Kakadu Kantata

[Richard Huelsenbeck, repeated throughout]

Kakadu

[Tammy Glover, spoken]

On the 23rd of May, 2001

Hello Sparks

Enclosed with this letter you will find:

The contract with 2 copies, one that you need to sign and please send back to us as soon as possible, and one for you, and most important, the CD-R with your samples

The conceptual outline of the project, 'One Word, One Sound' is as follows:

The word is taken from a recording reading or performance by an author. For the sound we have recorded a piece of paper being, for example, crumbled or ripped apart

Your word is 'Kakadu', spoken by Richard Huеlsenbeck, one of thе initiators of the Dada movement. The sound is a finger snapping against a piece of paper

You can use these two samples in whichever way you want, add to them whatever you want. Apart from giving you the samples, we do not interfere in the creation of the piece

As for the further details of the program, the piece should be between 5 and 8 minutes long. The piece is going to be broadcasted as well as issued on compact disc

The payment is 25 hundred deutsche marks