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MANITOU WITHIN THE MACHINE (Cyberpunk Vocal Mix)

from WHIRLWIND OF THE WHISPERING WORLDS by Todd Tamanend Clark

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"MANITOU WITHIN THE MACHINE" is indigenous futurism applied to music machine consciousness.

Vocal Effect: Software Pseudo-Vocoder. Synthesizers: Ensoniq TS-10, Korg KRONOS 2-88. Guitars: Epiphone LES PAUL, Fender AMERICAN JAZZ BASS, Fender AMERICAN P-BASS, Fender JA90 TELECASTER. Guitar Effects: Boss MD-200, EarthQuaker PLUMES, Source Audio COLLIDER. Amplifiers: Blackstar HT STAGE 60 MKII, Fender DELUXE REVERB ('68 Reissue), Orange TERROR BASS.

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"MANITOU WITHIN THE MACHINE"

Android animal leaps and bounds,
Half humanoid, half mechanical hound...

Rigid categories vanish;
Cybernauts soon get their wish--
Thought impulses program synthesis;
Cells shimmer with spiritual fusion.

Electronic evolution!
(Manitou within the machine!)
Human interface solution!
(Manitou within the machine!)

Hemispheres sustain a gray glow
From an interactive ego
To central nervous tremolo,
While waveforms claim deep seclusion.

Electronic evolution!
(Manitou within the machine!)
Human interface solution!
(Manitou within the machine!)

Note within a note,
Noise within a noise,
Mote within a mote,
Voice within a voice...

(living metal/living plastic/earth existence/obscured;
inorganic soul/voltage webs/oscillating/intercourse;
silicon savior/circuit board/everything/is alive;
artificial/intelligence/software goes for/a real hard drive;
new level of/sacred machine/consciousness/increases;
oscillator/filter attack/decay, sustain/release;
voice processor/analog distortion/digital delay/signal to noise;
ancient lessons/ancient spirits/new technology employs.)

My interface approaches infinity,
The possibilities nearly endless
As to where it could reach...
Transmutation of molecules
Over a period of time --
It began as a capacitor;
It ended as a higher mind.

My brain reaches outside my skull
Making fascist files void and null,
Causing evil empires to fall,
As I remove their intrusions.

Electronic evolution!
(Manitou within the machine!)
Human interface solution!
(Manitou within the machine!)

[Copyright 2020 Todd Tamanend Clark. All rights reserved.]

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from WHIRLWIND OF THE WHISPERING WORLDS, released August 1, 2020
TODD TAMANEND CLARK: Voice, Vocoder, Synthesizer, Electronic Percussion; RICHARD BRIOLI: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar.

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Todd Tamanend Clark Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TODD TAMANEND CLARK was born on August 10, 1952 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania. He was deeply influenced by Native American cultures, owl ornithology, the Monongahela River, 1950s science-fiction cinema, silver age comic books, beat poetry, space jazz, and the American psychedelic music of the 1960s. He was an early pioneer of adding synthesizers and effects processing to a punk rock aesthetic. ... more

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