Italian experimental vocalist and pioneer of extended vocal techniques, known for multiphonic singing and vocal research; member of the band Area; died in 1979.

Member of Area; pioneered diphonic and triphonic vocal techniques; noted for live and studio works that explored the voice as an instrument. Reviews on DeBaser emphasize technical mastery, use of laryngeal atypicality to produce multiple simultaneous sounds, and a mix of admiration and critical distance regarding musicality and length.

DeBaser reviews discuss Demetrio Stratos's pioneering vocal experiments and a handful of his albums. Reviewers highlight his multiphonic techniques, technical mastery and occasional repetitiveness. Metrodora is singled out as essential; other releases divide opinion.

For:Listeners of experimental and avant‑garde music, vocal researchers, fans of Area and unusual vocal techniques.

 [...] We start with this concept: that we know very little, almost nothing, about the voice... and the first track on the first side of a record that was released today, called "Singing the Voice," is called "Dipophonies, Tripophonies, Investigations" and... it\'s about using the ear like a microscope to extract scraps of sound or even divide scraps of sound to try to break the sound, enter into the sound, break it into two and three parts. How it works, in my opinion: the voice uh... here works as a vehicle that occasionally glances right and left, in... small chambers, and... these glances bounce like ping pong balls. These ping pong balls, which bounce with sympathy, can be controlled.

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 Stratos had, as many of you know, a malformation of the larynx, which would "split": it is this defect that brought fame to Stratos, who could produce 2, 3, or even 4 sounds simultaneously.

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 THIS is the album that must be passed down to posterity, to let them know who the man who consecrated the voice as a "musical instrument" is.

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