Feb 2022 tetragloth experimental 4-track-cassette
This is my take on the fake genre (https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12186/) "tetragloth":
"Acapella songs recorded exclusively on a 4-track recorders, but each track is in a different language."
I recorded this on my Tascam 424 4-track recorder. It was inspired by a native American tradition of presenting your ancestors before speaking.
On the first track I introduce myself, my parents, my grandparents, and my great-grandparents, in my native language Portuguese.
On the second track I speak French, "this is me". I learned French in school, and I lived with a French family for 1 year during grad school. I wish I spoke it better.
The third track is in Spanish, my neighbor language, I saw "Nice to meet you, how are you? My name is Beto. How about you?" I learned Spanish in Argentina, a country that I visited multiple times. I love the culture, the people, and the language.
The fourth track is in English, a language I learned when I was 6, and the language of the country I adopted, the USA.
[Portuguese]
Meu nome é Beto
Filho de Nereida e Roberto
Neto de Vivaldina, Aristides, Adélia e Sebastião
Bisneto de Altina, Nilo, Belarmina, Manoel, Ermenegilda e Antonio
[French]
Ceci est moi
[Spanish]
Mucho gusto, ¿qué tal? Me llamo Beto. ¿Y vos?
[English]
I was born in 1978, March 9th in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
@bachelorb Feb 2022
It sounds like a weird sort of backmasking. Every once in a while a weird harmony appears.
It reminds me of reusing a cassette on the 4 track and put it on side B :)
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
A clever idea and does give a real feeling of bringing together and sharing. Very clever and well done!
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
wow, quite something! and an early happy birthday!!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
My, I can't image why someone hasn't done this before? Interesting experiment.