Voice Is the Original Instrument

by Joan La Barbara

Voice Is the Original Instrument cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Wizard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:39
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Joan La Barbara explores the extreme capabilities of human phonation on this groundbreaking vocal release. Dispensing entirely with traditional instrumentation, the compositions utilize extended techniques like multiphonics and circular breathing to create dense, avant-garde textural soundscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: a-cappella, technical, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Circular Song (7:41)
  2. Voice Piece : One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation (15:41)
  3. Vocal Extensions (18:17)

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