Temporary Music is the 1979 debut EP and 1981 debut album by theNew York basedno wave music groupMaterial.

Temporary Music
Studio album by Material
Released	1981
Recorded	July 1979, March and September 1980
Genre	No wave,post-disco,post-punk
Label	Celluloid, CEL 6576
Producer	Material,Martin Bisi
Material chronology
About Time (1979) Temporary Music (1981) American Songs (1981)

The band had previously worked withDaevid Allen on New York Gong's 1979About Time album. TheTemporary Music 1 EP was recorded in 1979 and theTemporary Music 2 EP in 1980. The two EPs were compiled together for Material's debut album, two slightly different versions being released, one on Red Rec. which also included the "Discourse" single, and one on Celluloid which simply put each EP on either side of the album. Some CD versions include the "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single, recorded withRobert Quine.^[2]

1. "O.A.O" (Bill Laswell,Fred Maher,Michael Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri) – 4:43
2. "On Sadism" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 5:04
3. "White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40
4. "Process / Motion" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:34

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

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

1. "O.A.O" (Bill Laswell,Fred Maher,Michael Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri) – 4:43
2. "On Sadism" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 5:04
3. "White Man" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 7:40
4. "Process / Motion" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Cultreri) – 4:34
5. "Discourse" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 4:05
6. "Slow Murder" (Bacon, Laswell, Cultreri, Beinhorn) - 3:59
7. "Reduction" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:30
8. "Heritage" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 3:33
9. "Secret Life" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:45
10. "Dark Things" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn) – 5:10
11. "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) - 5:02
12. "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 asSecret Life.^[3]

• Bill Laswell – 4 and 6 string basses
• Michael Beinhorn – synthesizers, pianos, clarinet, percussion, tapes
• Fred Maher – 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")

• Temporary Music 1 EP recorded on 23–25 July 1979 at Eddy Offord's Studio, Woodstock, New York. Engineered byEddy Offord and Rob Davis. Produced byGiorgio Gomelsky.
• "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material withMartin Bisi.
• 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.

• 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