 Comma: Voices |
 Jerusaklyn |
 Shekhinah: The Presence |
 Gentle Entropy |
 Zitt/Matis: Even the Widest Aardvark Outdreams the Gnu |
 Oh Come Ye Dispassionate |
 Gray Code: Live in Philadelphia 2000 |
 Collaborations |
 Bickley/Zitt: All Souls |
Comma: (voices)
Metatron Press MPCD-101 (1997)
Trio recordings of vocal works by John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Matthew Ross Davis, Thomas Bickley, and Joseph Zitt.
“The sound stage is fully exploited and the sonic effects aredazzling, ranging from howling, chanting and shreiking to coughing and licking of lips.”
Andy Hamilton, The Wire
Jerusaklyn [Download]
MP3 CD 34774 (1999; recorded 1986-1989)
Instrumental solo electronic works (synthesizer, guitar, bass) recorded in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1980s,incorporating field recordings made in Jerusalem.
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Shekhinah: the Presence [Download]
MP3 CD 13939 (1999; recorded 1992)
Selections from the score of the 1992 dance/theatre work Shekhinah: The Presence, as first performed in Austin, Texas. With the exception of environmental sounds captured in “Jerusalem Circuit”, the sounds consist entirely of human voices, sampled and processed.
(Now a free download from the Metatron Press Archives netlabel at archive.org!)
Gentle Entropy
MP3 CD 8594 (1999; recorded 1990)
The soundtrack to an ambient video dance work. Four tracks of voice, recorded independently, sustaining a single long tone with timbral variations for 50 minutes.
Zitt/Matis: Even the Widest Aardvark Outdreams the Gnu
Metatron Press MPCD-103R (1999)
Ritual chant and storytelling from another planet. Jonathan Matis’s guitar and preparations evoke the drones and whispers of electronic beings as Joseph Zitt’s vocals sing and speak in unknown languages. Their backgrounds in classical, jazz, religious, and rock musics combine in spontaneous improvisation.
Oh Come Ye Dispassionate
Metatron Press MPCD-106R3 (2000)
“A resonant rosary of non-metric pulses and uncommon harmonies.” Nine frequencies of sine tones (120, 121, 123, 127, 132, 140, 150, 164, 185) no pair of which have the same difference as any other pair, arranged according to gray code, with the tones’ first appearances in ascending order, each possible combination of tones appearing exactly once.
Gray Code: Live in Philadelphia 2000 [Download]
Metatron Press MPCD-108R (2001) Quintet performances recorded during the Frankford Arts Festival (May 2000) and the Philadelphia Fringe Festvial (September 2000).
“Morton Feldman meets the Art Ensemble of Chicago.” — Denman Maroney
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Collaborations [Download]
Metatron Press MPCD-110R (2001) Live improvisations performed with bassists F. Vattel Cherry and Jane Wang, with percussionist Brian Fending, and with guitarist Jonathan Matis (both members, along with Zitt, Bickley, and Matthew Ross Davis, of the ensemble Gray Code), as well as studio collaborations with Thomas Bickley and Craque.
(Now a free download from the Metatron Press Archives netlabel at archive.org!)
Thomas Bickley/Joseph Zitt: All Souls [Download]
Metatron Press MPCD-112R (2002) A long-form free improvisation, created on the spot with intertwining voices exploring the architecture and objects in a resonant room and its surroundings.
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