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I hadn\u2019t ever really sung until I heard some Tuvan and Mongolian overtone singing, got a bit obsessed, listened a lot<\/em>, and taught myself some of the basic techniques from listening and reading what I found on the Internet and in different books. I feel particularly fond of the more experimental voices of Sainkho Namtchylak, Gendos Chamzyryn and Albert Kuveizin (of Yat Kha). It feels important that I do not ever call myself a \u2018Mongolian throat singer\u2019. I have taken a lot of influence and inspiration from these traditions, but I do not purport to represent these traditions and recognise that my practice does not have the same cultural context as Tuvan and Mongolian practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inuit throat singing\u2014particularly that of Tanya Tagaq\u2014felt like the next important influence on my practice. Exploring ingressive (in breath) and egressive (out breath) singing and the different possibilities of timbre\/texture for these formed the basis of my vocal practice. I\u2019ve gone on to explore all sorts of \u2018extra-normal vocal techniques\u2019 borrowing from sound poetry, extreme metal and western experimental and \u2018art music\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Some other vocalists I\u2019ve taken a lot of inspiration from: Demetrio Stratos, Jaap Blonk, Stepanida Borisova, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang, Chyskyyrai, Piqsiq, Sila and Rise, Diamanda Gal\u00e1s, Runhild Gammels\u00e6ter, Kjuregej, Fatima Miranda, Maja Ratkje and Salamat Sadikova.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I complete my PhD at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2019 with the title Giving voice to the extra-normal self with the extra-normal voice: Improvised exploration through the realms of shamanic chaos magick, insight meditation and gender performance<\/a><\/em>. I strive to maintain a Buddhist \u2018witness\u2019 presence while performing improvised ritual work, usually channeling or invoking a god\/spirit\/archetype. I feel agnostic about the objective truth of what happens in these rituals and of the identity of these (apparent) entities, but find it interesting that with particular techniques one can fairly consistently have quite unusual experiences. The \u2018witnessing\u2019 in a sense holds everything together, because the basic tenets of Buddhism suggest that all <\/em>phenomena have the same three characteristics of impermanence, non-identity and unsatisfactoriness\u2014whether physical sensations, thoughts, dreams, hallucinations in trance-states or the effects of the actual presence of some spirit. The Buddhist-inspired practice consists of accepting whatever one experiences with compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started playing the drums again this year and have explored mixing aspects of various different shamanic traditions with extreme metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three Journeys<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Solo, repetitive drum tracks. Featuring three of my drums made from various pots, covered with packing tape. Explorations of the nuanced timbre of these instruments. Also explores the intersection of functional ritual music–drumming that one could use for journeying–and experimental music\/sound.<\/p>\n\n\n