MUSIC FOR THE NEXT TO DIE
1982
I recorded the track ADRIFT in the bedroom studio pictured above in the central belt. The track first appeared on the compilation cassette: From A Trench.
I recorded the audio using two cassette decks over dubbing and multitasking during takes. I managed to record a Casio VL Tone rhythm and melody recordings.
Stockhausen recorded a loom shuttle which pans across the stereo field which had made an impact on me after listening to his “Music for the next to die”.
I used a mechanical toy my niece
had, running it on carpet in motion between two microphones to simulate a
similar effect in the stereo field.
I also used a very cheap electric razor heavily embedded in reverb from an H/H electronics amp to add another layer of distant noise which I held at arm’s length whilst using voice.
Casio VL Tone dominates the recording. I became very attached to the intimacy of using the VL Tone. I am not surprised about the success of Teenage Engineering OP-1. If only it was more affordable.
Adrift got airtime on Belgian National radio and Australian pirate radio around 1982-83.
I also used a very cheap electric razor heavily embedded in reverb from an H/H electronics amp to add another layer of distant noise which I held at arm’s length whilst using voice.
Casio VL Tone dominates the recording. I became very attached to the intimacy of using the VL Tone. I am not surprised about the success of Teenage Engineering OP-1. If only it was more affordable.
Adrift got airtime on Belgian National radio and Australian pirate radio around 1982-83.