Graham Lambkin: Poem (For Voice & Tape) vinyl recordGraham Lambkins first solo release, and the premiere record of his then newly formed label Kye, Poem (For Voice & Tape) (Kye, 2001) captures his Shadow Ring bandmate, Tim Goss, as he recites verses of his own poetry. Pitched against the steady trickle of Lambkins shower faucet (a nod to field recording artist Moniek Darges Rain) and a low, persistent drone, Gosss voice is slowed, warped, and stretched. With this simple manipulation, Lambkin unravels
the American trumpet player and free jazz pioneer Don Cherry (1936–1995) and the Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry (1943–2009) began a collaboration that imagined an alternative space for creative music
The unstable quality of these tracks belies the rigor of Hunt’s procedures
with Palestine recording some of Conrad’s work on the carillon and contributing music to his film Coming Attractions
Don abandoned his signature pocket trumpet for the piano and harmonium
Hunt called the label a “vanity project” and frequently talked of a tax loophole he could claim if it all went belly up
surreal pranks
Comes in pink on navy blue
that flows and counterflows
Hunt revisits the piano in “Lattice (stream): ordinal” and “Bitom (stream): link
amateurishly strummed
—Roscoe Mitchell
performer and visual artist born in Brooklyn in 1947
