Alice Shields' The Transformation of Ani

When I was reading about this one, I was convinced it would be interesting, because it was the first piece playing mostly with the voice, and also because it was text from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. It was intriguing. It begins with percussion, which for the most part sounds unedited except for some clicks and added electronic sounds that become more prominent later. It also uses what must be a vibraphone. After listening through the whole song I was very confused. I thought there was supposed to be voice??? The CD insert said that there was voice against percussion and musical electronic phrases. I got the latter, but no voice. It was certainly other-worldy, like it was supposed to be, but I'm still confused as to why there is no voice reciting anything. Did they mean the voice was being replaced by the the percussion and electronic sound? If so, it's much less exctiting. It's still interesting, sure. The vibraphone notes played quickly and the rapid percussion runs (trills? What do you call one drum played rapidly?) were pretty pleasing to the ear, and certainly interesting, but where's the voice?!