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Deep Listening Institute is pleased to announce the re-release of Pauline Oliveros?s Primordial Lift on the Deep Listening label. Originally released on the Table of the Elements label and long out of print, this version of the recording contains an additional 30 minutes of material not included on the original release. Recorded live on March 20, 1998 at Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY. Primordial Lift is based on information concerning the shift in the resonant frequency of the earth from 7.8hz to 13hz given in Awakening to the Zero Point by Gregg Braden, Radio Bookstore Press (1997). According to Braden, the resonant frequency of the earth was measured as 7.8hz in 1960 and by 1994 the measurement was at 8.6hz and it will rise to 13hz by 2010. At the same time the magnetic fields of the earth are diminishing in strength towards zero point. By the time that13hz is established as the resonant frequency the magnetic fields will reverse their polarity - North will become South and vice versa. The acceleration from 7.8hz to 13hz of the earth's resonant frequency is represented in Primordial Lift by a low frequency oscillator. The oscillator is heard indirectly as it moves almost imperceptibly from7.8hz to 13hz over a 45 minute period and modulates the sounds of various performers in the ensemble. The amplitude of the performer's sound when selected will change rhythmically in step with the oscillator. When the oscillator reaches 13hz it will stabilize for another 30 minutes. Pauline Oliveros (accordion, electronics, vocals); Tony Conrad (electric violin, ring modulator); Andrew Deutsch (electronics, toy piano); Anne Bourne (cello, voice); Alexandria Gelencser (electric cello); David Grubbs (harmonium); Scott Olson (low frequency oscillator)