A Delay Is Better is a solo album by Pamela Z[1] and was released on the Starkland label in 2004.[2] It has received rotation on WNYC,[3] been the subject of review by an academic journal,[1] speciality music magazines,[4] and included for coverage in a chapter devoted to Pamela Z in a textbook.[5] The album liner notes were written by Pauline Oliveros.[4]
| A Delay Is Better | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 26, 2004 |
| Recorded | 1986–1997 |
| Genre | Avant-garde classical |
| Length | 1:01:36 |
| Label | Starkland |
Musical style and compositions
editAs Pamela Z's first album, A Delay Is Better summarizes her work and development of the preceding two decades. The album contains a variety of explorations of vocal performance utilizing delay effects, found objects, and extended vocal techniques. The music itself, being built around live performance with digital tools such as Max/MSP and the Bodysynth, lead an academic reviewer to suggest the work encompasses an "exocentric body/instrument relationship."[1]
The album features works for voice and delay, found text, and voice with additional processing. Additionally, Feral was written as part of a dance score for Hoist by choreographer Jo Kreiter.[5]
Track listing
editAll music written by Pamela Z
- "Bone Music" – 7:14
- "Badagada" – 3:41
- "Number 3" – 6:50
- "Pop Titles 'You'" – 3:10
- "In Tymes of Olde" – 5:48
- "The MUNI Section" – 3:52
- "NEMIZ" – 4:51
- "Geekspeak" – 7:31
- "Questions" – 5:30
- "50 (for Charles Amirkhanian)" – 2:03
- "Feral" – 5:24
- "Obsession, Addiction, and the Aristotelian Curve" – 5:08
References
edit- ^ a b c Ellen, Waterman. "Recording Reviews: A Delay is Better". Journal of the Society for American Music. 2 (2): 281–283.
- ^ "Ze Cat's Meow: Pamela Z: " New Strategies with DJ Spooky" at Symphony Space, the Cutting Room, and the Stone". Brooklyn Rail.
- ^ "Pamela Z". WNYC.
- ^ a b Brian, Morton (May 2005). "Pamela Z: A Delay is Better". The Wire: 34.
- ^ a b Composition in the Digital World. Oxford University Press. 2015. pp. 306–316. ISBN 9780199357031.