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 Posell