Name: Untitled #1 by existent/nonexistent
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Description: An album of sound collage experiments I recorded almost 20 years ago that I recently found again. This is the first time these pieces have been released since I recorded these pieces in 2002 to 2003.

Extract from "KNVF" released on Erratum Musical on March 19th 2021. 

Following the release of her 2018 solo tape, Ggggg (Anticausal Systems), vocalist Charmaine Lee returns with her debut LP, KNVF, for Erratum Musical (Paris, France). In just two years, the album marks a considerable evolution from the austere concentration of Ggggg towards expansive sonic worlds. Inspired by the arcs of popular music, Charmaine freely and fearlessly navigates a wide range of aesthetics, digging beneath each surface to disclose a highly personal sense of musicality. Microphones of varying fidelities, contact mics placed on the throat, and amplified hair combs are used to simulate polyphony and a dialogue between the inner and outer body. With Charmaine’s unique vocal articulations atop a bed of feedback and extreme frequencies, form follows expression in an ever-evolving context built on the traditions of noise, vocal, and improvised music. KNVF is a powerful statement in modern vocal music and a thrilling new development in Charmaine‘s artistry that will reward those who listen for the journey.

Charmaine Lee (b. 1991) is a New York-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia. Her music is predominantly improvised, favoring a uniquely personal approach to vocal expression concerned with spontaneity, playfulness, and risk-taking. Beyond extended vocal technique, Charmaine uses amplification, feedback, and microphones to augment and distort the voice. She has performed with leading improvisers Nate Wooley, id m theft able, C. Spencer Yeh, and Ikue Mori, and maintains ongoing collaborations with Conrad Tao, Victoria Shen, Zach Rowden, and Eric Wubbels. Charmaine has performed at ISSUE Project Room, the Kitchen, Roulette, The Poetry Project, and MoMA PS1, and participated in festivals including Resonant Bodies, Huddersfield Contemporary, and Ende Tymes. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions including The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging at the Museum of Chinese in America (2019). As a composer, Charmaine has been commissioned by the Wet Ink Ensemble (2018) and Spektral Quartet (2018). In 2019, she was an Artist-in-Residence at ISSUE Project Room and is currently a 2021 Van Lier Fellow at Roulette. Charmaine is a member of the Editorial Board of Sound American.

Artist Website: www.charmainelee.com 
Bandcamp: www.charmainelee.bandcamp.com 
Instagram: @charmainelee
Twitter: @charmainelee
CHARMAINE LEE - KNVF 
EM025 - 2021

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KNVF

Monstas' Marriage

This track was from a 20 minute improvisation with a synthesizer bussed to several different channels with a variety of effects. I then took the sounds and layered, edited and mangled.

Friendly Attempt Murder

Akustik junk destruction, mostly. MAAAA material vulturized from “Поджигая Кукковского Петуха” tape. Umpio material from a session without contact mics, but with a foot switch muting/opening one channel of feedbacks.
50 copies| C-40 chrome tapes  
Released by Nekorekords
Purchase https://maaaa.bandcamp.com

MAAAA vs. UMPIO tape preview

Decay and Demoralization CD (2010)

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MAAAA - Vivian

From the film "Murder Bury Win" written and directed by Michael Lovan

music performed by:

Heather Cano - Contrabassoon
Max Kaplan - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
David Rothbaum - Guitar, Bass Guitar
Jonathan Snipes - Synthesizers, Drum Machines

Hal Rosenfeld - Orchestrations
Steve Kaplan - Recording Engineer (Woodwinds)

Murder Bury Win: "Tweaking The Difficulty"

in the name of olympia let life forms remain

An album of sound collage experiments I recorded almost 20 years ago that I recently found again. This is the first time these pieces have been released since I recorded these pieces in 2002 to 2003.

Untitled #1

Sound collage, sound painting, sound art, drone, musique concrete, experimental, ambient, minimalism, surrealism, Dada, noise, noise rock, unexplainable. All recorded at The Abattoir studio. I’m always looking for collaborations and labels to release my works. Please contact me here or existent_nonexistent@gmail.com

Untitled #1

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