces new box set from The Anti-Group". ReGen Magazine. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[assimilate-5] Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780199832583. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.

[cmj-381-94-6] Walk, Douglas (20 June 1994). "Jackpot!" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 39 (385). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 14. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[7] Abraxas Journal 2 contents

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