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Uno dei primi documenti collettivi che tentò di cogliere in tempo reale la fremente scena downtown newyorkese tra la fine degli anni Settanta e i primissimi Ottanta, contribuendo non poco a darvi slancio e visibilità, fu realizzato con gran fervore - e pochissimi mezzi, sia tecnici sia economici - da Elliott Sharp, presentando a raffica Mofungo, The Ordinaires, The Scene Is Now, V-Effect, Crazy Hearts, The State, The Hi-Sheriffs Of Blue e I/S/M in un album divenuto a suo modo emblematico: Peripheral Vision: Bands of Loisaida, uscito nel 1982 per l'etichetta zOaR e ora rilanciato in digitale con suono leggermente migliorato. Ne racconta l'origine lo stesso Sharp in IrRational Musings: "The compilation album Peripheral Vision: Bands of Loisaida has just been remastered at 24-bit, 48K to enhance the sonics of music from nearly half a century ago that was recorded using whatever technology was available to a bunch of low-budget starving artists. Originally released on my zOaR label in September 1982, it presented music from the genre-smashing groups that blended post-punk rage with a sense of joyful experimentation encompassing new song-forms, raw noise, improvisation, poetic lyrics, elaborate orchestrations, and an attitude of "anything goes" reflecting the creative ferment of NYC's Lower East Side. Brian Eno's No New York compilation cracked the door on this scene and Peripheral Vision attempted to fling it wide open."
https://elliottsharp.substack.com/revisiting-peripheral-vision
https://peripheralvisionnyc.bandcamp.com