Fun Music

About

Fun Music, a name that belies its own gravity, emerged from the United States in 1991, only to slip back into the ether by 1990. This temporal anomaly, an experimental label with a cassette heart, sculpted a small but resonant archive of fifteen releases. At its core, Philip Perkins, a prolific architect of sound, wove intricate tapestries through tape, LP, and even a singular magazine. His work, from the enigmatic "The Remote" (1990) to the reflective "Hall Of Flowers" (1987), anchored Fun Music's ethos: a liminal space where lo-fi production met conceptual depth. Scott Fraser and David Ocker also contributed to this interdisciplinary experiment, with Fraser's "The Water Album" (1983) and Ocker's "Two Pieces" (1981) standing as testament to the label's collaborative spirit. Field recordings and lo-fi textures framed their explorations, each release a fractal of the label's larger narrative. The label's format preference — predominantly cassette — served as both medium and message, encapsulating the era's DIY ethos. Perkins' "King Of The World" (1983) and "Neighborhood With A Sky (Bird Variations)" (1982) on vinyl offered rare deviations, sculptural soundscapes that transcended their physical form. Fun Music's brief but potent existence remains a study in sonic evolution, each release a process-driven piece of the experimental puzzle.