Covering the Covers
Celebrating
1 year of TQ
Towards the end of 2017, and after the first 5 issues
of the zine, it became obvious that there was a solid readership base, and that
there was longevity in what had begun as a simple idea of producing a paper
zine covering the more left of centre improv’, DIY, experimental, sound, noise,
and drone scene. I then got to thinking how to celebrate the first anniversary
of TQ in June 2018.
Initially I thought about a ‘cover mount’ CDr
comprising tracks offered by invited artists. Each to be given away with TQ12.
Ash Cooke who designs the covers of the zine came up
with the idea of offering 3 consecutive zine covers (Feb, March, and April) as
musical scores that could be interpreted in any way the performer wished.
Together we drew up a list of artists we thought may
be interested. Some were TQ
subscribers, others weren’t. In the end we had to force ourselves to limit the number
of artists as there were so many people we wanted to invite. As it turned out, over
the ensuing weeks, a few people took it upon themselves to contact TQ and ask to contribute, and so the
list grew!
The 3 covers and instructions were sent out with a
brief outline of what the Covering the
Covers project was about.
There began a steady stream of sound submissions, (drop to the bottom of this page to hear samples) and
it became obvious that there would be too much to fit on to one CDr, so I
resigned myself to the idea of inserting a double disc into the centre pages of
TQ12
As subscriber numbers were steadily increasing, I
became aware of the cost of mailing the zine with 2 discs. At the same time,
the number and quality of submissions was encouraging, and it began to look
like a double disc would be insufficient!
As I didn’t want refuse any contribution, I decided to
go with a triple disc for the project, and to offer subscribers a free DL of
all contributions, rather than insert discs into the zine.
By knocking a few ideas around with Ash, it was
decided to thank each contributor by creating a Covering the Covers ART BOX, and giving them one to mark the 1st
anniversary of TQ. Each individually hand numbered box includes;
·
TQ12
·
A No-Audience Underground supplement – written by Rob
Hayler
·
The original 3 TQ covers used to inspire the tracks
·
3 CDr’s with over 3 hours of sounds created by 32
artists
·
Track listing
In addition, the ART BOX is being made available via TQ Bandcamp and this is now open for
pre-orders at the link below
PURCHASE THE 'COVERING THE COVERS' LTD EDITION ART BOX
PURCHASE THE 'COVERING THE COVERS' LTD EDITION ART BOX
A free DL will be given to subscribers with their
issue of TQ12, and for non-subscribers a DL is also available from Bandcamp, with all proceeds
going to Hearing Dogs for Deaf
People. https://www.hearingdogs.org.uk
Supported and
encouraged by Ash Cooke who has also designed of the ART BOX, I am extremely
pleased with this amazing collection of sounds, and I hope you will celebrate
with me by pre-ordering the collection via Bandcamp, and also please consider
the DL option with any income from this option going to a wonderful cause.
Thanks, and I hope
you will join in the birthday celebration
Andy TarQuin
Wood