#vocal looping

[kid-indigo]

I keep trying to post this. Watch it work the one time I don’t get all super serious about my yadda yadda and cheeky tags

GIF OF THE MAGI out now all over the place. Here’s the Spotify link.

[burlveneer-music]

Pamela Z - Echolocation - reissue of 1988 experimental new wave LP featuring vocal looping; really psyched to be reintroduced to this artist that I saw live on a visit to San Francisco in 1992. My most distinct memory of that show is “Bald Boyfriend,” not on this album but a video exists (at bottom of post).

Born in Buffalo, New York in 1956, Pamela Z has spent her time performing and composing towards the singular objective of finding sounds yet unfelt. Beginning as singer-songwriter on the guitar while studying music in Boulder, Colorado, most of Z’s musical ventures centered around covering artists like Joni Mitchell and Malvina Reynolds B-sides. While getting gigs around the Denver metro-area and moonlighting as a radio host for public radio station KGNU playing tunes spanning from “Varèse to the Ramones, to the Roches, to Pauline Oliveros”, she soon realized she should be building towards the sounds she listened to so much. This revelation dovetailed with the rise of home taping, the zenith of synthesizer culture, and the acquisition of a digital delay pedal, the Ibanez-DM1000, to bring her the signature sound she continues to perfect. Echolocation was composed by Pamela Z at a time where her name and presence were only beginning to send shockwaves to the Bay Area New Music scene and later the world. Freedom To Spend re-releases Z’s 1988 limited run, cassette only debut onto the New Music scene; a lush tapestry of deep listening vocal meditations, MIDI explorations, and operatic art rock junctures. Echolocation proves in its runtime to still be searching after over three decades since its deliverance. 

All pieces composed and performed by Pamela Z Synthesizers on “I Know” by Donald Swearingen Drums on “I Know” by Shof Synthesizers and drum programming on “An In” by Bill Stefanacci The text of “Pop Titles ‘You’” was taken from a 1986 issue of The Phonolog Report The recordings are presented in the best fidelity possible but occasionally betray the limitations of the master source. Originally released on Zed in 1988. Licensed under permission and in cooperation with Pamela Z. Come! Mend! On behalf of Pamela Z, a portion of the proceeds from this release will benefit The Center for New Music, which fosters contemporary music’s growth by giving practicing artists access to professional resources and expertise, and by providing them with opportunities for sharing knowledge and exploring new ideas.  centerfornewmusic.com

[cactustuberesearch]

Looping freely

[hibernianzephyr]

Follow The Road, by Yumah

4 track album

Not posted for a little while, but there’s some very nice new music out by a friend of mine. Hypnotic and atmospheric vocal compositions.

[kid-indigo]

Kid Indigo - UFO | BOSTON HASSLE

When you think of Cape Cod, what do you normally think of? Beaches, The Kennedys, and clam cakes, right? But what if...

Kid Indigo - UFO

[kid-indigo]

Take a little acid.

[my-roots-run-throughout]

I think I've jammed to this like 10 hours already

[desertislandcloud]

Muscle Memory by Kira May Composed by Kira May Vocals by Kira May Guitar & bass by Charles Tilden Trumpet by Tara Kannangara Trombone by Aidan Sibley Produced by Kira May & Sandro Perri Engineered by Sandro Perri at 6 Nassau in Toronto Mixed by Sandro Perri Mastered by Milan Schramek at Lacquer Channel in Toronto We acknowledge the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council and FACTOR.