Tone Telegrams

Channeling The Spirits Of Phil Spector & John Cage...Tone Telegrams Confound Genre. *Amid complex percussive cadences and unique approaches to instrumental musicianship, themes are evoked by words captured from vinyl records. *The concept of sound collage is stretched and orchestrated into unfamiliar audio environments. *The whole can become addictive with repeated listenings. INSTRUMENTS Korg R3 Vocoder Synthesizer, Korg DS-8 Synthesizer, Reflector Stratocaster Electronic Guitar, Various Sound Effect Foot Pedals, Boss RC 20X Loop Station Loop Duplicator, Electronic Sound Generators (toys), Guitar Preparations (arrow heads, plectrums, various scrapers and plunkers, etc.), Ovation Acoustic Guitar, Voice, K-Mart Portable Phonograph, Several Phonograph Albums (both physically modified and unmodified), Ibanez DM 1000 Digital Delay, Shakers, Rattles, Maracas, Xylophones, Bells, Tambourines, Clickers, Ratchets, Talking Drum, Tongue Drum, Sport Drums, Mallets, Sticks, Tin Cans, Rain Gutter, Kitchen Sink, Orbitz, Turkey Call, Animal Horn, Tubes Of Gloom THE PROCESS January 23 - 24, 2017: Recorded extensive percussion/voice improvisations March 4 - 15, 2017: Edited percussion/voice bits into several "building blocks" to serve as foundations on which to mold compositions March 4 - 13, 2017: Edited phrases, sentences, and hand-manipulated segments from phonograph records March 18, 2017: Recorded acoustic guitar improvisations March 20, 2017: Recorded Korg DS-8 synthesizer improvisations March 29, 2017: Received "Patternal Instinct" recording from I.V. Martinez April 3-4, 2017: Recorded electronic guitar improvisations April 5, 2017: Recorded Korg R3 vocoder/synthesizer improvisations March 26 - April 18, 2017: Sculpted and refined five sound collages from recordings listed above All performances, recordings, edits, manipulations, concepts, art, production by Charles Rice Goff III Track 2, "In Full Throated Ease," contains excerpts from "Patternal Instinct" generously provided for collaboration by I.v. Martinez/experiMENTALien trivm.bandcamp.com/music No claims are made to materials extracted from phonograph records This collection is a not-for-profit audio art exhibit

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