Crosstalk (American Speech Music)

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Label: Bridge

Cat No: BRIDGE9285

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd February 2009

About

This wild compilation of hip-hop influenced “speech” pieces shows the blurring lines of serious and popular art. Curated by Mendi + Keith Obadike, one of 'Crosstalk's goals was to consider how our ways of listening to American speech music across genres has changed since hip-hop brought speech music into the mainstream.

This collection presents an eclectic and exciting sampling of speech-music, cutting across genres and generations.

Contents:
- Pamela Z: Declaratives in First Person
- Guillermo E. Brown: ElectroPrayer 5.0
- Tracie Morris: Africa(n)
- Shelley Hirsch: In the Basement
- Paul Lansky: Chatter of Pins
- Mendi + Keith Obadike: The Pink of Stealth
- DJ Spooky, featuring Ursula Rucker: Being Black
- Daniel Bernard Roumain: Blimp/Sky from DBR's One Loss
- Peter Gordon/Laurence Weiner: The Society Architect Ponders the Golden Gate Bridge
- Mendi + Keith Obadike: Rodeo Red
- George E. Lewis: Morning Blues for Yvan
- John Link: Life Studies, Movement #1
- Vijay Iyer: Redemption Chant 2.0

Composer, journalist Frank J. Oteri writes:
"Whether or not it is true that music is the universal language, Bridge's new disc Crosstalk turns that old adage on its head showing how language can yield a universe of musical possibilities. From Paul Lansky's computer-generated speech music that is not quite speech to Pamela Z's real yet often sounding computer-generated voice to the post-rap mini-operas of the disc's curators, Mendi and Keith Obadike, Crosstalk offers an exciting cross-section of numerous streams of music-making that have somehow converged. If minimalism and post-minimalism were movements that were informed by rock yet not rock, Crosstalk takes us into a new sonic realm that is informed by hip-hop but is ultimately something quite different."

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