Folklore Tapes - Cornucopia: A Compendium of Practical Occultism

[fumi]

Back in the 1980s, British occultists in the know strove to get their hands on the releases from a series entitled Cornucopia - A Compendium Of Practical Occultism. A collection of private-press cassettes, these tapes were sound art compilations which oscillated between tales of magick, instructional spoken word, drone music and blissful ambiences that could have been described as new-age if they weren’t so intimately linked with the dark arts. This stuff comes off as woozy, often beautiful, rather than black-hearted.

The Cornucopia releases are some of those records which could easily have been lost to history. They are almost impossible to track down, even through internet search engines, and hardly any of the original copies are still in circulation. What a boon, then, that Folklore Tapes boss David Chatton Barker has managed to procure the audio of one Cornucopia volume for a new cassette release. Over two lengthy sides of tape, this record delivers a sort of hallucinatory, curious sound collage that serves as the missing link between Nurse With Wound and Hype Williams.

Christmas, as we all know, is a magical time of year. As part of Bleep’s 2019 Advent Calendar, Folklore Tapes have got into the holiday spirit with a new release of occult electronics and spoken word from their Art Of Magic series.

https://bleep.com/release/158011-various-artists-cornucopia-a-compendium-of-practical-occultism

[fumi]

I think there were only 60 copies of this. Looks as if they're all gone now. Bleep only announced it six hours ago.

[Nebraska]

sweet. will see if i can grab a copy 

[fumi]

Anyone have trouble with the download code? Mine is invalid/used too may times.

[Nebraska]

another stack of these will be released on the 31st

http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/cornucopia-a-compendium-of-practical-occultism

[Rubin Farr]

Thanks for the repress link, really just wanna hear the digitals, but supporting David & Ian with a physical purchase is always a welcome bonus.

[fumi]

This is a great tape. Totally recommend picking it up. Many sections are spoken new-age therapy samples with obscure 80s synth pads hovering just out of reach.

[Rubin Farr]

I miss the old FT podcasts & newsletter mixes, those had some great found sounds + obscure tracks.