Biography
The Consolidated Hand Mouth and Ear Institute (CHMEi) was formed in Philadelphia in 2004 and is a project of the visual artist Douglas Witmer, who is also a multi-instrumentalist and the older brother of the singer songwriter Denison Witmer.
Its first full-length album, "Condensery," self-released in 2007 and is inspired in part by the modernist American poet Lorine Niedecker. It is primarily instrumental, a combination of electronic and acoustic instruments and spare vocals. The arrangements are highly repetitive and the tempo down-beat.
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The EP "First Light" was released in December of 2007. It consists of six electric guitar pieces utilizing looping effects, all recorded in one take with no overdubs.
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