Pamela Zero - Living Backwards

Order Number dacd004 (also da-0-1)

Retail Price from indie-cds.com site A$5.00: / Unit

Pamela Zero is a member of a collective of multimedia artists known as Discord Aggregate. Based in San Francisco, since the mid 90s they have dedicated themselves to driving back the perceived boundaries of creative art in music, images, spoken word and performance art. The Living Backwards album is entirely acapella, and is an extraordinarily inventive creation of poetic and musical expression.

review from womenofMP3.com:"That's it-- I've been bewitched. As Pamela Zero sings, "Ghosts have somehow moved into my days." I downloaded her MP3s, two at a time. "Entrance" beckoned (think: toning in caves) and "The Yearning" begged me to stay (see: Kate Bush, "Breathing"). Audio surfaced, first in 1 track, then 2, and I let them play simultaneously. "Physics" came in-the last track in this Jungian round--and it felt like cloud-busting. In Zero's tunes you'll find snippets of Miranda Sex Garden and Dead Can Dance. Did I mention her work is 99.9% a cappella? The arrangements and vocals are so lush, you forget-her larynx IS the instrument. Listening to Zero is like eavesdropping on someone's psyche. Catharsis follows, pure as church bells. ... it's unfettered coloratura and bass vox, Baby. Enjoy." - Jianda Johnson - The Women of MP3.com - 1/5/00

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