Conveyor Belts [USA], by francisco lópez

Conveyor Belts [USA]

by francisco lópez

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Dan Friedman Tremendous. The premise might seem trivial or even silly at first, but this album rewards repeated listening with surprising depth.

Jascha Narveson I love the idea of a bag's-eye-view recording of airport baggage-check so much. As advertised, these really are accidental electroacoustic compositions, full of drama and dynamic changes. Each one is a hellscape of sudden crunching thuds mixed with muffled howls of engines and other machines. JFK might be my fave, but i love 'em all. Okaland has a nice quiet moment where you can hear the rollers... Favorite track: New York (JFK).

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TOTAL DURATION 50:38
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PLEASE NOTE: contains substantial low frequencies, ultra-subtle materials, virtual sonic space, and other aural delicacies that are inaudible via laptop or smartphone speakers. Please use decent headphones or speakers.
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	1.	New York (JFK) 11:36
	2.	Chicago (ORD) 10:51
	3.	Seattle (SEA) 09:48
	4.	San Francisco (OAK) 08:54
	5.	Los Angeles (BUR) 09:29

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Created in 2023 from non-transformed, unedited, original recordings done with a portable audio recorder running inside checked-in baggage going through the multiple conveyor belts of –inaccessible and unknown– baggage handling systems of several main airports in the US (thus turned into man-made, unintentional acousmatic environments).

Mastered at ‘Hundred Islands Studios’ (Rosclave enclave).

Headphone listening highly recommended.

[Note: occasional distortion in this piece is an aesthetic decision and is explicitly intentional; its extent and characteristics will vary according to the speakers/headphones used]

Many thanks to Barbara Ellison, Scott Konzelmann, Fabio Roberti, Stephan Moore, Jake Smith, Brad West, Mykel Boyd, Ben Billington, Zev Greenfield, Jackson Kovalchik, Steve Peters, Amy Denio, Michael Gendreau, Naut Humon, Alaric, Scott Arford, Don Campau, Daniel Canogar, Tim Leanse, Greh Holger, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Alan Poma, Alejandra Molina, Kelly Sicat, Judy Dennis, Amy Zullo, Patrick Ip, Emily Borchers.

(c) francisco lópez 2023 - www.franciscolopez.net
Immaterial release by nowhere [worldwide] 2023

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released December 19, 2023

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francisco lópez Newport, Ireland

Francisco López is internationally recognized as one of the main figures in the realm of experimental music and audio art. Over the past forty+ years he has realized hundreds of live performances, projects with environmental recordings, and sound installations in over eighty countries of the six continents. His work has been released by more than 450 record labels / publishers worldwide. ... more

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