Pamela Z is a San Francisco based composer/performer and audio artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, and sampling technology. She is well known both regionally and nationally for her unique performance in which she layers her operatic voice with digital sound processors and a MIDI controller called the BodySynth that allows her to access electronic samples through gestural movement. Metrodaemonium” sprung from a live performance called "Re-sounding, a portrait of downtown San Francisco". The samples were created by carrying a DAT recorder around on public transportation and in the street of the city. In performance, the samples are triggered with the BodySynth, a controller that uses electrode sensors worn against the skin to generate MIDI information. |
