It’s that time of year when a (no longer) young man’s thoughts turn
naturally to the Sonic Structures and Enigmatic Episodes of Shipwreck
Radio. Read the introduction to this series here.
JULY 24 - SHIPWRECK RADIO VOLUME ONE
Another eerily meditative track, July 24 starts with the opening chimes sped up and the opening welcomes given a warbling effect. Then we get the low rumbling, dragging sample, that sounds like a stick being dragged along corrugated metal at the bottom of an abyss. Building on top of that comes another mechanical rumbling, creating an intertwining rhythm that is joined by an more electronic jutter around two minutes. The stuttering fades in and out, and by three minutes, it’s clear that the origin of the stutter is a bit of unrecognizable vocal sample.
As the track continues its ruminative rumbling, higher tinny metallic rings enter, some sounding almost like cymbal crashes as the base rumble chugs along, the juttering carried along with it. The track continues to seethe, daring you to dive into it and stay afloat on its churning sonic surface; the patterns may repeat, but they are just off-sync enough to the aural ocean choppy and unsteady as the various sonic structures fade in and out, some becoming clearer for a moment, almost recognizable before being pulled under into the jostling of the track.
Near the fourteen minute mark, the last ingredient is added, a sound like a metallic cord, being twanged that evokes a kind of noisy , almost rubbery, chewing sound as it echoes, repeats and is processed and put into play with the swirl of the other sounds. Then finally, a metallic crash and the sound of a dropped metal bar closes out this track, the unsettled groove that had carried it along abruptly gone, a bracing finish for a track that dares you to attempt to follow it.
As the track continues its ruminative rumbling, higher tinny metallic rings enter, some sounding almost like cymbal crashes as the base rumble chugs along, the juttering carried along with it. The track continues to seethe, daring you to dive into it and stay afloat on its churning sonic surface; the patterns may repeat, but they are just off-sync enough to the aural ocean choppy and unsteady as the various sonic structures fade in and out, some becoming clearer for a moment, almost recognizable before being pulled under into the jostling of the track.
Near the fourteen minute mark, the last ingredient is added, a sound like a metallic cord, being twanged that evokes a kind of noisy , almost rubbery, chewing sound as it echoes, repeats and is processed and put into play with the swirl of the other sounds. Then finally, a metallic crash and the sound of a dropped metal bar closes out this track, the unsettled groove that had carried it along abruptly gone, a bracing finish for a track that dares you to attempt to follow it.
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