Brion Gysin

Experimental poetry, in a musical context, is a genre that blurs the boundaries between literary performance and sound art. It prioritizes the phonetic, acoustic, and rhythmic qualities of language over semantic meaning, often treating the human voice as an instrument. The genre encompasses sound poetry, text-sound composition, and avant-garde spoken word, frequently utilizing electronic manipulation, tape loops, and cut-up techniques to deconstruct language into pure sound.