GEORGE TOET SMITS

Isomopolis ICC

(Ultra Eczema) Used LP (one-sided) $20.00

Lovely and obscure squawks and resonant thumps coaxed from metal sculptures from a gooey spot in the Bertoia- and Rutman-esque lineage by this zine / radio maverick who started building his own string / isomo instruments after finding a surfboard on a beach. This half-album of archival recordings from 1981 is a weird psychedelic ball of confusion from a long string installations built for his first exhibition at ICC in Antwerp, packed with metals, strings, feathers and amplified springs. amplified by isomo. With archive photo insert, silkscreened B-side, and Patrick Vandenberghe’s interview from 1997. Second pressing, edition of 200, with coral-colored silkscreen.