Somnifier/Transit

Somnifier is a mix tape using fragments from Albert Ayler, Milton Babbitt, The Beatles, Pat Benetar, Marion Brown, Buffalo Springfield, Captain Beefheart, Bruce Cockburn, Country Joe and the Fish, Donovan, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Electric Flag, Fairport Convention, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Last Poets, Pagliaro, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, Ravi Shankar, Stealers Wheel, Steppenwolf, Velvet Underground, Robert Pete Williams, Steve Winwood, and Robert Wyatt. The mix ranges from being a single thing playing at a time to at least three recordings simultaneously with additional processing. Transit is "a setting for 3 found tapes". The tapes are sometimes playing simultaneously with some processing. At least one of the source tapes is of people speaking messages to one another, another is a solo singer with (out of tune) acoustic guitar.