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Ice Machine

Surreal sound experiments using poetry, noise and ambient music and an eclectic set of instruments to make bewildering and enjoyable compositions, recommended!

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D Kimm-voice, korg, pedals, dictaphone, melodica, text, voice, laborious chants de gorge, loops, kaos pad, cloche de bois, coutellerie, samples

Alexis O'Hara-summer dog vocals, loops, pedals, bass, sighs, tongue clicks, rhythm 77, bass, text, halloween voice machine, feedback, caucasian trepidation, metronome, dictaphone

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UPC: 771028118625

Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Catalog ID: AM_186
Squidco Product Code: 11637

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Canada
Packaging: Cardstock Gatefold Sleeve 3 panels
Recorded in March, 2008 at Hotel 2 Tango by Radwan Moumneh.

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Surreal sound experiments using poetry, noise and ambient music and an eclectic set of instruments to make bewildering and enjoyable compositions, recommended!

"Founded in 2006, Mankind is a duo comprised of performers Alexis O'Hara and D.Kimm. They explore the spaces between sound poetry, noise and ambient music and performed provocation. Their shows are always fresh, rich in improvisation and abetted by the use of props, costumes and video projection. Their most recent show Bad Behaviour / La mauvaise conduite, presented with a spring 2008 European tour, explored - and deplored, notions of feminine etiquette and the norms of polite society.

Mankind has been featured in the following festivals : Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Edgy Women and Suoni per Il Popolo (both in Montreal), Poesie Berlin Festival (Germany), Donau Festival (Autria), Musique Action et Montevidéo (France), Howl (US)."-Ambiances Magnetiques

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Track Listing:

1. Miles End Throat Singers 2:27

2. Salle D'Attente 5:23

3. Nordique 3:32

4. Le Corps C'Est Trop Physique 1:54

5. Todo Que Tengo 5:27

6. My Favorite Aggression 2:29

7. Post-Colonial 3:42

8. Charming 3:00

9. Snow Globe 1:44

10. The Anti-Rules 1:49

11. Repressed Love 6:42

12. Space Station Blues 2:29

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