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Need for Seed (Hungry Eyes) - Polyphonics - 1a

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[ALL BRACKETED TEXT IS NON-VOCAL] [NO IMPROVISATION] [NO HALLUCINATION] [NO CORRECTIONS] [PERCUSSION AND VOICES ONLY] [VOICE: a woman and a man close to the microphone, breathing, whispering, moaning, groaning, screaming at the peak. A mixed group of voices sings interlocking polyphony.] [KEY: none fixed, drums unpitched, group voices pentatonic] [TEMPO: 60 BPM at the start, rising section by section to 138 BPM, back to 60 BPM at the end] [TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4] [INSTRUMENTS: large frame drum, hand drums, djembe, taiko, palms slapping bare skin, shakers, finger cymbals, one low gong] [Intro — 0:00-0:30] [TEMPO: 60 BPM] [large frame drum, soft palm strokes, slow double pulse] [fingertips circling slowly on a drum skin] [her, whispered, very close] Despacito. [him, slow breath out] Hhh. [her, whispered] Hungry eyes. [Verse 1 — 0:30-1:10] [TEMPO: 60 BPM] [hand drums enter, quiet fingertip taps] [him, whispered, close] Come here. [her, soft breathy moan, mid register] Mmm. [him, whispered] Closer. [her, soft moan, rising] Oh. [slow shaker, one stroke per beat] [her, whispered] Despacito. [him, low groan, chest] Mmm. [Verse 2 — 1:10-1:50] [TEMPO: 80 BPM] [her, whispered] A little faster. [djembe enters, steady eighth notes] [group, far back, soft, low chest voice] O a e i o [answering voices, soft] (e o a) [him, whispered] Hungry eyes. [her, breathy moan] Ah. [palms slapping bare skin on the offbeat] [her, whispered] Right there. [him, groan] Oh. [her and him, breathing in time with the drums] Hh. Hh. [Build 1 — 1:50-2:30] [TEMPO: 100 BPM] [taiko enters, low hits on beat one, djembe in sixteenth notes, shakers] [group, interlocking, chest voice breaking up into falsetto] A i e o u a [answering voices] (o e i) [him, urgent whisper] Need for seed. [her, moan, louder] Ah. [group, interlocking, yodel breaks] U a o e i [answering voices] (a o) [her, half-spoken, breathless] Don't stop. [him, groan, louder] Mmm. [her, spoken, breathless] Rapidito. [Build 2 — 2:30-3:05] [TEMPO: 120 BPM] [all drums together, taiko on every beat, palms slapping skin, finger cymbals shimmering] [group, louder, faster, wide chest-to-falsetto leaps] E a i o a u e [answering voices, high falsetto] (i a o e) [her, loud] Harder. [her, moaning, high register] Oh. Yes. [group, interlocking, yodel breaks] O u a i e [answering voices] (e i a) [him, groaning, low register] Need for seed. [her, crying out] Don't stop. Don't stop. [Climax — 3:05-3:30] [TEMPO: 138 BPM] [rolls on every drum, rising in volume] [group, full force, high falsetto leaps, yodel breaks] A o i e u o a i [answering voices, full force] (u e a o i) [her, shouted] Rapidito! [her, screaming, high] Aaah! [him, shouting, low] Aah! [one low gong struck hard, full force] [her and him, screaming together] Yes! [Outro — 3:30-4:15] [TEMPO: 60 BPM] [the gong rings out alone] [group, slow and soft, thinning out one voice at a time, low chest voice] O e a [answering voices, softer] (a i) [large frame drum, slow double pulse, softer and softer] [her and him, breathing slowly] Hhh. [her, whispered, breathless] Again. [him, whispered, close] Despacito. [him, whispered] Presented by White Bushman