ambient kansas- a free EP from me, sqrt(ur mother)

This is a collection of manipulated field recordings and artificially made noises that I gathered in the first three years living and traveling in Kansas, in an drum-free digital format.  A physical copy of this release (with handmade CD envelopes) is available by contacting brian@brokenfadercartel.com

----Full album download (320k mp3s in zip format)----

Streaming Tracks

i. ulysses field recording of little-to-nothing (noise mix)

ii. synthetic noises inspired by the spanish influenza

iii. bach cello suite no. 3 (greensburg mix)

iv. noises inspired by dancing street buskers

v. Ron Evan's summer camp (perseid mix)

vi. cicada field recording (drone mix)

vii. train field recording (standing next to it mix)

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Snash Hat

This is a snash hat.  It was invented by Robert at the Vipercock Ranch.  It is 13" HH with a 20" inverted Pearl Ride Cymbal under it.  It is used in some of the ambient experiments that occur around these parts.  A sample download and a stream are below.

-----Snash Hat Sample-----

Cicada Field Recording plus a Tweaked Out Ambient Version

I just moved into a new house and the evening cicada drone near my new pad is amazing.  For hours each night, these bugs crescendo and decrescendo in this heat of summer in Lawrence.  These bugs are looking for love, and their are lots of them doing so.  It is like the booty club in college towns on a Friday after midnight.  I recorded about 12 minutes of this the other evening and then did a tweaked out ambient drone mix of it.  Below is playback and download links to the dry and EFXd 12 minute version, and a download link to a 1 min hi-res wav sample of the dry recording.  Signal chain- NT1A->MOTU 828 ver01.  Remix Signal Chain, I can't remember, but there were lots of flangers.

----A 1 minute wav file of the Cicada Crescendo----

----The 12 min mp3 of the Cicada Crescendo Original Recording----

----The 12 min mp3 of the Cicada Crescendo Tweaked Out Ambient Drone Mix----