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Music as a Second Language

Paul DeMarinis

Paul DeMarinis, performer/electronics

Speech melodies extracted from sources as various as language instruction recordings, hypnotists and televangelists are resynthesized and applied to digital musical instruments, becoming eerily beautiful, "the singing of voices more ancient than language."

Album Notes

Track Listing:

1. Leçon par l'aiguille (2:53)
2. Fonetica Francese (3:59)
3. Odd Evening (3:13)
4. An Appeal (4:25)

5. The Sand Clock (2:56)
6. Cincinnati 1830-1850 (6:14)
7. The Power of Suggestion (9:17)
8. Beneath the Numbered Sky (16:10)

CD 3011
7-4529-53011-2-7
List Price: $16.99
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