Various Artists - Tellus 1 & 2 Genre: Modern Composition, Other, Avant-Garde, Spoken Word Tellus was a bimonthly audiocassette âmagazineâ devoted to promoting new and experimental music. It was published from 1983 to 1992 and featured many of the most innovative artists in music, spoken word, and performance arts. Ubuweb has almost all 27 issues available as free downloads. Much of this music has rarely been heard while some tracks have been accepted as seminal works in this post-modern era.