Tribe
of OneTribe
of OnePowerful, evocative retrospective recording of Baczewska's solo works performed throughout the 80s and 90s. Pieces include The Brain Itself Feels No Pain, I Am I, and Day of the Dead.
The
Brain Itself Feels No Pain
Baczewska performs on vocals, bowed psaltery, slide whistle and percussion. Also includes works by artists Alquimia, Elise Kermani, Barnett Band, Lynn Book, Cecilia, Justine, The Qube Chix and LaDonna Smith. "This vibrant anthology...DICE captures something wild, primal, and outside the world of male-dominated musical catagories" Kyle Gann, Village Voice
Day
of the Dead on The Aerial: Issue #1A Baczewska piece of "neo-Gregorian remembrance, quotidian wit." Also includes works by artists David Moss, Richard Kostelanetz, Rich Jensen, Loren Mazzacane & Suzanne Langille, Malcolm Goldstein, Lost Souls, Floating Concrete Octopus, Jerry Hunt, Stuart Sherman, and Bern Porter.
Item number COMP-CD-03; Compact disc $16.00
(Note: New Copies, No Shrink Wrap)
Item number COMP-C-1; Cassette tape $8.00
As befits one who took her degree in English literature for fear of having too much sheer fun in the study of music, Baczewska's solo compositions derive essentially from an a capella sensibility, the voice as orchestra with consonants, pause and juncture, the click of affricatives as primary, if not sole, percussion. In 1974, she was co-founder of Care of the Cow, a cutting-edge performance group which developed quite a following through the early 1980s. During 1981's Like Feeding Pork to Pigs, Baczewska had a breakthrough: the home of the human voice is the brain. Ultimately, the expanding voice can be made to take any shape, fill any space, or convey any message. Her focus on the voice and solo performance evolves from this experience. She has concertized extensively and has recently worked on several important collaborations: with video artist Irit Batsry on vocals for video soundtracks; with Fritz Lang, to compose and perform the soundtrack for Lang's film Woman in the Moon: and, with dancer/choreographer Dennis O'Connor (with whose company she toured the United States and Europe in 1994.) She continues to explore the voice as instrument, sometimes performing with props like a weaving loom, and sometimes incorporating the multitrack capabilities of the recording studio as an added compositional tool.
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