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The third part of Somnaphon's trilogy, a complex record that ranges from destructive sounds to convoluted construction of rhythm and noise, with the Pony Grabbers on 1 track.

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Personnel:

August Traeger-all sounds

On track 4, featuring the Pony Gropers:

R. Lewis

A. Traeger

B. Lang

J. Ward

C. Kruger

Steph.

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Label: ACK Recordings
Catalog ID: ACK14
Squidco Product Code: 14338

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack

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The third part of Somnaphon's trilogy, a complex record that ranges from destructive sounds to convulted construction of rhythm and noise, with the Pony Grabbers on 1 track.

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August Traeger is a sound & video artist from the USA. He runs the Bicephalic Records label, and is known for his websites somnaphon.net, bicephalic.net. He performs under the aliases Odd Person, Phlimm, Somnaphon, and has been a member of the groups Flower Mountain, Food World, Nipple Stools, Pony Gropers.

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"Paul r. Harding was born in New York and attended college in Buffalo, NY, where he was tutored by saxophonists Archie Shepp and Charles Gayle. He moved to the West Coast, where he got to know bassist Michael Bisio in the mid-1980s. They did many performances in galleries, bars, and performance spaces."

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Track Listing:

1. i was dreaming of black sand 6:08

2. eat all the right people 5:30

3. the dutch women's annual plant races 3:20

4. kiss me kinky 5:20

5. the hassle-free zone of norms 10:08

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Electro-Acoustic
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