The introduction to this piece is a representation of changing radio stations. The dark laughter of Mr. Jason P. Berry is the transition into the realm of Vacuum Tree Head. The laughter, in this context, has come to seem both amused by my introduction, as well as knowing, as it leads into the compositional mastery of Vacuum Tree Head. This piece is essentially a mix of various segments of existing VTH sound collage, a kind of rearranging of reality, which itself was a rearrangement of reality, and so the work is not really mine. Yet it is mine in the sense of history, as these sounds are so dear and familiar. As a member of the band, playing flute and guitar, the work of Jason Berry is engrained in me. The “VTH radio” plays a simultaneous layering of multiple sound collage pieces created by Jason Berry, as well as sound work created by VTH clarinetist Richard E. Barber. These fragments represent the “tape cut-up” period, and an earlier sound profile of the band. Layering many sound collages together, within the framework of 4:33, creates a harmonic resonance with the Cagean philosophical consideration of the current moments total history, all experiences from earth to the universe beyond, happening along this forward momentum of time and cycles. Is there a score? An akashic record?
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