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01. Michael Allen Z Prime - Urtica dioica
02. Michael Allen Z Prime - Athyrium felix-femina
03. Michael Allen Z Prime - Externum Internus II
04. Michael Allen Z Prime - Externum Internus III
05. Michael Allen Z Prime - Phormium tenax & Salix caprea
01. Michael Allen Z Prime - Cannabis sativa
02. Michael Allen Z Prime - Asplenium ruta-muraria & Asplenium trichomanes
03. Michael Allen Z Prime - Citrus medica, Citrus x sinensis, Acanthus mollis
04. Michael Allen Z Prime - Cyathea medullaris after Ophelia
05. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 1: Auricularia auricula-judae
06. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 2: Clitocybe flaccida (decaying)
07. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 3: Coprinus atramentarius
08. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 4: Coprinus domesticus
09. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 5: Peziza repanda
10. Michael Allen Z Prime - Fungal Studies 6: Agaricus bisporus
11. Michael Allen Z Prime - Amanita muscaria
12. Michael Allen Z Prime - Armillaria mellea I
13. Michael Allen Z Prime - Armillaria mellea II
14. Michael Allen Z Prime - Judas' Ear
01. Michael Allen Z Prime - Ha, Ha! Your Mushrooms Have Gone? I
02. Michael Allen Z Prime - Ha, Ha! Your Mushrooms Have Gone? II
03. Michael Allen Z Prime - Ha, Ha! Your Mushrooms Have Gone? III
04. Michael Allen Z Prime - Ha, Ha! Your Mushrooms Have Gone? IV, Pt. 1
05. Michael Allen Z Prime - Ha, Ha! Your Mushrooms Have Gone? IV, Pt. 2
06. Michael Allen Z Prime - Agarikon II
07. Michael Allen Z Prime - Agarikon VII
ARTIST
TITLE
Bioelectrical Music
FORMAT
3CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
PD 039CD PD 039CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/18/2023

Paradigm Discs have not had a physical release by composer and ecologist Michael Prime since the release of Borneo in 2007. This new three-CD set brings us up to date with a series of recordings from across the years. It also sees a new refinement in his working practice as well as a new extension to his original name. Bioelectrical Music by Michael Allen Z Prime consists of recordings that fall into three defined categories: Bioelectrical Compositions, Bioelectrical Field Recordings, and Bioelectrical Installations. All three use the bioelectrical potentials generated by plants and fungi, although these sound sources are now no longer purely seen as raw material available for multi-tracking or further electronic processing of the signal path. Now, the bioactivity signals themselves form the basis of the music. Following a framework of self-imposed rules that restrict the extent that the source sounds can be altered, such that the essential voice of the living sound sources remain identifiable. The development of this framework is a direction that Prime's music has been moving towards for some years now, and this box set collects various recordings made between 1990 and 2019 that fall into the remit of this new development. The pieces included here range from short sound studies to lengthy compositions and installation recordings made at a wide variety of locations. The 3CDs are accompanied by a 44-page booklet with an essay by Prime outlining the history and development of the understanding of plant neurophysiology. There is also a short piece written by author and fungal enthusiast Merlin Sheldrake. Edition of 500 (numbered).