In 2008, a human voice is excised digitally from a line traced with boar hair, on a paper covered in lamp black soot. It is now argued to be the earliest human recording of voice, predating Edison’s familiar recording by some 20 years. In this performance, I examine the record, the act of recording, playback, and recollection through a duet with my mother. Together, in conversation and song, we question voice, body, carbon, mark, record and memory with respect to queer life.