Label
Sound of Pig Music
Sound of Pig Music is an experimental music label based in the United States, known for its 256 cassette releases from 1983 to 1991.
About
Sound of Pig Music, a veritable crucible of cassette culture, hummed within the United States from 1983 to 1991. Founded by Al Margolis, the label functioned as a liminal zone where experimental sound artists converged, collaborated, and collided. With 256 releases, of which 251 were cassettes, the label's devotion to the format was sculptural, each tape a conduit for raw, uncensored sonic expressions. The label's catalog is fractal, expansive: Various, If, Bwana, and David Prescott, among others, contributed works that challenge the listener's perception of sound and music. "Dingsters At The Break Of Dawn / Jammus Interuptus" by The Miracle (1991) stands as a late-era testament to the label's exploratory ethos, a sonic tapestry that defies easy classification. Meanwhile, "Live in Europe 1988" by Clank Klank (1989) captures the kinetic energy of live performance, a visceral documentation of an ephemeral moment. Sound of Pig's releases were not mere collections of sounds; they were interdisciplinary artifacts. "Celestial Dance Hits" by Alien Planetscapes (1989) exemplifies this, a compilation that dances between the celestial and the terrestrial, weaving textures that evoke both cosmic wonder and earthly rhythms. The label's magazines, though few, provided an additional layer of context, enriching the auditory dialogue with visual and textual experimentation. Active at a time when mainstream appeal was a distant concern, Sound of Pig Music embraced the underground ethos with fervor. Each release was a process-driven exploration, a piece of an ongoing conversation in the vast, uncharted territory of experimental sound. Even today, the label's influence resonates, an ever-expanding spiral reaching both scene veterans and fresh ears.
Catalog
191 total
Dragonfly
Heterglossia
Concert For A Working Family - Live
The Wakests
Ancestral Danses
Snippets
Mythology
Divine Burden
2
Sound Autopsy
Hidden Places
Crystal Forest
Machine Celibataire
the Sounds of Zidpigtones
Godwinkle
Protonon
Bridge
Date with a Meathook
Aluminum Childhood
The Mother In Laws House
Mystery X
Horns & Hardart
same (yellow cover)
Music For The End of The World
Alligator Wresting
Radio Zero
Lemminkainen's Adventure
Voices New & Old
Dingsters At The Break Of Dawn / Jammus Interuptus
Square Sun (Dion Trevarthen)
O.D. on Bourgeaoisie Boy Milk
Maneuvers
Live & Unrehearsed 1978-79-80
Incongruence
Northern California Is A Noisey Place Indeed Vol.2
Patience Is A Virtue
Improvisations for classical Guitar
Some Kind of Pagan
A Prisoner
Suck Yer Wifes Big Dick
Leadership
The Sleeper Dislodged
Life Is Hard
The Time Stream
Celestial Dance Hits
Concentration/Combination
Live in Europe 1988
The Celler
Emutated
Lapse From Virtue
An Introduction In Frost
Between Me & You & The Lamprey
Trip
Spacerock'88
Beatmusik
Whispering Wendy
Outdoor Celebrations : A Suite for Radio and Turntable
Uninhibited
Laboratory Affair
Bwana Frolic & Friends
Gen Con Dramatic - Live
Verfall
Soldier Boy
Repairs
Lambs Tongue In Fruit Loops
7
Invisible Zoo
A Graceful And Ancient Art
In vivo
14f13
Cache La Poudre
New Culture
III Poetry & Motion
Live 1986 at the Whorehouse
Emotional Music
No Stairs
Necrosociety
Dirty Love
Is Crude OK?
In The Caverns Of The Dead
Alpha
Arkinoid
Fingers Breath
Tu
Omega 3
Imminent Warning
Hole In The Sponge
Live at Fashion Moda 10/11/86
Red Shift 5
X Factor
confirmation
Mile After Mile
Christage
Product 24 - Structures
Crumnants
The Element That Defies Description
A Very Large Array C60
Everybody Loves Texas
They Call Me
DampLabel literature
Artists
People
- Al Margolis — ran Sound of Pig




