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A Memory Lost
A Memory Lost was inspired by two main influences. The Caretaker, Everywhere at The End of Time, and an old cassette I found at the goodwill in Moundsville, WV. I had been experimenting with my mixing desk's integrated reverb, as well as my radio handsets, and synthesizers, causing the distorted, gritty sound so prevalent in this track.
Disharmony
Disharmony was an experiment with my tape decks I had picked up at walmart and modified, as well as feedback loops. There was no planning in this track, and it lacks a lot of musicality, sticking more in the experimental distorted genre.
Forgotten Voices - Amber Winds
Forgotten Voices and Amber Winds were one take, but two interlinked tracks. I had been experimenting with a bass synthesizer, as well as radio channel skipping in Forgotten Voices, whilst using a recording of a bass synthesizer slowed down significantly to make the dirty fluttery mess it became. As for Amber Winds, it is named for the wind-like sounds produced by messing with the playback speed by half-pressing the pause button, continuing the bass motif from Forgotten Voices.
Paralysis
Paralysis was a real case of perfect timing to start recording, as I just so happened to start recording seconds before a radio show started talking about sleep paralysis, and the horrors of it. I had been recording at about 3AM at this time, and hadn't slept in five days at this point, due to a condition I have. The radio show entirely inspired this track on the spot, and I tried for a more mysterious, eerie track.
Sadness of a Broken Dream
I believe Sadness of a Broken Dream was chronologically the first track recorded in Amber Winds, and it came out as a reverb-heavy, delay-flooded, melancholic, experimental noisescape, much like the rest of the album.
General Info
This entire album was recorded over 7 days, where I barely slept at all, due to a condition I have, and was all recorded entirely analogue. I recorded to cassette tape directly off of my mixing desk, and used analogue instruments, including two radios, an extra tape cassette for samples, two Korg pocket synthesizers, a Korg VolcaBass, and a Roland JD-Xi. No sample editing was done on computer, either. All that was done with the computer was a direct recording in Audacity, then export!
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