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DISCOGRAPHY
OF
BROCA'S AREA

Taedium Vitae 1997    Track Listing    Side A 1. Synchopath/Antigone 2. You're Just Guessing 3. Lung Scrubber 4. Ship (wrecked) 5. Very Large Array 6. The Dora Jar        Side B 1. Edithead/Eyes 2. Aglaze/Ponies On Ice 3. Taedium Vitae1     /Taedium Vitae 2 4. Vertiginous 5. If You Get Hit     /Obsolete
John Sosnowski: Keyboard, Guitar, Samples, Sequences. Mike Delaney: Technical Support.
Tether 1997 Track Listing   Side A                                Side B   1. Synchopath                 1. Antigone       (freq mix)                        (extended mix)     This is a very good 45 minutes of finely blended, and coarsely chopped experimental, ambient and noise composition! John Sosnowski: Keyboard, Samples, Sequences. Mike Delaney: Technical support.
1997 Collaboration Title: SSG Radio Project #3 Broca's Area and D.Michael McNamara <---(click to read his poetry!) More electro & spoken word improvisation. Tape: SSG Radio Project #31 Michael Absher (SSG Project) 2108 W. Dayton st. Flint, MI. 48504 Those responsible: DJ and SSG headmaster: Mike Absher SSG- music, Broca's Area- music. D. Michael McNamara- spoken words Tracks: (?) Recorded live 5/9/97 on WFBE 95.1 FM in Flint, Michigan.
Date: 1996 Collaboration Tape: TAIBHSE TItle: Against The Sky Those responsible: Dave Holusha (Strange Desire)- drums, keyboard John Sosnowski (Broca's Area)- initial tracks, keyboard, sound effects Tracks: Side A 1. Taibhse Side B 1. Taibhse (... same as A) Dave P. Holusha (Against the Sky) e-mail: daveh (at) villagenet.net 87 Ellison ave. Westbury, NY. 11590
Story: As with all collaborations, John had been trading tapes with Dave for awhile before the collaboration came about. John sent some tracks to Dave who then added drums and minimal keyboard parts. Again this was all done via snail-mail. Dave and John have never met.
Date: 1996 Title: Hurtle / Blue Collaboration       Track Listing        Side Hurtle    1. The Howlers    2. Autumn Sweep    3. Singed    4. Richochet    5. The Sea Sermon    6. Squelch    7. Crossfade and Melt    8. 70's Sitcom Theme Song    9. Splash and Burn 10. The Paranoia Factor 11. Bone-china Profile 12. Callipe Deranged 13. Slow b 14. Camille 15. Hypernaut        Side Blue 1. Hailowa 2. At The Track 3. Medicine Dance 4. The Surf Patroller 5. It Comes And Goes 6. Fourth Dream 7. A Way Out 9. Ghost Of The Obvious
Hurtle Blue is a collaboration between Rotcod Zzaj of Zzaj Productions and John Sosnowski of Broca's Area. Thos Responsible: Zzaj- (Original Track) Kurzwekl pc-88, other wierdnesses. John S- (additive tracks) samples, keyboards, guitar, special Fx. John Alkins- (keyboards) and kramtones, live drums on "Ghost of the Obvious".
Works In Progress 1995          Track Listing   A Side   1. The Tube (Pt. 2)   2. Dud   3. Junk - Rasta   4. Sea Serpents   5. Moshi -Moshi   6. The Tube (Pt. 1)   7. Drowned Dog       Morning   8. Animism¹   ¹ Voice from Peter     Gabriel's "Passion Sources" CD B Side 1. And Imagine¹ 2. Stick In Your Eye 3. Evolution¹ 4. Descant 5. The Leader Within     You 6. Television Is Reality 7. Hello Bloodsuckers 8. Brainrot 9. Another Minute² ¹ Voice and Words by D. Michael McNamara ² Recorded Live at the W.E. Festival 25 May,1996. Wilmington North Carolina.
Mike Delaney: Keyboard, Drums, Sequences, Samples, Radio + TV. John Sosnowski: Keyboard, Guitar, Samples, Radio, Tapes +CDs D. D. Michael McNamara: Words and voice on side B-1, 2 and 3. D. Michael McNamara<---(click to read his poetry!) 1514 16th Ave. #2 Seattle, WA. 98122-4196 e-mail: rfdd36 (at) prodigy.com You can see some of Michael's other works at the following site: http://www.geocities.com/paris/leftbank/7419
Date: 1995 Collaboration Title: The Merigars Tape: Language of Now Those responsible: Broca's Area: Mike Delaney John Sosnowski (music) Joshua Peck (words)  Joshua Peck (Merigars) e-mail: dustbowl (at) scn.org PO box 4126 Seattle, WA. 98104	Tracks:   1. Thunderbird Motel Yesterday   2. America At Night   3. Give to the Water   4. This Heart   5. Dream (9.29.94)   6. The Danger   7. Bent Cities   8. Some One Will Always Sing   9. Yearly Sleep Pome 10. A Night In February 11. Jane's Green Eyes 12. Eyelids of Madness/Darkness      {the system is hidden holy evil} 13. Last Train Blues 14. Man Star Earth
The story (from liner notes of J-card) John (Broca's Area) met Joshua (Grainfield) trading tapes of their music via mail. Soon a collaboration was born. John and Mike recorded the music in Buffalo, NY. the tapes were sent to Joshua in Tulsa, OK. where he did the words.
Random Acts 1995   Track Listing   Side A A Piece Of Negativland   1. Firmie   2. Vice   3. Predatory Instinct   4. She'll Come       Around   5. Not A Word   6. 1-2-3-4 Low   7. Second Act   8. Gone Under Side B Reference Tones       1. On A Wire   2. Shadowall   3. First Act   4. A Blunt Instrument   5. Pursuit   6. A Scene At Night
A very good work with diverse electronic-noise-ambient tracks. Mike Delaney: Keyboard, Drums, Sequences,First and Second Acts, 1-2-3-4 high John Sosnowski: Keyboard, Guitar, Pursuit Loop, 1-2-3-4 Low
Rabid Ambience 1994   Track Listing   Side A   1. Squirrels Make       Lousy Innocent       Bystanders   2. Bad Dog   3. All Those Before You   4. Spider's Web   5. Animated       Suspension   6. Moonlit Car Crash   7. Whale Killer      (reversed)   8. Intimidation   9. Is That You?       (Disfigured) 10. Your Natural       Environment   Side B   1. The Train   2. Walk Through A       Deep Dark Forest   3. Anathema   4. Case Scenarios:     #1 What's Left For          You     #2 Gone Too Far   5. Stalking Ahab   6. The Throb
Mike Delaney: Keyboard, Drums and Voice. John Sosnowski: Keyboard, Guitar, Radio and Tapes.

Date: 1994 Collaboration
name: none
Tape: Wrought Iron Muffin Ranch
Those responsible:
John Sosnowski (Broca's Area)- initial tracks
Rotcod Zzaj (Zzaj Productions)- Kurzweill PC-88
Rotcod Zzaj (Hurtle Blue/Wrought Iron...)
e-mail: rotcod (at) olywa.net
Zzaj Productions
5308 65th Ave. SE
Lacey, WA. 98513

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     Side A                                                   Side B
1. Down th' Muffin Trail                            1. Horse Sense
2. Hopalong Scotchless                          2. Rangeless
3. Muttered Buffin Malleability                  3. Kansas-City Doodz
4. Wrought-Iron Rider                              4. Six Eons onna' Trail...
5. Rattledance                                        5. Nightranger
6. At the Edge of the Herd                       6. Plainstorms
7. Drive
8. Tumbleweed

Story: John had been sending tapes to underground jazz improv guru Rotcod Zzaj (aka Dick Metcalf) who kindly reviewed them in his 'zine "Improvijazzation Nation". As happens with most musicians in the underground, a collab. was soon discussed and then realized. John sent tracks to Zzaj ( via snail-mail) who added his unique improvised jazz style keyboard work.

Side Project Name: CYSTEM
Title: A Severed Head (single)
John Sosnowski: keyboard, guitar, samples, sequences.

A more *techno* side to John Sosnowski's work.
"When I came up with the song I decided it wasn't quite the same vein as typical Broca's Area and thought it would be better used separately. It's my spastic, darkly humourous and slightly retarded evil twin. I used the sync to tape trick again for the sampled guitar parts." -- John Sosnowski


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