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Master harmonic overtone singer - Recording artist, performer, author, instructor and a leading voice for throat singing in Australia. He is devoted to preserving the survival of the world's oldest and most unusual form of singing. Dean is the current Guinness record holder for the longest continuous vocal note - his record of 57 seconds, achieved on ABC TV's Enough Rope with Andrew Denton nearly doubled the previous world record of 29.03 seconds. His recorded albums are: Magic Sounds, with ARIA award winning singer Linda Laasi, 'Ambient Voice' and 'Cosmosis' with Move Records, 'Harmonic Spheres' with Aajinta and '44 Sunsets' with Soteria Bell. As a soloist and with groups he has performed with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir at St Patrick's Cathedral, Womadelaide, the ANATS National Conference, the International Voice Symposium and for a series of lectures called The Physics of the Didgeridoo (1998-2008). He has also worked with experimental musician and neurobiologist Alan Lamb who plays outback wire fences. AUTHOR of the following books: The 8th Natural Wonder, The Essential Meditation Guide, The Singer's Minifesto, The Art of Being Massaged, and The Magic Sounds of KahMing with Linda Laasi. Dean teaches throat singing locally and world wide having taught thousands since 1994. To view his world record or Nine Network's SUNDAY special feature on him, simply google or youtube his name. Website www.myspace.com/deanfrenkel.

Past performances: Womadelaide, soloist with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir at St Patricks Cathedral, ANATS National Conference, the International Voice Symposium, 'Physics of the Didgeridoo' (1998-2008) at Melbourne University, The Boite, Darwin Festival, Daylesford Singers Festival,

more info: http://www.myspace.com/deanfrenkel