12" vinyl LP record + 46 page book
“I wanted to use my senses against the censor, to exorcise the cuts by holding them close, rubbing up against them, and feeling their contours.”
Notes on Cuts is a vinyl record+book project that explores physical damage done to records by censors at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) during apartheid. Songs were physically cut to prevent them from being played on air. Written and recorded by art historian John Peffer, this project is a creative approach to the sonic, visual, and haptic dimensions of the bureaucracy of censorship.
Peffer’s liner notes historicize the songs, itemize the scratches, and ponder the new beats and tunes created. The censors’ scratches are held up for visual analysis and then played back anyway, in order to find what secrets may be revealed. Sometimes the scatches indicate or cause to repeat the places where “offensive” material may be hidden. Sometimes new and even marvelous sounds result from the skips and clicks created by the actions of the censors. -Publisher
Label: Nothing to Commit Records Cat no. NTC003 Genre: Sound art
12" Black Vinyl Record Side A, endless loop Labels - (B&W) - white OFFSET/uncoated stock 12" Vinyl Jacket - 350gsm Board w/6mm Spine, Reverse Side Printing 12" LP Booklet: 48pp - 4/4 - 120 GSM Offset - Thread Bound b/w and colour reproductions
