The Anti-Group Communications (often referred to as The Anti-Group or T.A.G.C.) is an open-membership collaborative art and information project formed in 1978 by Adi Newton and Steven Turner. The T.A.G.C. acronym refers to the four different types of DNA Nucleotide: thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine.Artcornwall.org interview with Adi Newton The group's main objective was to combine interactive and mixed media art, installations, and research on psycho acoustics and philosophical concepts to produce fascinating presentations. Although the group disbanded in 1996, Newton continued the project with CD releases and live performances in 2009.
T.A.G.C. audio recordings are released on Newton's Anterior Research Recordings label. The psychoacoustic experiments and carefully constructed aural rituals are usually accompanied by lengthy liner notes, explaining the theoretical underpinnings of the recordings. In this way, T.A.G.C. presents itself explicitly as acoustic research rather than music.
Discography
1985 – The Delivery - Atonal Records LP ST3006 1985 – Ha/Zulu - Sweatbox 12" SOX009 1986 – ShT - Sweatbox 12" SEX010 1986 – Digitaria - Sweatbox LP SAX012 / CD SACD012 / Cass SAXC012 1987 – Meontological Research Recording - Record 1 - Sweatbox LP SAX013 1987 – Big Sex - Sweatbox 12" SOX011 / 7" OX011 1988 – Meontological Recordings - Record 2: Teste Tones - Side Effects LP SER12 1989 – Broadcast Test - Wax Trax 12" WAX9104 / Big Sex Records 12" Big Sex 002 1994 – Burning Water - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR004 / Side Effects CD DFX17 1994 – Iso-Erotic Calibrations - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR003 1994 – Audiophile - Anterior Research Recordings CD ARR001 2005 – Psychoegoautocratical Auditory Physiogomy Delineated - Die Stadt maxi-CD DS67 (unofficial release) 2018 – OBSOLETE CAPITALISM AND ADI NEWTON / TAG - CHAOS VARIATION III - VINYL 12 / 45 / NURKFM004 [ITA] 2018 – Matar / TAG - Sculptures Of Daedalus / Spiritual Psycho synthesis (Flexi, 7", Shape) - Anterior Research Media Comm FX1/FX2 2020 – 4 X 12 CD / PERIPHERAL MINIMAL RECORDS / ARMComm / Peripheral Minimal PM27 2020 – Organ Needles Limited Edition Box inc 1xUSB card / CD / Anterior Research Media Comm – 005 / USB 02 2021 – Meontological Research Recording III - Transmission from the Trans Yuggothian Broadcast Station / Anterior Research Media Comm - Rizosfera/NUKFM - NUBKFM 013 (Book + USB Card) 2022 – AMMA / Armcomm Europe / Rizosfera CD
References
External links The Anti Group Official Website ARMComm Official Website