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A1	–Remko Scha	Katadeedo Daynatadoh Composed By – Ellen Zweig, Remko SchaGuitar – The Machines*	0:47
A2	–Larry Wendt	Galaxy Love	8:59
A3	–Brian Reinbolt	Brain Monkey	4:12
A4	–Mark Rudolph	Beautiful But Marred By The Blemish Of Perpetual Dissatisfaction	5:42
A5	–Alice Shields	Mass For The Dead (Excerpt)	3:51
A6	–Paul De Marinis*	Mind Power	4:06
A7	–Remko Scha	French Recitatif Words By [French Text] – Raymond Roussel	1:30
B1	–Paul Lansky	Not Just More Idle Chatter	7:54
B2	–Jon English / Jim Pomeroy	The Hartford Address	2:18
B3	–Ron Kuivila	Linear Predictive Zoo Engineer [Recording] – Jim Staley	10:40
B4	–John Cage	Writings Through The Essay: On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience (Excerpt)	8:58

Credits

• Design [Cover Art] – Matt Mullican
• Edited By [Contributing Editor] – Ellen Zweig
• Engineer – Brenda Hutchinson
• Liner Notes – Ellen Zweig, Paul De Marinis*

Notes

False phonemes, the impure voice, cybernetic fleshly abstractions, a disembodied voice, the imp in the machine. FALSE PHONEMES is a collection of works by artists who use computer-generated voices with an emphasis on language.

A1 composed on DEC talk, excerpted from "Impressions of Africa"
A2 voice created on a Kentucky Pocket Braille
A3 computer voice produced with a $12 Radio Shack part bought on a whim
A4 a deconstruction of vocal poetic "performance" first analyzed by Rudolph's program program "K"
A5 composed at the Computer Music Facility of the Columbia University Electronic Music Center. excerpts from an opera
A7 another excerpt from "Impressions of Africa"
B1 Liner Predictive Coding
B2 written on the back of an envelope in Hartford, CT, July 6, 1984, at New Music America. this version recorded 10/22/85
B3 cheap speech synthesizers that use linear prediction. this recording is an excerpt from a concert given at Roulette, NYC, October 25 1987
B4 realized at the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College of CUNY (special thanks to Charles Dodge); recorded 9/5/87, Hugenotten, Karls Kirche, Kassel

This project is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Engineered at Studio PASS, NYC.
Copyright 1988. All rights reverted to the individual artists.
Dolby B/EQ Normal

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