The Sheltering Sand (recorded 18 Aug 2016 — 23 September 2016)
Here it is. The first album of all original material from Abandoned Shorelines, and the first ambient album of all original material in about a year and 4 months. I think I managed to get the sound I was always looking for but never quite nailed with Rural Citizens Band. Best album ever by Ratan X? I'd say so...
The title is kind of/sort of an homage to the Paul Bowles novel The Sheltering Sky. I honestly have not read it (nor seen the film adaptation), but I do know that Neurosis sampled the movie, and King Crimson has a really great song named The Sheltering Sky. Someday I should really look into reading it. I thought it's a beautiful mental image, only I didn't want to steal the title wholesale, so I gave it a shoreline overhaul.
Obvious beach theme is obvious, but I think I did a good job of not being too corny. You might disagree. The separation of Disc One and Disc Two is just a "what if" for any future physical releases of this album. This will never happen.
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Look at the album artwork Released: Christmas 2016 Catalog number:OSC047AS006LP115:11 |
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Credits & Samples
Album cover: finding shelter by hermitsmoores.
back cover star: Emma Stone
Interlude 1, 2 & 3 — contains samples of Tape Hiss by greenvwbeetle
Under the Yukon River — contains samples of indoor_ apartments_hall_noise by reznik_Krkovicka
Green Flash — contains samples of underwater by monica137142 and UnderwaterDrowning01 by Abolla
Gulf of Mexico — contains samples of Rain in Mexico City and Windmill mechanism recorded by a contact-microphone, New Mexico, USA both by felix.blume
River Distress — contains samples of TokyoElectionMessage2001 by strawberryviagra and female running scared, calm:this night I should have been better home both by 11linda
Crimson Undertow — contains samples of victim girl by killbaybee, real soft crying by Reitanna and Shark01 by acclivity
Burnt Out Oil Rigs — contains samples of Muffled Pipe Draining by animationIsaac, Tunnel ambience 150Hz wide (like road tunnel)_more_tunnely by Timbre, and Industrial Air Horn by mcpable.
Drowning without tears — contains samples of UnderwaterDrowning01 by Abolla
Dynamic range stats for The Sheltering Sand
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR10 -0.20 dB -11.38 dB 01 intro.aiff DR18 -0.28 dB -20.67 dB 02 bioluminescence.aiff DR12 -0.23 dB -13.46 dB 03 interlude 1.aiff DR13 -1.67 dB -19.13 dB 04 under the Yukon River.aiff DR15 -0.36 dB -16.84 dB 05 green flash.aiff DR12 -2.92 dB -15.68 dB 06 the gulf of mexico.aiff DR15 -0.77 dB -19.16 dB 07 interlude 2.aiff DR15 -1.88 dB -20.61 dB 08 river distress.aiff DR15 -1.17 dB -17.15 dB 09 crimson undertow.aiff DR12 -0.02 dB -13.77 dB 10 burnt out oil rigs.aiff DR12 -0.53 dB -14.51 dB 11 interlude 3.aiff DR15 -2.42 dB -21.78 dB 12 drowning without tears.aiff DR11 -1.12 dB -13.79 dB 13 outro.aiff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 13 Official DR value: DR13 ==============================================================================================
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