Saturday, October 18, 2014

through the looking glass

in 2004, i found myself tasked with compiling some ideas i had into a collection of end products. one of the ideas i had had kicking around since late 2001 was that of combining harsh noise with anarchist politics, which i wanted to complete under the name "fuel true anarchy in the americas" (jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/ftaa). i had just about enough for a full length concept record, but went looking through my hard drive to see how else i could fill the cd up to 80 minutes.

the story of the curious george suite, now released in incomplete form, is at the inri019 page:
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/the-curious-george-suite

at the time, though, i perceived of the suite as completely dead. so, i pulled the end section out and did some things to it in a wave editor, which included taking a guitar part out of the track strung out and looping it through the track. the same guitar part was also used in the bridge of clarity. strung out and through the looking glass can consequently be thought of as remixes of clarity, so their inclusion here is necessary to explore the thought in full.

initially created in the spring of 2000. expanded in the spring of 2004.

http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-looking-glass-2