Containment, by Downscope

Containment

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joebelknapwall The fuzzy, obscured percussion that drifts in and out like the tang of ironizing radiation on the tongue is just perfectly integral with the landscape here. So much evokes old signals coming from the monolithic Duga-3 array in the exclusion zone, blunted by rust and age.

What's projected by Containment is a symphony of radiating melancholy being slowly buried by returning wilderness.

Cinematic and visual, as if for a film that we have yet to uncover. Favorite track: Zirconium.

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	1.	Radionuclides 16:12
	2.	Quantum Modeling 15:52
	3.	Zirconium 17:37
	4.	Sustainability Hub 15:20
	5.	Radionuclides [contained version] 17:32
	6.	Quantum Modeling [contained version] 16:34
	7.	Zirconium [contained version] 18:49
	8.	Sustainability Hub [contained version] 15:20
	9.	Decommissioned 24:43
	10.	Cataclysm 25:01
	11.	Decommisioned [contained version] 26:13
	12.	Cataclysm [contained version] 26:52
	13.	Decommissioned [geiger counter version] 25:41

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For some reason I've always had a morbid fascination with nuclear power plant tragedies and radiation leaks. Perhaps it's the perplexing concept of an unseen destructive power. In addition to dramatized films based on the Fukushima disaster of 2011 and the somewhat more recent HBO mini series "Chernobyl," I've often delved into documentaries on the subject of radiation threats and the struggle for containment.

Containment is comprised of several different approaches all thematically linked to the core. While the original versions of these tracks exude dub techno with ambient vibes, I wanted to focus deeper into the theme of nuclear radiation for the contained versions.

What does radiation sound like?

While most may associate radioactivity with the sounds emitted from a Geiger Counter, I decided to depict the fast motion of particles using wind tunnel noise, funneled into slightly slower drone-beat tracks. Like the radiation breakdown process resulting in radioactive decay, these alternate versions offer colder and more minimal, sonic decay.

The journey ends with an alternate version of "Decommissioned," run through overmodulated tape-looped distortion emulating the crackling attributes of a Geiger Counter. The result is a distressed, almost arresting score that comes closer to the horrifying reality nuclear catastrophes present. Listen at your own discretion.

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released August 9, 2022

Music by Rimas Campe
Cover photo by Master Sergeant N. Mcbride
© 2022 alternating.bit music

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