Now a nice discovery from the late 80s in Florida. In the college town of Gainesville where the University of Florida is.  The name of the band was Tactile Cinema and on Soundcloud there is an 8 track album of the same name.

The account is under the name of gogoray, possibly then someone called Ray. Based in Atlanta. Atlanta is not that far from Gainesville. Possibly moved after studying in UF? Would make sense, Tactile Cinema a band formed by students of the university. Seems plausible.

The songs in the album are “Goat Horns”, “Christian (clean mix)”, “Message”, “Momentum”, “Torn Voices”, “Life of Questions”, “Christian (original cheese mix)” and “Do You Remember Me”. Because of the two songs with different mixes, I feel this was not a proper album back in the day. Probably something assembled with all recordings of the band for the digital era.

I find an article by Lorena Haldeman about the Gainesville Music Scene. The article dates from March 10, 2004. There is no mention of the band in the article, but there is on the comments section. I don’t learn much about them sadly, but learn names of other bands from the same period. Then an article on the Orlando Sentinel from November 2, 1990. On that one I learn that the band played a gig that same night at the Filling Station in Orlando with another Gainesville band called What Ann Likes.

The band has a superb sound. Especially the song “Message”is a true wonder. So yeah, you want to figure out why they went under the radar at the time. No records released.

I couldn’t find band member names or anything else about them. Anyone remember Tactile Cinema?

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Tactile Cinema – Message