My Dolar presentation notes now up on Vocalities blog

My notes about Mladen Dolar's essay 'The Metaphysics of a Voice' from A Voice and Nothing More are up on the Vocalities blog now. It's tentatively titled 'The phony schizophony and Derrida’s questionably founded phonocentrism'.  I'd really like to hear others thoughts on the subject so get in touch. Also, please bear in mind that this is the text I used for a presentation so if it's a little casual in places that's why.

Vocalities Blog + Fourier + Bussoti

Last year there was a blog for the Vocalities lectures. Soon I hope to get logins for this an anyone who would like to contribute can just ask me for an invite. There is already a lot of thought provoking content on there from last years group- so take a look. Also I'll probably be posting my notes on Mladen Dolar's "The Metaphysics of the Voice" from A Voice and Nothing More there.

Also - notice I changed the title picture? I felt the equalizer gif was a bit annoying, so instead there is an image of Charles Fourier's phalanstere - just to reflect the communal premise of this blog...

I'll sign off with some random Sylvano Bussotti for a cold dark night - I'd like a book of all his scores!

Pre-ramble for Vocalities - Mladen Dolar, Voices, Echos, Signifiers & Actions

Just read through Mladen Dolar's essay "The Metaphysics of a Voice", if I wasn't so pushed for time I'd go back and read it again, one of the most fascinating and enjoyable essays I've read for ages. It's left me pondering upon so many questions. Is The Wilhelm Scream an action turned into a word through repetition and mixing? Is sound, when it breaks from musicality (text, logos) action? How can we trace the dichotomy of the scary masculine, fatherly Shofar trumpet and echo's flutey musical feminine teasing into contemporary sonic modes of praxis? AND despite the engendered genesis of these two trains of thought why does fear or apprehension result from both? How can these be utilised in order to vivisect the dragged out DJ Screw murmurs of famous rappers? Or warps labels metallic contortions of vocal samples or james blake??? Also - can one use the story of echo and narcissus to interpret the reverb soaked post-productions of Witch House???