Sappho's Fist: Disturbance Pulse
Side 1:
- Bird Ladders 11:05
- Disturbance Pulse #1 5:16
- Blue Shift 12:48
Side 2:
- Disturbance Pulse #2 4:13
- Terrorized 10:40
- The Waves 13:46
Sappho's Fist is a spoken word electronic audio experiment that utilizes no
MIDI interfaces of any kind and as a result has a very raw and unfiltered
feeling to it. The hand assembled cassette arrives in a purple bubble packages
with assorted liner notes and essays glued to the outside and included as
inserts. The whole package has this eerie simplicity to it and seems to stand
alone both as a work of art and a aural medium. The music is naked and uncut
with short individually packaged stories read over certain sections. Some of
the verbal material is very suggestive and a little twisted at times,
describing unusual situations at common public events. Other pieces are more
like poetry and prose and repeat themselves in cyclical fashion. Sappho's Fist
seems to be more of a performance art style of music than something you sit
down and listen to in a static medium. Something seems to be missing
performance wise without the addition of some type of multimedia stage show
complete with costumes and lighting to accentuate the final production. However
for what the music is worth at face value, if your are coming into the music
expecting an absence of refinement as part of the musical experience then
Sappho's Fist might be something you'd enjoy.
Sappho's Fist are: Frank Smith & Amy Kirk
Tapes available $6 US / $8 World postage paid
Contact:
Little Man Productions
10 Pearson Avenue #3
Somerville, MA 02144-2306
E-mail: vox@tiac.net
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