PRINCESS (v.1.1.5, edited 10.03.2023), by Paul* Hermansen with FiASPPo

PRINCESS (v.1.1.5, edited 10.03.2023)

by Paul* Hermansen with FiASPPo

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1.	Intro: A study of south african birds 11:30	buy track
2.	Interruption Why do we have to work? (For Balafon, tenor and bass recorders, chamber groups, and live electronics) 02:22	buy track
3.	Interruption Gekoloniseerd 01:35	buy track
4.	Interruption The vampire, the violence, the vigilants 03:44	buy track
5.	Movement 1: Alas, alas! 20:23	buy track
6.	Interruption Pata Cha 02:35	buy track
7.	Movement 2: O, Babylon 23:44	buy track
8.	Interruption Dadadadada 01:10	buy track
9.	Interruption Dracula, the drugs, the doctrine (Lately we've been mur-der-der-der-dered/There's something bout that work work work work work) 06:32	buy track
10.	Interruption Does the nurse say the king has lost his crown? (for chamber orchestra and electronics) 03:50	buy track
11.	Movement 3: Knee High 14:00	buy track
12.	Interruption Will we ever learn? Do we wanna die? 04:08	buy track
13.	Interruption Entering the vampire's castle 09:08	buy track
14.	Movement 4: Alas, alas! (Reprise) 13:36	buy track
15.	Interruption I'm going/there is a train (for Hugh) 57:58	buy track

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From "A lifetime caste of judged people detail the human opera".

Cyber Opera in 4 Movements and many additional interruptions.
Feel free to download and change the ordering of the interuruptions, as long as the 4 main movements appear in the correct order in the playlist.

This being a cyber-opera means it is subject to change, modification, future performances for live groups etc.
Feel free to remix and edit, but give credit to FiASPPo, links below.

As of V. 1.0, 23.08.2023:

Released on international womens' day of 2023
From Sand to Space, PRINCESS tells the tragic story of Princess Constance Magogo kaDinuzulu as a series of psychedelic, abstract elipses.
Once again white man does again what white man does best.
Bring shit out of order, destroy and mangle.
An exploration of guilt, the beauty of the zulu language, and womanhood, an honouring of Princess Magogo and her life's work, an empowerment for all marginalized and threatened groups on the globe, workshopped entirely around the voice of this powerful woman and her 1-string musical bow, the Isithontolo.
How to write a cyber-opera:
docs.google.com/document/d/1E1XaU2ixZc_g4rk8LVNuG00J7-5YDs8-eONr2vtezVo/edit?usp=sharing

Dedicated to Saoirse Krone, my love, and Bela Pruscini, my conscience <3
'

TRANS RIGHTS,
BLACK POWER,
BUILD GANGS,
COMMUNISM WILL WIN.

Workshopped in collaboration with the FiASSPo collective

docs.google.com/document/d/1oZkK9vLwliT3qzalO6KZ9RN6NaJB7Auf57FQ5aMbuHQ/edit?usp=sharing

credits

released March 8, 2023

P*H - Composition, Computer Cybernetics, Sampling, Computer Improvisation, Guitars, Keys, Percussion, Orchestra Arrangements, Additional Vocals, Recorders, Modular Synthesizer.

Saoirse Krone - Additional Production (gabba), HUGE Help!!!

Toivo Aaltonen - Additional Production (hip hop)

Benjamin Steinacher - Voice

Sampled from Hugh Tracey's recordings of Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu and various youtube and archive.org sourced samples.

Redistributed noncommercially.

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Paul* Hermansen Unna, Germany

Paul* Hermansen (born 1999) (they/them) composes, improvises, makes visuals and texts.

FiASPPO collective,
Fontanelle collective.

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