Isotope, by Sam Rosenthal

Isotope

by Sam Rosenthal

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Isotope (mix 1) 01:27:46

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A portion of the track "Isotope" serves as the backing texture for Black Tape For A Blue Girl's "meditation on the skeleton" from the THESE FLEETING MOMENTS album, and within the extended version of "meditation..." on the Seelig~Rosenthal album JOURNEY TO AKTEHI.

A bit about the creation::

When I recorded the THESE FLEETING MOMENTS track "six: thirteen" in 2014, the guitar was played quite a bit faster than what you hear on the final version. Sitting with it, I realized it sounded rushed, so I slowed the pattern down. That gave me an idea: what would this sound like if I really slowed the whole track down and stretched it out into a flowing ambient drone?

First I created a 30 minute version: "stretch mix 1." Then I thought, "I can go further!" That turned into "Isotope," which intentionally is dense and lacking in fidelity, with distortion that sound almost like electric guitars (reminds me a bit of Fripp & Eno, minus the majestic lead guitar).

I liked the piece, but couldn't decide what to do with it, and then got pulled into the creation of THESE FLEETING MOMENTS. I put the track on the shelf until late in the process, when I used a portion of it as the backing to "Meditation on the skeleton." When planning the AKTEHI album, I decided to make this a giveaway with the Kickstarter.

And now that the Kickstarter has ended, it's available on its own to those of you who didn't back the project.

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released August 11, 2017

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Black Tape For A Blue Girl Portland, Oregon

Black Tape for a Blue Girl is an American Darkwave band formed in 1986 by Projekt Records' founder Sam Rosenthal. Their music takes on elements of darkwave, ethereal, ambient, dark cabaret, and neoclassical music. Director David Lynch, alt-Porn actress Sasha Grey and writer Poppy Z. Brite are some of the band's more well-known fans. ... more