Songs of Little Sleep, by Jaap Blonk

Songs of Little Sleep

by Jaap Blonk

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	1.	Slight Underdoze 03:14
	2.	Below the Abyss 03:20
	3.	Yapping at the Moon 06:00
	4.	Midnight Knock 02:02
	5.	Somnambulance 03:07
	6.	Apnea Therapy 02:46
	7.	Second Class Nightmares 03:08
	8.	Perpetual Solstice 01:51
	9.	Insomnia Calendar 06:45
	10.	Reading Light 03:37
	11.	One Dream Remembered 03:06
	12.	Thirteen Neighbours 03:47
	13.	Multiphobics 03:32

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Blonk's commanding vocals are highly expressive, convincing in its inventive phrasing and committed delivery of the experience of sleepless nights, including the occasional nightmares, but with an eccentric-dadaist, dark sense of humor. . . . Blonk, surprisingly enough, succeeded in creating a coherent album out of these disturbing songs. All offer enough lively vocal adventures to keep the listener alert and regrettably, awake despite the insomnia. (All About Jazz)

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Songs of Little Sleep is, I think, a disturbingly engaging collection of songs on the topic of insomnia. Here the electronics are, for a large part, analog, with a variety of devices being used in an often improvisatory way. The voice sounds go into quite extreme ranges of extended vocal techniques. They are not manipulated electronically. There are two homages to experimental poets that inspired me: Raoul Hausmann and the Québécois Claude Gauvreau. - Jaap Blonk

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released March 19, 2014

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