Device for the Transmission of Electrical Energy Through Air: Sound Works 1987-2012

by Robin Parmar

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	1.	[introduction] 00:12
	2.	What Do They Call It? Radar? 07:29
	3.	Ouroboros 10:26
	4.	Shortwave (Jake in Lexington) 05:14
	5.	Obsessive-Compulsive 00:58
	6.	Celibacy 03:20
	7.	[please turn the cassette] 00:08
	8.	Engram Station (ground) 05:59

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These recordings are the extant traces of radiophonic experiments made on analogue equipment between 1987 and 2012. Similar material from the time period in question has been destroyed as failed experiments. Only these exemplars have been retained.

These tracks represent the mediums of radio (AM, FM, shortwave) and tape (cassette, microcassette, cart, and open reel) in relationship to the somatic and the linguistic.

A version of this album was originally released in 1999 as a limited edition compact disk. In 2012 tracks 4 and 5 were added to the second edition. "Celibacy" is the only piece edited using digital software. This track has been included in order to demonstrate the continuity of my methods and interests over 25 years.

The album is now (September 2017) being re-issued in digital form, to highlight the utopian possibilities of radio as a free medium, subject to failures of every kind.

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released September 25, 2017

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Robin Parmar Limerick, Ireland

Robin Parmar is an electroacoustic composer, improviser, and sound artist based in Ireland. His pieces have been played in Canada, United States, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, England, Germany, and Sweden.

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