Echolocation
Badagada (1988) 4'
voice with processing
I Know (1988) 2'
fixed media (voice, processing, MIDI tracks)
Pamela Z, Donald Swearingen
An In (1988) 2'
fixed media (voice & MIDI percussion)
Pamela Z, Bill Stefanacci
Scaff Scivi Gno (1987) 6'
voice with processing
Pop Titles ‘You’ (1986) 3.5'
from Parts of Speech
In the Other World (1986) 4'
voice with processing
Echolocation (1985) 4'
voice and found percussion with processing
2 Black Rubber Raincoats (1984) 3'
voice with processing, guitar
Echolocation is the debut album by Pamela Z, the pioneering Bay Area intermedia composer and performance artist. Originally released and distributed on cassette in 1988, Echolocation is a genre-defying document of Z’s earliest experiments with live voice and delay, and the impetus of an artist’s three decade search for sounds yet unfelt.
Echolocation was reissued on Freedom To Spend as a vinyl edition and digitally on November 5, 2021. Remastered by Jessica Thompson, and featuring liner notes from Jon Leidecker, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of Echolocation will benefit The Center for New Music, which fosters contemporary music’s growth by giving practicing artists access to professional resources and expertise, and by providing them with opportunities for sharing knowledge and exploring new ideas.
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