The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
bpNichol's The Martyrology is a long poem begun in 1967 and continuing until Nichol's death in 1988. It includes Books 1 & 2 (1972), Books 3 &4 (1976), Book 5 (1982), Book 6 (1987), gifts: Books 7 & (1990), and Ad Sanctos: Book 9 (1992). Ad Sanctos is a piece of music theatre written with composer Howard Gerhard.
"After bpNichol" is a composition for audio track and the robotic
instruments of the Logos Robot Orchestra. The audio track is a montage of samples of bpNichol's voice, mostly with no or little processing. The Logos Robot Orchestra is an orchestra consisting of over 40 robotic musical instruments, some of which are automated existing instruments,others are completely new inventions. A lot of this instruments have very fine expressive control, which I use in this composition, to imitate, extend and complement the voice sounds on the tape.
The following poem was recorded by bpNichol in Torino, Italy in April 1987 and was released on a cassette tape in 1990 as part of Paté de Voix 4 (an imprint of Offerta Speciale, published by Carla Bertola and Alberto Vitacchio).