Zwischen brings together twelve sound poetry collages using interview answers by public figures.
Each collage consists of the brief moments between the spoken words: silences, pauses for breath
and hesitations in which the interviewees utter non-semantic sound particles. These voice collages
also control a synthesizer, creating electronic sounds that overlay and merge with the voices to make
twelve acoustic structures.
1 Alice Schwarzer, Is It True That You’re A Person Of Great Tenacity? 2:08
2 John Cage, I've Been Told To Ask You The Following Question: Where Are You Going? 2:58
3 Hubert Fichte, Your Journey Through Life Has Been Full Of Twists And Turns. Please Tell Us When And Where This Journey Began! 2:22
4 Slavoj Zizek, What Signs Were There Of The Imminent Dissolution Of Yugoslavia? 1:51
5 Joseph Beuys, It Was You Who Said: Democracy Is So Big One Can Only Sing About It. You Recently Made Your Debut As A Singer. Which Democracy Are You Singing About? 3:03
6 Lady Gaga, You Once Said In An Interview That You Write Music For The Fashion Industry. Is Fashion As Important To You As Music? 2:17
7 Ernst Jandl, What Are Your Plans For Language: Revolution, Reform, Revolt? 2:05
8 Karlheinz Stockhausen, Which Difficulties Are Involved In Conserving Electronic Music On Magnetic Tape? 2:17
9 Marcel Duchamp, Would You Like Or Expect People To Spin The Wheel On Your Kinetic Object Roue de Bicyclette? 2:20
10 Friedericke Mayröcker, When You Write, Do You Feel Like The Creator Of The Work Or More Like A Medium? 3:11
11 Yoko Ono, You Were Born Into A Rich, Aristocratic Family In Tokyo. Do You See That In Yourself? 2:11
12 Max Ernst, This Is The First Time In 25 Years That You've Returned To Your Old Home Town, To The Cathedral In Cologne, Right? 2:04
13 Audio Liner Notes Faitiche17 1:13
^ That's a good choice - to my mind the best of his later albums. A couple of tracks have some great lyrics, and a couple of tracks have a playful charm that is rare in his discography.
The album before this was Time Out Of Mind, which won Dylan his first Grammy, but that album is too depressing and stark for repeated listening, imo. Not coincidental is the fact that the year TOOM was released, Dylan had a serious lung infection. My belief is that the award allocators said to themselves, "This guy's never won a Grammy - better give him one in case he dies soon."
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Not very happy with the song title, but this is the opening track of VIVISectVI, my first Skinny Puppy album, which I'm really enjoying.
