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Uboa - The Tyranny of Posture / Dissassociative Kindness
🕑 Added 2025-01-24 17:45:50 +0000 UTCSorry for nothing for a bit. Been (surprise!) unwell again. Anyway, have a 15+ minute long song.
I was originally just planning to do a noise diary entry for some comps i've been asked to do but it kinda ... got a little out of hand. It's still a WIP with only minimal vocals. Was originally jammed out on my gear noise-diary style, but kinda grew. It's still not complete I think - maybe some singing will be added, an intro and probably a more decisive end. It's not only an ode to my recent bout of chronic fatigue-causing illness, but also to the work of Tourette and Tim Hecker. I am considering making the song longer, maybe with a sludge section if it fits. It's continuing the more 'analogue' sound of recent compositions - even if everything is still done very much digitally on ableton.
Because I couldn't decide upon a name, it has two - one for each vague section of the piece. It has some similarities to the last piece insofar as the noise is very 'spasm-y', as in very fast cut-ups. A lot of this was done using a handheld radio with a broken battery case, so whenever the batteries are not squeezed in, it would cut in and out in a compelling way. Also featuring a chase bliss generation loss (a pedal that mimics analogue tape distortion) on both the radio and hydrasynth - specifically with heavy emphasis on the 'failure' feature, which also cuts things out randomly (as does digitalis and dent 2).
It's a WIP so no download for now unless you want to blackhole from patreon's player. Not too sure if it is a noise diary as it wasn't made under noise diary time constraints and rules (the rule being - bake down the jam to stereo WAV, multitrack editing only can be done later - and take no longer than a day). However, it is basically a big improvised jam, albeit edited later.
The hum/beep towards the end is the Voyager 1 probe - the most distant man-made object from earth. Specifically, it is the images sent with the golden record which are decrypted via instructions on the record itself. Without decryption, its just a weird noisey sound.
I am a big space nerd, and have been since I was young. I too have a desire to be as far away from earth as possible and see the stars (or more likely for the voyager proves, the oort cloud). Also, the hum of the voyager becomes the basis of the harmony on the synth for the final section. The more fatigued I am in this body and on this planet, the more space compels me.
No idea what release this will be for. It's long enough to be it's own EP.
Hope I get some answers soon from the doctors. I suspect I know what it is - a hint is in the title. Stay safe - the world has been fucked recently.
edit: violet think this is done and shouldn't be touched and thus is 'done'. Will pop under noise diary for now, as it was done in a day. It might be part of an EP? who knows. Will decide later.
Mp3 has no tags, so just pop it as the above for now.
Comments
Uboa
I assume POTS? because I strongly, strongly suspect thats the case with me too. At least I got permission to eat as many salty chips as possible.
helen
This is so beautiful. I hope you get answers soon. As I'm writing this I'm waiting for my heart rate meds to kick in so I can sit up haha. The Tyranny of Posture certainly is apt. Sending lots of love to you <3
Uboa
update: violet is saying this song is done and adding anymore will overdo it. in that vein, downloads are up
