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Dead Pilot recommend Headphone listening for the 'You And Atomic Warfare' album from Chris Anderson's Operations project. Not one to disobey instructions I follow the advice and what I'm hearing is actually quite thought provoking. The album was inspired by Nuclear tests conducted by Western countries during the 50's. For me the visual I get is of a post apocalyptic black and white world, an empty shell where once communities and life itself thrived. The sounds are ghostly and really quite affecting, with a mix of subtle drones, static sounds, distant textures, guitar and piano. This is a totally gripping and immersive listen throughout. Out on Dead Pilot who seem to have an unlimited supply of creative folks tinkering away. The usual classy packaging and limited to 99 copies wrapped in string which I'm now going to use for a game of cats cradle.Operations is Chris Anderson. You may remember him from the second Dead Pilot release "Knights Move!". Well, that was some time ago and this album has been in the works ever since, but it finally sees the light of day.
Inspired by the nuclear tests undertaken by western nations in the 1950s, this album is a deep, harrowing and affecting listen. Radio static drops in and out of dusty piano loops and delicate guitar passages over layers of feedback drenched drones. It's highly textured yet very minimal and benefits from headphones immensely. The sound Chris has created here is very immersive and really captures your imagination; with it's barely there instrumentation and distant noises, you will find your self discovering new sounds on each listen. The 22 minute epic "Dominic II" is one of the spookiest tracks I've heard in a long time. If you can imagine Godspeed and Machinefabriek soundtracking an obscure black & white horror film, I think it would sound somewhat like this. The tension created is fascinating.
Limited to 99 copies in hand stamped and hand numbered windowed digipaks, tied with string.
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