After a couple of hours of practice, I am just about getting the hang of basic overtone singing.

Overtone Practise

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The inspiration for this sound piece is rooted in the ideals of my queer anarcho-feminist activist community, particularly the way in which bodies are regarded and perceived in these groups compared to mainstream society. I noticed that the attitudes that my queer friends had about the body often rejected and transcended gendered beauty standards, instead choosing to value the diversities and realities that our bodies present. Within a community of LGBT people, the question of “what even is a man/woman’s body?” is often challenged. Cis-normative societal conventions surrounding aspects of our bodies such as hair, fat and bodily functions are confronted and debunked. Ideals of bodily autonomy, freedom and the power of the voice are celebrated. I wanted to create a piece of sound art that explored and mapped the body as a versatile instrument. From the grotesque to the sensual, from the resonant to the percussive, I aim to display a glimpse of the endless possibilities of sounds our bodies can produce.

Featuring the voices of: Jan Conroy, Alec Tooms and Patrick Somervell.

Talking Bodies

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[Sample - Naomi Wolf interviewed on 'Extra']

I’ma bad fat queen and I’m owning it 
Working on that mad rap skill i been honing it
Hoping that I’m showin it but
Knowing that I’m knowing if 
No one ever goes for it 
Ill still gon be the boldest chick

Put ya gender in the blender
If you ain’t bent I will bend ya 
If you wanna play I Fender 
wanna rave I’ll hacienda
Don’t wanna stay I will send ya 
Don’t be afraid I intend to 
Be the milk and honey rich and running river that gon cleanse ya

talk to the labia 
I’m sick of your behaviour 
apologise to it
pray to your Saviour
Pray she saves ya

I got gay I got GAY 
Me queer LGBTI
A
You’ll see me gettin bi 
Okay
Pussy lip to pussy lip 
ya wanna hear this listen quick 
They whispering each other shit 
They planning for the biggest twist 
Rebellious anarchists 
Sound of a revolution when the spray can hiss

Give it a big kiss 
Put it on big tits 
Lick all this feminist 
It’s for your benefit 
Recall this feminist 
How her bite was so vemenous
Bet you aware of dis
Better stay scared of dis

talk to the labia 
I’m sick of your behaviour 
apologise to it
pray to your Saviour
Pray she saves ya

There are galaxies in my uterus 
Millions of stars in my own universe 
Hold all the probability of all the possibilities and all the capability it so numerous 
It my fertility, my autonomy
Ya got no humility, you say what’s wrong with me
What’s wrong with me??
What’s wrong with you? 
Take ya opinion out my pussy cause I’m fucking through.

Tryna teach myself I’m already enough 
I’m already enough, I’m already enough 
I’d had enough as I had another puff
And he looked at me and called me a fucking slut 
There’s a goddess inside me 
Mama G she fighting free
And finally I find in me I’m finding me confide in me
I gotta keep reminding me that
I am beautiful 
I am beautiful
I need you to know 
I’m irremovable

talk to the labia 
I’m sick of your behaviour 
apologise to it
pray to your Saviour
Pray she saves ya

Another grope in another mosh pit 
Is there any hope or have we lost it 
I am tryna cope but i’m exhausted 
Im cut for every time a woman is assaulted 
Watch my lip curling my powers unfurling 
Standing in solidarity tip it turning
and if ya get bit, ya probably deserving 
I get shit lit, then stand and watch it burning 
patriarchal power dynamic 
I'ma sink that shit like the fucking titanic 
You may think I’m fit but that dun mean ya can bang it
Girl got grit but that dunnot mean that I’m granite 
Do not panic 
We gonna take back control 
The suffering has been untold 
But now we’re telling it 
Now we’re sharing it 
Now we’re baring it
This is fucking war and now we gonna be declaring it

talk to the labia 
I’m sick of your behaviour 
apologise to it
pray to your Saviour
Pray she saves ya 
(I am beautiful 
I am beautiful
I need you to know 
I’m irremovable)

Give it a big kiss 
Put it on big tits 
Lick all this feminist 
It’s for your benefit 
Recall this feminist 
How her bite was so vemenous
Bet you aware of dis
Better stay scared of dis

This v is vulvantastic 
Please lick it if I ask it
I can see you're flabbergasted 
Get a grip yes please do grasp it 
If it drips, please do lak it 
Rocket ship and you can blast it 
It a gift, so please unwrap it 
Got a spliff? Then please do pass it

P S S Y

- Guitar & Sax: David Lindsay
- Bass: George Chandler
- Keys and vocals: Georgia Nonkululeko

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