An Arrangement of Gertrude Stein's "France"

by David Braden

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An Arrangement of France by Gertrude Stein 49:55

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“France” is a poem from Gertrude Stein’s “Geography and Plays” composed of 93 sections. Treating it like a composer’s score, I recorded my voice reading “France.” The audio was digitally processed using filters, delay, and resonators, and voice-transformer. All sounds originate from the human voice. No analog or digital instruments were used.

This arrangement further this liberation of meaning by projecting her paper-canvas onto a three-dimensional audio space where phonemes are free to boogie and syntax can carom like subatomic billiard balls and re-combine into new associations of meanings.

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released March 6, 2021

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David Braden Oakland, California

I am a sound-text artist living in Oakland, CA.
My work incorporates field recording and processed sounds. Sound, Visuals and Poetry can be found at davidbraden.weebly.com

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