Joan La Barbara - Voice Is The Original Instrument

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1-1	Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation Engineer [Recording] – Pat Kelley	15:23
1-2	Hear What I Feel Engineer [Recording] – Rich Cook	8:29
1-3	Circular Song Engineer [Recording] – Pat Kelley	7:31
1-4	Des Accords Pour Teeny	13:45
1-5	Les Oiseaux Qui Chantent Dans Ma Tête	19:21
2-1	Vocal Extensions Engineer [Recording] – Pat Kelley	16:41
2-2	Twelvesong (Zwölfgesang)	12:19
2-3	Q-/-Uatre Petites Bêtes	7:28
2-4	Cathing	8:06
2-5	Autumn Signal	13:22
2-6	October Music: Star Showers And Extraterrestrials	14:19

Credits

• Composed By, Performer, Voice, Liner Notes, Producer – Joan La Barbara
• Liner Notes – Kenneth Goldsmith
• Photography By – Roberto Masotti
• Producer – Michael Hoenig

Notes

Track 1-1 for amplified voice alone recorded in concert at University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, February 26, 1976
Track 1-2 a performance piece involving sensory deprivation for amplified vocalist with assistant recorded in concert at premiere January 15, 1975 at Washington Square Church, New York City
Track 1-3 for amplified voice alone recorded at University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, February 26, 1976
Track 1-4 & 1-5 for voice alone recorded and premiered on Radio France, broadcast November 4, 1976
Track 2-1 for amplified voice with electronics recorded in concert at University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, February 26, 1976
Track 2-2 for multiple voices on multi-track tape premiered as a radiowork for RadioBremen, Germany, November 1977
Track 2-3 a quadraphonic soundance commissioned by Annette Baack (1978-79) premiered as a performance work for voice and tape at Baack'scher Kunstraum, Köln, May 9, 1979
Track 2-4 for multiple voices on multi-track tape premiered February 17 & 18, 1978, at The Kitchen Center for Video and Music, New York City
Track 2-5 for voice and Buchla synthesizer premiered October 22, 1978, Metamusik Festival, Berlin
Track 2-6 for multiple voices on multi-track tape premiered October 1980 at The American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, France

Tracks 1-1, 1-3 and 2-1 previously released on Voice Is The Original Instrument
Track 2-2 previously released on As Lightning Comes, In Flashes
Tracks 2-3 and 2-5 previously released on Reluctant Gypsy
Track 2-4 previously released on Tapesongs
Track 2-6 previously released on The Art Of Joan La Barbara

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 745295300328
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): U.S. Optical Disc, Inc. LCD 3003-D1 04
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): U.S. Optical Disc, Inc. LCD 3003-D2 02
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RVW2266	Joan La Barbara	Voice Is The Original Instrument ‎(LP, Album)	Wizard Records	RVW2266	US	1976
ALE005	Joan La Barbara	Voice Is The Original Instrument ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Arc Light Editions	ALE005	US	2016

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