Subsongs by David Wallraf
Subsongs is supposed to function like the soundtrack to a non- existent film. The images evoked by these songs depend on the imagination of the listener.
Subsongs itself is a term borrowed from ornithology. It means any utterances from birds that are not associated with their standard ‘songs’ that make them recognizable as a species (e.g. the subsong of crows includes a lot of chirping and/or melodic sounds that are not normally associated with their ‘krah’ song. These recordings also function on a level below the traditional understanding of songs). Birds are the central protagonists in this absent movie. Not as a stand-in for nature, more as a metaphor for ‘far removed from human’, the other, the alien yet familiar. Some titles refer to this more or less directly: Hatching and Sprawling is what birds generally do, Traceless Movements is a description of flying, Exits of the Sky are what birds find when they land anywhere.
Extended liner notes attached to the digital version as PDF file.
Tracklist
| 1. | Dark Prercursor | 3:42 |
| 2. | The Parliament Of Birds | 2:07 |
| 3. | Hatching And Sprawling | 3:36 |
| 4. | Traceless Movements | 3:16 |
| 5. | The Ritual Of Unemployed Negativity | 4:52 |
| 6. | The Phantom Of Capital | 2:06 |
| 7. | Terminal Beach | 4:41 |
| 8. | Exits Of The Sky | 3:41 |
| 9. | Bird Superior | 1:32 |
| 10. | The Final Machine | 5:08 |
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