Invisible Frequencies From The Underground Chrome Monolith [1994-1995]

by Brian Grainger

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FROM THE LABEL, 2012: "WR is happy to announce a new limited edition drone cassette by Brian Grainger titled “Invisible Frequencies From The Underground Chrome Monolith“. This cassette features two massive long form drone pieces improvised entirely on Synthrotek gear (and a mixer). Invisible Frequencies is not a typical Brian Grainger release, rather, it is an excercise in self restraint and subtle improvisation. These two 20 minute plus tracks play out like monochromatic noise fields intercepted by some obscure piece of government equipment. A release for the Connoisseur!"

FROM THE MONO CASSETTE LINER NOTES, 2012: "Based on intercepted transmissions originally broadcast from somewhere beneath the Alaskan ice in 1994-1995. Captured and translated via HAARP under the care of Dr. George Bennings and Dr. R.J. MacReady."

FROM THE ARTIST, 2020: "Invisible Frequencies was a somewhat commissioned work by and for Synthrotek (a modular synthesizer company) as an endorsement and proof of concept for some of their equipment - namely, their Nand drone synthesizer and their PT2399 delay unit. I was sent a prototype version of the Nand along with the delay box and proceeded to plan out two lengthy sessions of improvisation using only these two devices, plus a Mackie ProFX8 mixer. The sessions were recorded in mono deliberately, as WR offered me a platform for the release in the form of 42 chrome mono cassette tapes they found in a storage room. Musically, the two sessions move through some of my favorite "phases" of drone synthesis, with lots of very electrical humming and buzzing jagged modulation of the oscillators. As the Nand was without any sequencing, keeping the unit in tune and in relative alignment with itself was a bit more difficult, but helped to shape how I interacted with the machine to begin with. My influences for this tape were perhaps obvious: Eliane Radigue, Mika Vainio, Omit, Acre and Chris Watson, as well as a number of science-fiction paperbacks and films. Today, these single-synthesizer-voice approaches could be easily seen as a precursor to my approach to the third year of the Workingman's Drone series."

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released July 3, 2020

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded live with no overdubs at Botany Bay, October 2011, using a Synthrotek Nand drone synthesizer, a Synthrotek PT2399 delay unit and a Mackie ProFX8 mixer. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Art direction and design by Eric Adrian Lee. This is Wil-Ru Records number WR026. www.milieu-music.com / www.analogbotany.com

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Brian Grainger Dayton, Ohio

Drone music, warm atmosphere and textural ephemera for the working man.

I also release music as Milieu milieumusic.bandcamp.com and Coppice Halifax coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com

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