Obligate Parasite is a sonic condition composed through electronics, voice, and Georgian polyphony. My research began summer 2022 with OP as a direct development from 2024. OP examines vocal erasure, mimicry, noise, and resistance through karaoke, choral singing and distortion. The composition organizes itself through vocal lineage and nested dependency structures, where voices operate within feedback loops of transmission, care, disruption, and return. I draw influence from the Rafflesia—a parasitic flower endemic to the Philippines and Southeast Asia, and consider how voices are unrooted yet shaped, sustained, extracted, and absorbed within dominant sonic systems.

Writing

The Call opens.

yellow kitchen. placed. the long cord connecting.

placed. rushing in. all is rushed.

not allowed for time to allow. rushed in. mother child mother density.

relation

stretching.

warmth. heart stretched thin, I disappear.

transition.

GodgodsGod • break

treb mid bass gain

Trinh. T Minh-Ha

Going toward the vast no-form grateful yet in dread

Listening to the world’s breath

Horizontal gene transfer.

To see

To think no leaves

To say no stems

To represent no roots

To remember Yes, host. Yes.

To imagine

It went by me; just went by me;

Something not to tell;

so fragile;

so wild,

Something yet to tell;

is no longer why & when it left.

I cant’ tell. (T.T.M-H)

seeing the blue cord of her mic stretch; path chosen. walking away. hand on cord. Choosing her path. direct.to the back.

Her location.

My location.

eyes,

(her confidence keeps me going)

New places of the visible (T.T.M-H)

Polyvocal

i’m just having fun, momma.

God, what have you done?

I know she's gonna scream

Don't think I've left you all behind

Still love you and Tennessee

You're always on my mind

And mama, every Saturday

I can hear your southern drawl a thousand miles away, saying

God, what have you done?

You're a pink pony girl

And you dance at the club

Oh mama, I'm just having fun

landing landing landing. Laand. quickly. rushed. No time taken time. taken.

stomach. delicacy. remember to be delicate. cords still connected. eyes transferred. settle. settle. settle.

back.