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John M. Bennett
A Flattened Face Fogs Through
Editions Basilic
- Cat No: EBS2003LP
- updated:2022-03-20
A Flattened Face Fogs Through, the first collection of works by JOHN M. BENNETT — an archivist of Latin American literature and avant-garde poetry, and a scholar who has long made major contributions to US mail art and poetry — is out now! Twenty-one sound poems drawn from cassette works spanning 1986 to 1995, hand-picked by JOHN ALSO BENNETT, one half of label owners "CV & JAB."
Track List
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A1. Cake
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A2. Wire / Forcefeet / Looming Down
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A3. The Transmission
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A4. Autophagia 19
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A5. No Sax
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A6. The Drive / Discharge / The Roof Ripped Off / Stone With A Hole
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A7. Garbage At Sea
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A8. Bag Talk
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A9. Pod King 6
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A10. Last In Line
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B1. Shirt
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B2. Pants
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B3. After The Crown
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B4. Cranial Pain
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B5. The Blur
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B6. Rorrim
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B7. Deaf
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B8. The Radius
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B9. Snuffling It Off / Oh Twister
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B10. The Shirt The Sheet
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B11. Evird Eht

A compilation of works by JOHN M. BENNETT, son of cultural anthropologist JOHN W. BENNETT, who earned a doctorate in Latin American literature while pursuing the worlds of mail art and underground music! Experiments in home recording technology and electronics. An immersive surrealist sound world combining poetry with improvised music and vocal processing. Poetry readings are set against backdrops painted with tape dubbing, FM synthesizers, early sampling keyboards, and experimental percussion and horns. Includes a booklet that also serves as an important document in American literary history. Only a small quantity in stock. (Original Japanese text by Akie)