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\\n \\n \\u2605 LIONEL HIGGINBOTHAM \\u2605 SOUND ARTIST \\u2605 COMPOSER \\u2605 NOISE WORKER \\u2605 LOW FREQUENCY RESEARCHER \\u2605 SON OF THE VIBRATION \\u2605 \\u2605 LIONEL HIGGINBOTHAM \\u2605 SOUND ARTIST \\u2605 COMPOSER \\u2605 NOISE WORKER \\u2605 LOW FREQUENCY RESEARCHER \\u2605 SON OF THE VIBRATION \\u2605\\n \\n

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\\n \\n \\u25c8 UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDY #7) \\u25c8 BONE ARCHITECTURE \\u25c8 GRANDMOTHER'S TROMBONE \\u25c8 STATIC FIELD RECORDINGS \\u25c8 THE ROOM HEARS YOU BACK \\u25c8 IRENE SINGS THE FREQUENCIES IRENE NEVER SANG \\u25c8 UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDY #7) \\u25c8\\n \\n

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YOU ARE VISITOR

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LISTENING STATUS

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\\n now playing:
\\n Irene Higginbotham
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WEB RINGS

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my name connects me to J.C. Higginbotham \\u2014 the trombonist who played so low he scared himself. and to Irene Higginbotham \\u2014 the songwriter who wrote \\\"good jelly blues\\\" and received approximately none of the credit she deserved.

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i am not them. but the name is not accidental.

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i work with low frequencies. not because high frequencies are wrong, but because low frequencies remember things. a room holds the bass note long after the instrument stops. the body hears frequencies the ears miss. this interests me.

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i have been recording since 2003. most of that work is unfinished. most of it will stay that way.

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[i am based somewhere. i play occasionally. i do not have a booking agent. if you want to contact me you probably already know how.]

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\\n WORKS\\n INCOMPLETE LIST\\n

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\\n * these are recordings that exist. some were released. some were not. some were released and then un-released. dates are approximate.\\n

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2024	\\n UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDY #7) \\n field recording, subwoofer feedback, 43 minutes. recorded in a parking garage at 3am. the attendant let me stay. \\n	NEW
2022	\\n BONE ARCHITECTURE \\n contact microphone on human femur (donation, medical). four-channel installation. duration variable. \\n
2021	\\n GRANDMOTHER'S TROMBONE \\n she didn't play trombone. i don't either. this piece is about that. \\n
2019	\\n THE ROOM HEARS YOU BACK \\n stereo tape loop. room tone recordings from 12 locations associated with J.C. Higginbotham. some of those rooms no longer exist. \\n
2018	\\n IRENE SINGS THE FREQUENCIES IRENE NEVER SANG \\n pitch-shifted vocals from \\\"good jelly blues\\\" (1944). the frequencies below the range of the original recording. what was lost in pressing. \\n
2016	\\n STATIC (FOR J.C.) \\n AM radio static. columbia records era. 12\\\" lathe cut. edition of 30. sold out immediately. [still not sure how] \\n	SOLD OUT
2014	\\n UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDY #1) \\n the first one. cassette. the label was misspelled. it said \\\"LIGNEL\\\" on the spine. i kept it that way. \\n
????	\\n UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDIES #2\\u2013#6) \\n somewhere between 2014 and 2024. honestly the years blurred. \\n
ongoing	\\n [ ELEVEN UNTITLED WORKS ] \\u258c \\n in various states of completion. some of them are just a frequency written on a piece of paper. i count that. \\n	WIP

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\\n UNTITLED (LOW FREQUENCY STUDY #7)
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\\n \\\"do not copy. do not share. do share.\\\"\\n

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\\n listening instructions:
\\n \\u2014 find the lowest frequency your speakers will produce
\\n \\u2014 turn it up past comfort
\\n \\u2014 sit with your back against the speaker
\\n \\u2014 do not close your eyes yet
\\n \\u2014 wait until the room adjusts
\\n \\u2014 now close them
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LIONEL'S FAVORITE THINGS: PERSONAL

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COLOR: the color inside a speaker cone when the bass note holds for too long
INSTRUMENT: trombone (does not play trombone) (has tried three times) (each time failed differently)
RECORD: j.c. higginbotham, \\\"give me your telephone number\\\" \\u2014 1929. the low note at 1:47. i have listened to that moment approximately ten thousand times.
MEAL: whatever was in the cabinet when the session ran late
WORD: \\\"resonance\\\" \\u2014 but not how people say it
ROOM: the one where you can feel your own heartbeat through the floor
YEAR: 1944. (irene higginbotham's most productive year. also the year she started having to fight harder.)
MICROPHONE: a broken one that picks up the wrong frequencies. i have six of them.
FEAR: silence that is actually silence (rare)
FREQUENCY: 40 Hz. the threshold. below it you feel before you hear.
UNFINISHED THING: a piece for trombone quartet titled \\\"FOR J.C., FOR IRENE, FOR THE NAME\\\" \\u2014 started 2009. still not ready.

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\\u26a0 UNDER CONSTRUCTION \\u26a0

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\\n this section will contain:\\n

contact information not yet
upcoming performances not yet
press kit [lol]
discography with actual dates ...

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last updated: when i remember to update it

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you can sign the guestbook. [guestbook currently offline for maintenance since 2019]

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\\u2605\\u2605\\u2605\\u2605\\u2605 \\u2014 anonymous \\u2014 march 4, 2019

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i played study #3 while my building's boiler was running. could not tell which one was the art. this is a compliment.

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i think i left my body briefly during the parking garage piece. three stars because i was not prepared for that.

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the spine of the cassette says LIGNEL. i love this person.

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\\n \\n \\u266b THE BONE REMEMBERS EVERY FREQUENCY IT HAS HEARD \\u266b J.C. HIGGINBOTHAM 1906\\u20131973 \\u266b IRENE HIGGINBOTHAM 1918\\u20131988 \\u266b FOR THE NAME \\u266b FOR THE LOW NOTE AT 1:47 \\u266b FOR EVERYTHING BELOW 40 HZ \\u266b THE BONE REMEMBERS \\u266b\\n \\n

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