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Vito Acconci / New Humans
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Album IT 2009 on Planam label
Electronic and Spoken Word (Experimental, Avant-garde, Sound Art)

A1. Untitled Vito Acconci / New Humans, 2007 Recorded live by [...] at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, Spring 2007 An unreleased live recording of a collaborative performance by Vito Acconci and New Humans that took place within the sculpture installation "Disassociate" by artist Mika Tajima at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, in Spring 2007. During this improves music performance with New Humans, Vito Acconci reads permutations of text from a set of seminal audio works he chose - recombining lines and phrases on the move against a shifting, acute and minimally deadpan sonic progression. Text include "V.D. Lives / TV Must Die" (1978), "Now Do You Believe The Dirty Dogs Are Dead" (1978), "An Idea Of Storage At A Small Gallery In Downtown Chicago" (1979), "Cry Baby!" (1977). B1. Sympathy For The Devil New Humans, 2007 A song stripped leaving only the minimal register of anonymous static noise. A shadow of itself it now the resembles the crackling prelude on a vinyl record. The cue is the replacement. B2. Waiting Game New Humans, 2007 The anticipatory humming drone produced by a guitar amp becomes substance. The performance of the void, a lost reference. Producing used Sunn Beta Lead head with Peavey 4x12 Cabinet and single coil American Fender Stratocaster. The sound pieces on Side B were an ongoing sound element in the "Disassociate" installation in which the performances and recordings occurred. The pieces were playing during the Vito Acconci / New Humans recording and subsequently buried by the live performance. Special thanks to Elizabeth Dee, Jenny Moore, Acconci Studio and C. Spencer Yeh New Humans, Copyright 2009 Contact: www.newhumansnyc.com

Musicians

	Vito Acconci voc, *1940 US album by, voice
	New Humans , album by
	Howie Chen voc, g, electronics
	Eric Tsai dr, g, guitar
	Mika Tajima g, b, *1975 guitar

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