NYC Drones I, by John Atkinson

NYC Drones I

by John Atkinson

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	1.	Substation 10:10
	2.	Radiator in Winter 10:25
	3.	Empty Subway 11:14

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The soundscape of NYC is as distinctive as the skyline, swirling together a thousand effervescent sonic agendas of communication, construction, and co-motion into a rich cacophony. The first year of the pandemic was an eerily "quiet" time by New York standards, but the relative absence of people just intensified my awareness of the incessant "background" sounds of life in the city - mechanical equipment, energy systems, and other infrastructure of everyday life.

These tracks are the first in an open-ended series of explorations into this undersound, spinning out field recordings I made over the past year into ambient soundscapes tuned to the frequencies of the city. This first batch of tracks was premiered at the All-Day Music Meditation at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University on September 20, 2021.

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released October 22, 2021

Mastered by Andrew Weathers

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John Atkinson Brooklyn, New York

I build electronic music out of processed field recordings from natural and urban environments. Prior work in Brooklyn's Aa (Big A little a).

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