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Blackhumour is an audio project that began in early 1982, initially experimenting with a Teac 4-track reel-to-reel recorder. The early pieces were not particularly successful, but collaborations with an audio partner led to the creation of notable works, including "murder" and "trade and commerce," which are featured in the retrospective release "radical positive" by banned productions. This release highlights the evolution of Blackhumour's approach, moving away from treatment and effects techniques such as equalization and reverb, to focus solely on 'found-object' human voice as the sound source. Since the piece "snakes in an atheist's grave" (1984), Blackhumour has exclusively utilized found-object spoken human voice and editing techniques. Since 1986, digital editing has been incorporated, enabled by affordable digital sampling. The project's philosophy centers on using the human voice as a fundamental sound source, reflecting the omnipresence of speech in our lives.

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