The Death of Analogies

(1996)

AIFF – Cdn$ 3

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Audio piece for short attention spans that demands a lot of attention. It is intended to function as a piece that would cause friction with its neighbors on the air. On the radio, the sections of The Death of Analogies are analogous to those in-betweens, those intersections or incisions between longer pieces (usually music) and the host talking. Normally, these intrusions consist of ads, station identifications, promotional announcements, and “stingers”; all are instrumental in shaping a radio station’s “sound”. My vexes are the bursts and blips of an imaginary radio station.

The raw material used dated as far back as 1985 and as recently as the day of assemblage. The approach stressed fluidity and adopted an ear capable of discerning and aiding interesting sonic collisions and accidents.

CD TRACK LISTING (96 TRACKS TOTAL 54:41)

Audio work published as a solo CD by ND (now defunct) in Austin, Texas, 1999.

None of the sounds from the installation/performance The Death of Analogies appear on the CD, although the photographs on the CD cover are of the installation.

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       silence1 (0:15)
       Put the Needle On (0:26)
       Countdown (0:26)
       Knobby Tongues (0:13)
       Mal aux Dents (0:43)
       The Vienna Conversation (0:49)
       Container Crack (0:20)
       Irrigated Youth (0:16)
       Door Does Not (0:22)
       End Groove Dysfunctions (0:50)
       Anticipation (0:20)
       vs. Paradise (0:47)
       Contrapuntal (0:22)
       Rain in Halifax (0:18)
       Abrupt (0:12)
       Je t’aime (0:31)
       Stuck In (0:11)
       Wrapped Up (0:14)
       Lament (0:27)
       Visit to Whistler (0:26)
       K.O. (0:13)
       Eject (0:16)
       Nancy Drew (0:05)
       FM Icon vs. Apocalypse (0:39)
       Recapitulation (0:25)
       silence26 (0:10)
       Dental Irrigation (0:17)
       Processing: Round 1 (0:53)
       Off Snooze (0:13)
       Terremoto (0:15)
       S.O.S. Channel (0:12)
       Lists (0:11)
       Rest and Assassinate (0:13)
       Elevator Scapes (1:16)
       Survey of Comfort (0:20)
       Processing: Round 2 (1:04)
       interlude (0:16)
       Invasion (Post-Digital) (1:37)
       Breathing Parasites (0:34)
       Vertiginous (0:51)
       Hints (0:23)
       silence42 (0:14)
       Firing Vacuum (0:12)
       Knobby Knees (0:13)
       Inflated Tail (0:09)
       Casual Footwear (0:16)
       Hesitation (0:08)
       Architecture Hum (0:20)
       The Horns of Analogy (0:17)
       Alarm/Cause (0:24)
       Triggering Detroit (0:19)
       Firmly in Cheek (0:10)
       Expulsion (0:14)
       Architecture Hum 2 (0:09)
       Shack (0:09)
       E.T. (0:21)
       Nada, Author (0:11)
       Race To Last (0:14)
       For Those Who Bluff (0:28)
       Methodical (0:38)
       Slap Me (0:28)
       For Infernos Everywhere (0:44)
       Unravel (0:38)
       Voice Grain (0:22)
       silence65 (0:17)
       No. 1 (4:38)
       No. 2 (1:48)
       No. 3 (7:31)
       No. 4 (2:19)
       silence70 (0:09)
       Resuscitations (0:25)
       Twice As Hard (0:25)
       Quietly (0:23)
       Working On A Lie (0:34)
       Caught (0:23)
       Cross-Lingual (0:26)
       Architecture Hum 3 (0:09)
       Inflation: Argentina (0:08)
       The Plan Thrusts and Meanders (0:31)
       Answer Echo (0:22)
       Accelerations and Doubts (0:20)
       Cellar Melody (0:32)
       Flipper (0:10)
       Nostalgic Alarm (0:24)
       Countup (Arguments) (0:46)
       Outlines (0:23)
       Car Races and Manic Faces (0:36)
       Eating Raw Fingers (0:23)
       89 Lashes (0:39)
       That Moment You Adore (0:27)
       Same Complaint (0:25)
       Door to Rood (0:39)
       Processing: Down On All Counts (0:42)
       Of Gums and Bleeding (0:58)
       The Needle is Worn (0:20)
       silence96 (0:30)