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rolling like a porcupine spine

from petal stars by bushytunes

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This started life as a guitar instrumental, but I found myself singing the words and tune (which became the title) over and over again, really enjoying the sound and rhythm of the words. Add 12 tracks of vocals doing the ‘porcupine’ bit, with some of them pitch shifted and processed beyond the usual boundaries, add an improvised vocal conjuring up ‘opposites’, move things around a bit, and there it is - a rather odd and splendid lump of sound.

This is a new area for me and I enjoyed the surprises, hearing it develop organically and strangely, like a plant that gets beer and cherryade instead of water.
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from petal stars, released January 1, 2014

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