Spoonbender
1.1.1
Stereo Telepathy Academy
CD HMS 006
XLR8R
April, 2006
Conceived as an extension of William S. Burroughs' and Brion Gysin's
"Third Mind" technique (wherein text or art is cut up and
reconfigured at random to spontaneously access non-linear thought),
Spoonbender 1.1.1 is not so much an I Am Spoonbender side project
as a concentrated, immersive experiment. The live performance from
which 1.1.1 originated consisted of a viewing of one film while spoken
text from another was broadcast over it; the soundtrack was provided
by the musicians themselves, improvised while watching a third film
(hidden from the audience). The result, reproduced on this recording,
is a disquieting meditation on telepathy, human emotions, and communion.
Best listened to while horizontal with the lights out. -Alexander
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