Recorded in 1979 at BSEM's third location in Allston, Massachusetts by Dave Read and Billy Brown. Salvaged from beat-up cassette dupe. Includes lots of analog goodness, like ARP 2600's Aries modular, Oberheim 4-voice, and Sequential Prophet 5! Yeah!

Lyrics:
Why do they just plug me in and leave me running all the time?
I don't mind so much they're using me
But why do they need my mind?
And when I finally come home and I try to unwind
I can't elevate my actions - I can't do anything worthwhile

I'm cheaper to use than a machine - I supply my own fuel
An elephant would work for peanuts - he could handle the job too!

I try to come back to myself, but the habit's hard to break
My capacity for thought is large, but I just cannot escape

I am no automaton!
I am not an android too!
But the way that they have programmed me
Makes it difficult to prove

Mechanism
Organism

Oh my god, I'm just a mechansim!

Mechanism/Organism

From the Boston School of Electronic Music, circa 1975-77


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15 Megatechs Cruisin'

Pre-MIDI analog electronica, performed live at Boston School of Electronic Music by Max Stable Q

salvaged from cassette tape by Scott Clark

Nigel's Pumpkin - MaxStableQ - 1977

BSEM - The Boston School of Electronic Music - was established in the 1970's to provide hands-on training in the use of electronic music synthesizers. See our Facebook page for more info.  Founder James Michmerhuizen - also author of the seminal ARP 2600 Owner's Manual - has given his blessing on this repository of music created at BSEM.

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