U.R.G. 1 (Response), by Urban Refuse Group

U.R.G. 1 (Response)

by Urban Refuse Group

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	1.	Untitled (DIS-004-A) 28:49
	2.	Untitled (DIS-004-B) 29:41

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1996 debut release from Toronto's Urban Refuse Group, a.k.a. U.R.G. "U.R.G. 1 (Response)" (cat# DIS-004) was a 60-minute cassette album released on W.A.Davison's Disembraining Songs label. Each cassette was packaged in a resealable plastic bag and contained an info sheet about the release as well as various cassette network flyers and a unique piece of junk. The U.R.G. collective's membership was open to anyone interested in building junk instruments and personnel varied for each performance and recording with as few as 3 or 4 players to upwards of 30. The project ran from 1996 to 2000 when it morphed into the band Six Heads.

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released March 30, 2022

Original liner notes:

"On June 1, 1996 a small handbill began to be distributed in downtown Toronto."

URBAN REFUSE GROUP
U.RG. 1 (RESPONSE)

This document represents the first meeting and improvised noise/recording session of the(?) URBAN REFUSE GROUP (performed and recorded direct to DAT at Surgical Transmissions, Toronto, Aug. 4, 1996).

Members(?) present/instrumentation:
S.HIGGINS - metal, toys, Feedback Tube, underwater devices
JOHN McCULLOUGH - drum, metal, found percussion
COLIN HINZ - Mecano devices, modified SK-1, efx
ROBERT ATWOOD - feedback device, toy piano, thumb piano, efx
NEIL WIERNIK - (present via pre-taped contribution) altered vinyl
W.A.DAVISON - Urgamelan Rack, Contact-Mic Kalimba, drums, toys, Feedback Tube, Electro-Comb Guitar, mix

For more detailed information (member's profiles, instrument descriptions/plans, U.R.G. philosophies/strategies, etc.) contact:

U.R.G. c/o Disembraining Songs 253 College St., Unit 149, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R5, Canada

This is a Disembraining Songs release © U.R.G. and Disembraining Songs, 1996. Note: not all members of U.R.G. agree with the use of copyright. Disembraining Songs takes a reformist stance on the issue and only uses copyright in the most rudimentary way (i.e. as protection against unauthorized duplication for sale). Small amounts of sampling or other forms of audio appropriation of this material for use in new audio compositions or other creative projects is OK by us. For more info on the copyright/anti-copyright debate, write us at the above address.

Please note that the above mailing address is no longer valid. Contact us at urbanrefusegroup@gmail.com

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Urban Refuse Group Toronto, Ontario

Urban Refuse Group was a Toronto-based junk instrument noise collective active from 1996 to 2000. In 2000, U.R.G. became the band Six Heads.

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