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Track listing

''Temporary Music 1'' EP

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''Temporary Music 2'' EP

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

''Temporary Music'' Red Rec LP

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

''Temporary Music'' CD version (Celluloid, Restless)

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, Cliff Cultreri) – 4:43 #"On Sadism" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 5:04 #"White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40 #"Process / Motion" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:34 #"Discourse" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 4:05 #"Slow Murder" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 3:59 #"Reduction" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:30 #"Heritage" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 3:33 #"Secret Life" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:45 #"Dark Things" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:10 #"Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) - 5:02 #"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

– 4 and 6 string basses *

– synthesizers, pianos, clarinet, percussion, tapes *

– guitar, drums, rhythm box, percussion (except "Discourse" single) * Cliff Cultreri – guitar (''Temporary Music 1'' EP and "Discourse" single) * Bill Bacon – drums ("Discourse" single) ;Additional personnel * 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. *"Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with

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. *''Temporary Music 2'' 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 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

References

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