Electronic Phoenix (Judith Rees, soprano ; Meriel Dickinson or Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano ; Daryl Runswick, tenor ; Terry Edwards, bass) ; with instrumental ensemble (in the 3rd work)
The 1st work for electronically processed voices ; the 2nd work for unacc. vocal quartet ; the 3rd work a rock cantata for 4 voices with pre-recorded tape (backing vocals and instrumental ensemble).
Texts from Ghost tantras, by Michael McClure (1st work), Leaves of grass, by Walt Whitman (2nd work), and written and compiled by the composer (3rd work).
Recorded 1984-1989 October Sound, London.
8 ghosts (20:52) -- The dream of the other dreamers (7:29) -- The plague (37:39)