Temporary Music is the 1979 debut EP and 1981 debut album by the New York

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 based No Wave

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 music group Material

Material (band)

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The band had previously worked with Daevid Allen

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 on New York Gong's 1979 About Time

About Time (New York Gong album)

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album. The Temporary Music 1 EP was recorded in 1979 and the Temporary Music 2 EP in 1980. The two EPs were compiled together for Material's debut album, two slightly different versions being released, one on Red Rec. which also included the "Discourse" single, and one on Celluloid which simply put each EP on either side of the album. Some CD versions include the "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single, recorded with Robert Quine

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Temporary Music 1 EP

1. "O.A.O" (Bill Laswell
   Bill Laswell
   Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
   
   , Fred Maher
   Fred Maher
   Fred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
   
   , Michael Beinhorn
   Michael Beinhorn
   Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
   
   , Cliff Cultreri) – 4:43
2. "On Sadism" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 5:04
3. "White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40
4. "Process / Motion" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:34

Temporary Music 2 EP

1. "Reduction" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:30
2. "Heritage" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 3:33
3. "Secret Life" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:45
4. "Dark Things" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:10

Temporary Music Red Rec LP

1. "Reduction" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:30
2. "Heritage" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 3:33
3. "Discourse" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bill Bacon) – 4:05
4. "Slow Murder" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bacon) – 3:59
5. "O.A.O"(Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:43
6. "White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40
7. "Secret Life" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:45

Temporary Music CD version (Celluloid, Restless)

1. "O.A.O" (Bill Laswell
   Bill Laswell
   Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
   
   , Fred Maher
   Fred Maher
   Fred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
   
   , Michael Beinhorn
   Michael Beinhorn
   Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
   
   , Cliff Cultreri) – 4:43
2. "On Sadism" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 5:04
3. "White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40
4. "Process / Motion" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:34
5. "Discourse" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 4:05
6. "Slow Murder" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 3:59
7. "Reduction" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:30
8. "Heritage" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 3:33
9. "Secret Life" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:45
10. "Dark Things" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:10
11. "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) - 5:02
12. "Ciquiri" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) - 6:22

Note: Some CD versions omit the "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single; others have a different track order. The compilation has also been released on CD as Secret Life.

Personnel

• Michael Beinhorn
  Michael Beinhorn
  Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
  
   – synthesizers, pianos, clarinet, percussion, tapes
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
   – 4 and 6 string basses
• Cliff Cultreri – guitar (Temporary Music 1 EP and "Discourse" single)
• Fred Maher
  Fred Maher
  Fred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
  
   – guitar, drums, rhythm box, percussion (except "Discourse" single)
• Bill Bacon – drums ("Discourse" single)
• Don Davis – sax ("White Man")

Production

• Temporary Music 1 EP recorded on 23-25 July, 1979 at Eddy Offord's Studio, Woodstock, New York. Engineered by Eddy Offord and Rob Davis. Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
  Giorgio Gomelsky
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• "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi
  Martin bisi
  Martin Bisi is an American producer and songwriter.He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song Rockit,In 1979, Martin Bisi...
  
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• Temporary Music 1 EP recorded 25-26 September, 1980 at Linden Studios, Ambler, PA. Engineered by Bill Mauchly & Vin Moos. Produced by Material and Martin Bisi.
• "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single recorded in in 1981. Produced by Material.

Release history

• Temporary Music 1 EP – 1979 – Zu Records, ZU-EP-100 (12")
• Temporary Music 1 EP – 1979 – Red Rec., RS 12.006 (12")
• "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 1980 – Red Rec., 45001 (7")
• "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 198? – Celluloid, CEL 6219 (7")
• Temporary Music 2 EP – 1981 – Red Rec., RS 12.008 (12")
• Temporary Music LP – 1981 – Red Rec., RS 12.000
• Temporary Music LP – 1981 – Celluloid, CEL 6576 (LP)
• "Ciquiri (Discomix)" single (note: though called "Discomix" here, this is the only version of the song) - 1981, Red Rec., RS 12.012
• American Songs EP (compilation of "Discourse" and "Ciquiri" singles) - 1981, Celluloid, CEL 6596

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