Vocal music.
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Meredith Monk and John Zorn and Fred Frith / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.
Performance music documentary. Composer Monk brings the ancestral power of the voice into contemporary music through humming, nonsensical syllables, tongue clicks and other sounds. Zorn, a saxophonist, and First, a guitarist, combine old instruments into a truly avant garde musical form.|MEREDITH MONK AND JOHN ZORN and FRED FRITH / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len…
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Claire Hamil and Enya : a choir of one / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Two singers who create intricate, layered music. Claire Hamil’s album “Voices,” is a vocal sampling, in which she produces an orchestral palette with only her voice. Enya was part of the traditional Irish group Clannad with her brothers and sister. She combines her folk-inspired…
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Meredith Monk : voices ancient and future / produced by John Biliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Monk, a composer of music for between,on and six female voices, discusses the roots of her music. her songs are influenced by Balkan choral styles, Middle Eastern modes, Appalachian shape-note singing, and Inuit Eskimo mouth music.|MEREDITH MONK : VOICES ANCIENT AND FUTURE / produced…