Big City Orchestra is a long-running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members. They were formed in 1979 as the house band for a network of artist residences in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Releases Almost comedically prolific, BCO sailed through the cassette culture movement of the 1980s and 1990s with about 130 hour-long releases on over 100 labels. Other work has included four video collections, five 7″ singles, one 8″ single, one 10″ single, 10+ compact discs, well over 40 CD-Rs, and more than 300 compilation appearances. A partial list of releases Baobab (Cass) Biotope Art Organization Bretagne (Cass, C60) Nihilistic Recordings Fresh Prezzies - Exclusive Tracks for Radio and Friends (CDr) ubuibi Gaiement (Cass) Le Réseau Mind Bent and Fancy Free (Cass) - Industrial Therapy Unit My Life in the Bush of Kate (Cass) - UBUIBI Ralph Pandora Flutter Tongue (Cass) - Ecto Tapes Planet of Giants (Cass) - Peuleschille Tapes Progressive Composition (Cass) - ZNS Tapes Rites of Wrong (Cass) - UBUIBI Seeds of Doom (Cass) - BloedvlagProdukt Sound Choice Cassette Culture Selection (Cass) Sound Choice Telegraphe (Cass) - New Flesh Tapes Untitled (Cass) - Kadef Verstimmt (Cass) - Ecto Tapes We Like Noize Too (Cass) - UBUIBI Massacre of The Innocents (Cass, C90) - Sound Of Pig 1985 Bob Hope's Fruit Loop Special (Cass, C60) - Audiofile Tapes 1986 Edge of Destruction (Cass) - Swinging Axe Productions 1986 Gateway of Fruit Loops (Cass) - The Subelectrick Institute 1986 Massacre Again (Cass) - Tonspur Tapes 1986 Parade of Idiots (Cass) - Bog-Art 1986 Arc of Infinity (Cass) - Harsh Reality Music 1987 Fury from the Deep (Cass) - Markus Schwill 1987 Hand of Fear (Cass) - Calypso Now 1987 Mile After Mile (Cass, C60) - Sound Of Pig 1987 Mind of Evil (Cass) - The Subelectrick Institute 1987 Myth Makers (Cass) - Nihilistic Recordings 1987 Trail of Destruction (Cass, C60) - S.J. Organisation 1987 A Good Time to Start Something New (Cass) - Epitapes 1988 Absence Sharpens, Presents Strengthens (Cass) - GGE Records 1988 Animal Religion (Cass) - Ralph Records 1988 Everyman Is a Volume (Cass, C60) - Korm Plastics 1988 In the Near Future (Cass) - Freedom In A Vacuum 1988 Long Term Stimulation (Cass, Ltd) - SSS Productions 1988 Magnetic Personality (Cass) - IEP 1988 Web of Fear (Cass, C60) - S.J. Organisation