Artist: Andy Pickford
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Here we go with RadioSilence 14. A rather pleasant affair it is too :-)
Utilising the same hardware as the last RSi album Objective Linearity, with the addition of my Vermona DRM1 Mk3. As before, everything is set up in order to perform these pieces as a live improvisation. I have to say thanks to the improving weather meaning the synths aren’t detuning so much, plus my own improving efficiency in getting things prepped correctly, each of the four pieces here were created in 1 take (the first) in every case. After about 2 days programming, which is where the bulk of the hard work is focused.
Baal Movement does have a drum arrangement to it, but again the final piece was just run through and finished immediately. There was no Take 2 even on this.
On the whole this RSi offering is generally positive and uplifting in feel, in keeping with the time of year here and the pace of life picking up a bit after the lockdowns.
A new thing for this album are the four pieces edited into shorter ones approximately 1/3 the full length in each case. Yes, I get it that some folk like their EM stuff a tad more digestible and who am I to argue? :-) It’s likely that what I’ll do is create short edits of every RadioSilence long piece and release those on their own as pay-if-you-like freebies.
They work surprisingly well actually :-)
It’s similar to how I used to create final Binar pieces from the many hours of random stoneyness we produced. When it comes to audio editing, I’ll pit my skills against any pro sound engineer any day!
