Echolocation, by Pamela Z

Echolocation

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1.	Echolocation 03:33	buy track
2.	Two Black Rubber Raincoats 03:05	buy track
3.	Badagada 03:41	buy track
4.	Pop Titles 'You' 03:14	buy track
5.	I Know 02:25	buy track
6.	In The Other World 03:53	buy track
7.	An In 02:23	buy track
8.	Scaff Scivi Gno 06:01	buy track

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Born in Buffalo, New York in 1956, Pamela Z has spent her time performing and composing towards the singular objective of finding sounds yet unfelt. Beginning as singer-songwriter on the guitar while studying music in Boulder, Colorado, most of Z’s musical ventures centered around covering artists like Joni Mitchell and Malvina Reynolds B-sides. While getting gigs around the Denver metro-area and moonlighting as a radio host for public radio station KGNU playing tunes spanning from “Varèse to the Ramones, to the Roches, to Pauline Oliveros”, she soon realized she should be building towards the sounds she listened to so much. This revelation dovetailed with the rise of home taping, the zenith of synthesizer culture, and the acquisition of a digital delay pedal, the Ibanez-DM1000, to bring her the signature sound she continues to perfect.

Echolocation was composed by Pamela Z at a time where her name and presence were only beginning to send shockwaves to the Bay Area New Music scene and later the world. Freedom To Spend re-releases Z’s 1988 limited run, cassette only debut onto the New Music scene; a lush tapestry of deep listening vocal meditations, MIDI explorations, and operatic art rock junctures. Echolocation proves in its runtime to still be searching after over three decades since its deliverance.

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released November 5, 2021

All pieces composed and performed by Pamela Z
Synthesizers on “I Know” by Donald Swearingen
Drums on “I Know” by Shof
Synthesizers and drum programming on “An In” by Bill Stefanacci
The text of “Pop Titles ‘You’” was taken from a 1986 issue of The Phonolog Report

Mastered by Jessica Thompson, Jessica Thompson Mastering, San Francisco, CA
Lacquers cut by Andreas “LUPO” Lubich for Loop-O Mastering, Berlin
Original DAT transfer by Jon Leidecker
Liner notes by Jon Leidecker
Developmental liner notes edit by Zonder Titel
Copy edit by Chris Peterson
Cover photo by Elena Dorfman
Design by Will Work For Good

The recordings are presented in the best fidelity possible but occasionally betray the limitations of the master source. Originally released on Zed in 1988. Licensed under permission and in cooperation with Pamela Z.

All music published by Pamela Z (Last Letter Music (ASCAP)), except “I Know” published by Pamela Z (Last Letter Music (ASCAP)) and Donald Swearingen (ASCAP), and “An In” published by Pamela Z (Last Letter Music (ASCAP)) and Bill Stefanacci (ASCAP)

© 2021 Freedom To Spend. All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting is strictly prohibited. Freedomtospend.org
℗ 1988 Pamela Z.

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On behalf of Pamela Z, a portion of the proceeds from this release will benefit The Center for New Music, which fosters contemporary music’s growth by giving practicing artists access to professional resources and expertise, and by providing them with opportunities for sharing knowledge and exploring new ideas. centerfornewmusic.com

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Pamela Z San Francisco, California

San Francisco-based composer/performer and media artist Pamela Z works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video. Her solo works combine experimental extended vocal techniques, operatic bel canto, found objects, text, digital processing, and wireless MIDI controllers that allow her to manipulate sound with physical gestures.

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