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SOULNESSLESS IN FIVE CANTOS:

CANTO I
ROSARY NOVENA FOR GENDER TRANSITIONING

CANTO II
TRAFFIC WITH THE DEVIL

CANTO III
PINK SISTERS

CANTO IV
TWO LETTERS

CANTO V
MEDITATION ON WAGE LABOR AND THE DEATH OF THE ALBUM

PLUS BONUS MATERIALS

WORLD'S LONGEST ALBUM IN HISTORY &
WORLD'S FIRST FULL-LENGTH MP3 ALBUM*
WITH REMIXES BY DJ SPRINKLES & K-S.H.E

+32HRS. 320KB/S MP3 | 80MIN. MP4 | +150PP. PDF
LANGUAGES: BG, DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, JP, PL, PT, RU
16GB MICROSDHC CLASS 4 | MAC/WIN

* "Full-Length MP3 Album" refers to a maximum length <4GB 320kB/s stereo MP3 file based on FAT32 size limitations, first actualized in the recording of the 31hr. 25min. acoustic piano solo, "Meditation on Wage labor and the Death of the Album" (edited duration: 29hr. 42min. 30sec. 53msec./3.984217739664GB). When combined with the other audio files in this album, the total length exceeds 32 hours.

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  • Over 150 pages of English text and images, with key sections translated into Bulgarian (65 pages), French (61 pages), German (65 pages), Italian (63 pages), Japanese (117 pages), Polish (65 pages), Portuguese (64 pages), Russian (65 pages) and Spanish (64 pages).
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World Record

As of November 18, 2010, The Guinness Book of World Records officially declined the creation of the category "Longest music album (non-compilation, new release)," so we will not have their certification on this project. (Their rejection was a standard form letter stating they favor categories with more active competition and of greater public interest.) However, this does not alter the fact that at the time of its release on May 31, 2012, Soulnessless is, to the best of our research, the world's longest album.
  • Total audio duration: 32:16'09 (h:m's)

  • Total video duration in English only: 1:20'38 (h:m's)
    Total video duration in all languages combined: 13:26'47 (h:m's)

  • Total audio + video duration (English only): 33:36'47 (h:m's)
    Total audio + video duration in all languages combined: 45:42'56 (h:m's)

  • Total pages in English only (text & images): 166pp.
    Total pages in all languages combined (text & images): 795pp.

UPDATE - APRIL 4, 2012: I just found out about ITB Noise, by JLIAT (a.k.a. James Whiteheat), completed in February 2012, which spans 233 DVD-R's and has a total running time of 711 days 14 hours. [Insert sound of baloon deflating.] Given that ITB Noise is an edition of one, and functions more as an archival art object, for the sake of argument I will continue clinging to my definition of an "album" as something produced in bulk for distribution, and imagine his piece changes nothing. ;) JLIAT is currently working on a 2TB project called 19 Million Tracks, with plans for 23 Million Tracks (2.7TB, each track is 6 sec.), 30 Million Tracks (3.4TB), and 37 Million Tracks (4.2TB). For those who are thinking smaller is better, don't bother... JLIAT has also released the shortest possible piece using PCM data, 1/44100 of a second.


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Terre Thaemlitz: Soulnessless | 16GB microSDHC | May 31 2012 | C.020

 
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soulnessless noun, neologism (distinct from soullessness or an absence of soul) 1. lacking or divested of belief systems through which the dichotomy of soul/soulless assumes value; 2. a meta-state critically rejecting religious and non-religious ideologies employing belief in the existence of soul(s), that belief being prerequisite to sensing or conceding presumed soul�fs presence or absence ANTONYM soulness neologism.

Video stills from Soulnessless.

    Video total running time (per language): 01:20'38 (h:m's)
    Audio total running time: 32:16'09 (h:m's)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project would not have been possible without the generous advice, assistance, collaboration and support of the following:

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT: Gerardo Alejos, Jos Auzende, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Thom Blake, Steve Brite, Michele Corda, Cathy L. Cox, Mark Fell, Gauthier Herrmann, Dean Inkster, Naoki Kanehisa, Vlad Kudryavtsev, Johnathan F. Lee, Dave Malham, Antoni Michnik, Tony Myatt, Matthew Paradis, Johnny Pavlatos, Stefan Pente, Laurence Rassel, Dont Rhine, Pedro Rocha, H. Rotante, Takahiro Saitou, Eszter Salamon, Nico Seipen, Ivaylo Spasov, Bernhard Staudinger, Tim Stüttgen, Geri Thaemlitz, John Thaemlitz, Ralph Thaemlitz, Aiko Tsuji, Simon Fisher Turner, Rupert V., Vinciane Verguethen, William Wheeler, Nikodem Witkowski, Peter Worth, Chigusa Yoshida, Izumi Yoshida, Wojtek Zrałek-Kossakowski, and the many others who have been involved in this project over the years.

TRANSLATION SUPPORT: Gerardo Alejos (MX), Michele Corda (IT), Gauthier Herrmann (FR), Turgut Kocer (DE), Vlad Kudryavtsev (RU), Antoni Michnik (PL), Pedro Rocha (PT), Nico Seipen (DE), Ivaylo Spasov (BG), Bernhard Staudinger (AT), Aiko Tsuji (JP), Vinciane Verguethen (FR), Nikodem Witkowski (PL), Chigusa Yoshida (JP), Izumi Yoshida (JP), Wojtek Zrałek-Kossakowski (PL).

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: B_Books (DE), Bul-Let's (JP), CAC Brétigny (FR), Café Oto (UK), Cité de la Musique (FR), Culturgest (PT), Dancity Festival (IT), Forest Limit (JP), Fundação de Serralves (PT), Gerrit Reitveld Academie (NL), Hebbel am Ufer (DE), In-Famous (FR), Issue Project Room (US), Mikroton Recordings & Publishing, Ltd. (RU), Noise Vegetation (JP), Secession (AT), Shhhh... (DE), York University Sir Jack Lyons Music Research Center & New Aesthetics in Computer Music (UK).

AUDIO, VIDEO, TEXT, IMAGES & DESIGN: Terre Thaemlitz
MUSIC PUBLISHING: T. Thaemlitz (BMI)
RELEASED BY: Comatonse Recordings (Kawasaki), 2012
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Terre Thaemlitz: Soulnessless EP 1 (K-S.H.E remixes) | 12" Vinyl EP | Coming 2012 | C.020.EP1

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Terre Thaemlitz: Soulnessless EP 2 (DJ Sprinkles remix) | 12" Vinyl EP | Coming 2012 | C.020.EP2

  1. A1: Meditation on Wage Labor and the Death of the Album (Sprinkles' Unpaid Overtime) remixed by DJ Sprinkles 13'00
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  2. B1: Meditation on Wage Labor and the Death of the Album (Day 1, Take 1 Vinyl-Only Edit) 17'59
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