A Delay Is Better


A Delay Is Better is a solo album by Pamela Z and was released on the Starkland label in 2004. It has received rotation on WNYC, been the subject of review by an academic journal, speciality music magazines, and included for coverage in a chapter devoted to Pamela Z in a textbook. The album liner notes were written by Pauline Oliveros.

Musical style and compositions

As Pamela Z's first album, A Delay Is Better summarizes her work and development of the preceding two decades. The album contains a variety of explorations of vocal performance utilizing delay effects, found objects, and extended vocal techniques. The music itself, being built around live performance with digital tools such as Max/MSP and the Bodysynth, lead an academic reviewer to suggest the work encompasses an "exocentric body/instrument relationship."
The album features works for voice and delay, found text, and voice with additional processing. Additionally, Feral was written as part of a dance score for Hoist by choreographer Jo Kreiter.

Track listing

All music written by Pamela Z
  1. "Bone Music" – 7:14
  2. "Badagada" – 3:41
  3. "Number 3" – 6:50
  4. "Pop Titles 'You'" – 3:10
  5. "In Tymes of Olde" – 5:48
  6. "The MUNI Section" – 3:52
  7. "NEMIZ" – 4:51
  8. "Geekspeak" – 7:31
  9. "Questions" – 5:30
  10. "50 " – 2:03
  11. "Feral" – 5:24
  12. "Obsession, Addiction, and the Aristotelian Curve" – 5:08