25 lines
No EOL
2.1 KiB
Markdown
25 lines
No EOL
2.1 KiB
Markdown
Title: Lost in Crystal Canyons
|
|
Date: 2017-03-20 21:00
|
|
Slug: last-unit-01
|
|
Category: audio
|
|
Summary: Debut digital album release of a deep listening ambient drone meditation on cyberpunk
|
|
|
|
<iframe style="width: 700px; height: 340px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1688229791/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless></iframe>
|
|
|
|
Debut digital [album release](https://lastunit.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-crystal-canyons) of a deep listening ambient drone meditation on cyberpunk called "Lost in Crystal Canyons" under my alias for audio works, "Last Unit"
|
|
|
|
All sounds used in this [album](https://lastunit.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-crystal-canyons) were recorded with a special coil microphone, capturing the naturally inaudible electromagnetic emissions of the mainboard and componentes of a dual CPU Supermicro rack server.
|
|
|
|
<div class="para" style="height: 20em; background-image: url(/images/supermicro.jpg)"></div>
|
|
> The humming beneath the physical matter. Unified Field. The server as a neuron. Cyberspace/mind emerging from electrified matter/brain which itself is a manifestation of energy/consciousness.
|
|
|
|
The recordings were resampled, mixed and mangled with a Yamaha MT-120 multitrack cassette recorder, a Roland SP-404SX sampler and a bunch of stompboxes, most prominently a Jomox T-Resonator. None of the tracks were arranged, edited or mastered on a computer but only performed live by Last Unit.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<div class="para" style="height: 10em; background-image: url(/images/crystal.jpg)"></div>
|
|
> "All that is visible must grow beyond itself, and extend into the realm of the invisible." (TRON)
|
|
|
|
The obvious medium for the final work was an electromagnetic one. In addition to the digital album available on Bandcamp I produced a limited edition of 20 numbered low-bias ferric cassette tapes for extra background hiss and subtle flutter backing up the drones. It includes the two bonus tracks "Pearly I/O" and "Sas Nam" not available on the digital album. The tape comes with a standard case and 160g/m² j-card with photographs, stickers and a signed note.
|
|
|
|
 |