Himalaya-Producing Machine (Henri Michaux)

by Thomas Bey William Bailey

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Himalaya-Producing Machine (Henri Michaux) 04:21

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One day I will write (another) book solely about all the albums, tracks, and non-music projects that people had agreed to release / publish for me, and then didn't. There is a certain artfulness to the backpedaling from the non-releasers, and there are certain interesting patterns that form over two odd decades of this sort of thing. I have had backers with 100s of thousands of fans just walk out on contracts, and, in the case of this one, "merely" have psychotic breaks and decide to take an indefinite hiatus from music (which of course turned out not to be indefinite as soon as I'd lost interest).

This track, which I do enjoy despite its eventual lack of availability on a physical medium, features me reciting from Henri Michaux' highly recommended, timeless testimonial of psychedelic pandemonium, "Miserable Miracle." My pseudo-devious intent was to contribute to a "noise" compilation with a piece that was essentially *about* noise rather than featuring any "noisy" content; in particular this was based on Michaux' struggles to navigate through a sea of psychic noise formed from mescaline intake.

All machinery was manipulated by TBWB in winter of 2016-2017, vocals were again recorded expertly by Alex Keller in the Texas city formerly known for its live music industry.

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released February 13, 2021

Thomas Bey Wiliam Bailey: analogue synths and cheap digital emulation, editing, processing, vocal recitiation
Alex Keller: vocal booth recording

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Thomas Bey William Bailey is a researcher and author of several books (e.g. "To Hear The World With New Eyes," "Micro Bionic," "Sonic Phantoms") as well as a dedicated sound artist and editor of the Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity label.

His work explores issues of unstable identity, post-industrial technology, and the hidden wonders at the edges of perception. ... more

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