At the time of writing the UK's covid figures are on the rise again, the nights are drawing in and the temperature is dropping.
The title 'Digitally Drowning' refers to my, at times, overwhelming dependence on the technology through which I find myself connecting with other people in the current climate of covid and social distancing.
It's apparent that we are moving deeper into an unprecedented phase of human relations with this technology, one that nobody really saw coming. The full implications of the impact on people's mental health from this situation are yet to emerge.
This LP is intended to capture the ambivalence of this unique situation our society finds itself in. The music has an element of tension but I hope some of it's soothing qualities also shine through.
Sending good wishes to everyone in the knowledge that this moment will pass.
X X INFINITY LOVE X X
Recorded summer 2020
Final mix autumn 2020
This LP was made from a recording of an improvisation using Nanoloop running on an original first generation Gameboy remixed via Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch - a meeting of old and new technologies.
Shout outs to all at Vicious Sticks Recs, Transitional Object, Illusion O, Cichliform, dwamming, Glass Cage, Artificial Lake 11, Curly Chaos and 3% Risk.
Vicious Sticks Recordings
VSR013
vicioussticks.bandcamp.com
mixcloud.com/ViciousSticks
released September 30, 2020