A Delay Is Better

A Delay Is Better
Studio album by Pamela Z
Released	October 26, 2004 (October 26, 2004)
Recorded	1986–1997
Genre	Avant-garde classical
Length	1:01:36
Label	Starkland

A Delay Is Better is a solo album by Pamela Z[1] and was released on the Starkland label in 2004.[2] It has received rotation on WNYC,[3] been the subject of review by an academic journal,[1] speciality music magazines,[4] and included for coverage in a chapter devoted to Pamela Z in a textbook.[5] The album liner notes were written by Pauline Oliveros.[4]

Musical style and compositions

As Pamela Z's first album, A Delay Is Better summarizes her work and development of the preceding two decades. The album contains a variety of explorations of vocal performance utilizing delay effects, found objects, and extended vocal techniques. The music itself, being built around live performance with digital tools such as Max/MSP and the Bodysynth, lead an academic reviewer to suggest the work encompasses an "exocentric body/instrument relationship."[1]

The album features works for voice and delay, found text, and voice with additional processing. Additionally, Feral was written as part of a dance score for Hoist by choreographer Jo Kreiter.[5]

Track listing

All music written by Pamela Z

1. "Bone Music" – 7:14
2. "Badagada" – 3:41
3. "Number 3" – 6:50
4. "Pop Titles 'You'" – 3:10
5. "In Tymes of Olde" – 5:48
6. "The MUNI Section" – 3:52
7. "NEMIZ" – 4:51
8. "Geekspeak" – 7:31
9. "Questions" – 5:30
10. "50 (for Charles Amirkhanian)" – 2:03
11. "Feral" – 5:24
12. "Obsession, Addiction, and the Aristotelian Curve" – 5:08

References

1. Ellen, Waterman. "Recording Reviews: A Delay is Better". Journal of the Society for American Music. 2 (2): 281–283.
2. "Ze Cat's Meow: Pamela Z: " New Strategies with DJ Spooky" at Symphony Space, the Cutting Room, and the Stone". Brooklyn Rail.
3. "Pamela Z". WNYC.
4. Brian, Morton (May 2005). "Pamela Z: A Delay is Better". The Wire: 34.
5. Composition in the Digital World. Oxford University Press. 2015. pp. 306–316. ISBN 9780199357031.

External links

• A Delay is Better on Bandcamp