It’s remarkable that this, inarguably Eimert’s grand statement and possibly the single greatest voice-transformation piece, has never been properly issued in the “digital age” ... well, thanks again to Mr. P.C. C.P., these pieces can once again enter the lexicon of day-to-day conversation (and not just ebay $$$-speak.)

A genius-level masterstroke, the entirety of “Epitaph” is derived from a 2:43 spoken text which is twisted and turned in every which way available via 1957 WDR studio tech over its 23 minute duration. one of the most dynamic and intense pieces of the early elecronic canon.

”Epitaph” it augmented here by “Sechs Studien” from 1962 ; six shorts using the same tonal language, just as awe-inspiring ...