Big City Orchestra

Big City Orchestra is a long running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members.

Origins

Formed in 1979 as house band for network of artist residences in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

Releases

Almost comedically prolific, BCO sailed through the cassette culture movement of the 80's & 90's with about 130 hour long releases on over 100 labels. Other work has included; four video collections, five 7" singles, one 8" single, 8+ compact discs, well over 40 CD-Rs. and more than 300 compilation appearances.

A Partial list of Releases:
Baobab (Cass) Biotope Art Organization
Bretagne (Cass, C60) Nihilistic Recordings
Fresh Prezzies - Exclusive Tracks For Radio And Friends (CDr) ubuibi
Gaiement (Cass) Le Réseau
Mind Bent And Fancy Free (Cass) Industrial Therapy Unit
My Life In The Bush Of Kate (Cass) UBUIBI Ralph
Pandora Flutter Tongue (Cass) Ecto Tapes
Planet Of Giants (Cass) Peuleschille Tapes
Progressive Composition (Cass) ZNS Tapes
Rites Of Wrong (Cass) UBUIBI
Seeds Of Doom (Cass) BloedvlagProdukt
Sound Choice Cassette Culture Selection (Cass) Sound Choice
Telegraphe (Cass) New Flesh Tapes
Untitled (Cass) Kadef
Verstimmt (Cass) Ecto Tapes
We Like Noize Too (Cass) UBUIBI
Massacre Of The Innocents (Cass, C90) Sound Of Pig 1985
Bob Hope's Fruit Loop Special (Cass, C60) Audiofile Tapes 1986
Edge Of Destruction (Cass) Swinging Axe Productions 1986
Gateway Of Fruit Loops (Cass) The Subelectrick Institute 1986
Massacre Again (Cass) Tonspur Tapes 1986
Parade Of Idiots (Cass) Bog-Art 1986
Arc Of Infinity (Cass) Harsh Reality Music 1987
Fury From The Deep (Cass) Markus Schwill 1987
Hand Of Fear (Cass) Calypso Now ! 1987
Mile After Mile (Cass, C60) Sound Of Pig 1987
Mind Of Evil (Cass) The Subelectrick Institute 1987
Myth Makers (Cass) Nihilistic Recordings 1987
Trail Of Destruction (Cass, C60) S.J. Organisation 1987
A Good Time To Start Something New (Cass) Epitapes 1988
Absence Sharpens, Presents Strengthens (Cass) GGE Records 1988
Animal Religion (Cass) Ralph Records 1988
Everyman Is A Volume (Cass, C60) Korm Plastics 1988
In The Near Future (Cass) Freedom In A Vacuum 1988
Long Term Stimulation (Cass, Ltd) SSS Productions 1988
Magnetic Personality (Cass) IEP 1988
Web Of Fear (Cass, C60) S.J. Organisation 1988
Aime-Morot (Cass) Harsh Reality Music 1989
Annual 1988 (Cass) UBUIBI 1989
Childhood Remembrances (Cass) Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1989
Headache Remedy (Cass) Ecto Tapes 1989
Obivion Realized (Cass) Minus Habens 1989
Painfull Audio Enema (Cass) Lowlife Audio 1989
The Man Of Steal (Cass, C60) Audiofile Tapes 1989
Bell, Book And Candle (Cass) Tears Compilations 1990
Prattling Box (Cass) Tragic Figures 1990
Resurrection Men (Cass) Seiten Sprung Aufnahmen 1990
Sounders ; A Herd Of (Cass) Industrial Therapy Unit 1990
Tallywags (Cass) Exo Product 1990
Annual 1990 (Cass) UBUIBI 1991
The Four Cassettes Of The Apocalypse (CD) Subelectrick Institute 1991
Beatlerape (CD) Realization Recordings 1993
Greatest Hits And Test Tones (CD) Pogus Productions 1993
Schall & Rauch (Cass) Tonspur Tapes 1993
So Much Dancing Then Nothing (Cass) Old Europa Cafe 1993
A Child's Garden Of Noise (7", Ltd) Drone Records 1994
So Much Nearer Than Ubiquitous (Cass) UBUIBI 1994
Tryst 7 (Cass) UBUIBI 1994 With the Legendary Pink Dots
Grass B/W Grass (7") Sick Muse Records 1995
The Consumer (CD) Commercial Failure 1995
Tryst 8 (2xCass, Ltd) UBUIBI 1995
Anguilliform (Cass, Ltd, C60) EE Tapes 1996
Instructions For Use (CD) Pure (US) 1996
Aime-Morot (Cass) HalTapes 1997
And When We Get Homme, We Find Someone Else's Male (Cass) FDR Tapes 1997
And When We Wake Up, There Is Sheep In Our Eyes (Cass) Doomsday Transmissions 1997
Arc Of Infinity (Cass) HalTapes 1997
Eek! (Cass, C60) EE Tapes 1997
Split Single (7") Aquese Recordings 1997
Untitled (Cass, Single, Ltd) Doomsday Transmissions 1997
When We Wake Up... (CDr) HalTapes 1997
Virus Radio Vol. I (Cass) Mutant Cactus Recordings 1998
Don't Let Him Touch You (Cass, Album, C60) BLACK ORCHID Productions 1999
Everyman Is A Volume (CDr) Korm Plastics 1999
Arc Of Infinity (CDr) Harsh Reality Music 2000
Block Cedar Oakandstraw: Would (CDr) Blade Records 2001
Eurotour 2001 (CDr) UBUIBI 2001
New Beat For Baby (CD, Album) Negative Foundation 2002
Scarab (CDr) EE Tapes 2002
Can't We Just Have Sex Instead? (File, MP3) Brokenwave 2003
In A Persian Market (CDr) Verato Project 2003
Moisture (CDr) Reduktive Musiken 2003
Trixxy Pixxy (File, MP3) Comfort Stand Recordings 2004
Airre (CDr) Entr'acte 2005
Big City Orchestra (File, MP3) Beta:Sound 2005
Boom Crash Crash (File, MP3) Comfort Stand Recordings 2005
Kismet (File, MP3) Umbrella Noize Collective 2005
Progressive Composition (File, MP3) ZNS Tapes 2005
Things Fall Down (File, MP3) Lostfrog 2005
Azimuth (File, MP3) Umbrella Noize Collective 2006
Dada Is Dead, Long Live Dada (CDr, Album) UBUIBI 2006
Does Art For... (CDr) Roil Noise Offensive 2006
DoUBle The TroUBle (File, MP3) Umbrella Noize Collective 2006
Love Film Greats (CDr) Roil Noise Offensive 2006
Red Dog 9 (CDr, Album, Ltd) UBUIBI 2006
Signals And Code (File, MP3) Umbrella Noize Collective 2006
Drone Gnomes (10", Ltd, Mar) Substantia Innominata 2007