Label
Poet's Audio Center
Independent 1980s experimental label focused on audio art, sound poetry, and conceptual music released primarily on cassette.
About
Poet's Audio Center was an independent record label and audio arts publisher operating in the late 1970s and 1980s, positioned at the intersection of experimental music, sound poetry, and conceptual audio art. The label's output reflects a curatorial interest in avant-garde sonic practices and literary-musical hybridity, evidenced by releases such as "Audio Art: An Introduction" (1980) and "Audio Writing: A Retrospective" (1984). Poet's Audio Center distributed its catalog primarily through cassette formats, reflecting both the label's DIY ethos and the medium's accessibility for experimental and underground artists during that era. The label also maintained a newsletter as of 1978, suggesting an engaged community-focused approach to artist and listener engagement. While specific details about the label's founding, geographic location, and complete roster remain limited in available documentation, Poet's Audio Center represents an important node within the experimental music and audio art underground, particularly in its commitment to publishing conceptual and literary approaches to sound during a formative period for these artistic practices.
