Minóy is a rescue operation with several life rafts. Minóy-the-book provides an introduction and overview to the important noise music artist Minóy ? the pseudonym of American electronic art musician and sound artist Stanley Keith Bowsza (1951-2010). Minóy?s audio compositions, often conjuring up an enigmatic world of almost dreadful depth, earned him a key position in the homemade independent cassette culture scene of the 1980s. Minóy-the-CD (available HERE) makes available nine of Minóy?s audio compositions that span the years 1985 to 1993. These were drawn from recently discovered archival material and selected by the editor and artistic director of the project, Joseph Nechvatal, in collaboration with composer Phillip B. Klingler (PBK). Klingler (co-producer and sound engineer) houses the Minóy archive and has re-mastered the tracks, most of which have never been heard before (it was thought that Minóy stopped recording in 1992). Minóy-the-book contains two written monograms of Minóy, one by close friend Amber Sabri and one by artist and art theoretician Joseph Nechvatal. There are three additional essays by Nechvatal, the first of which, ?The Obscurity of Minóy,? recounts the history of the recovery of the audio material from obscurity. In the subsequent essays (?The Aesthetics of an Obscure Monster Sacré? and ?Hyper Noise Aesthetics?), Nechvatal reflects on the artistic benefits of obscurity and situates Minóy?s deep droning palimpsest soundscapes within an original aesthetic-theoretical context of an obscure monster sacré, and also examines Minóy?s legacy in terms o…
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