A very topical release, melophobia has crafted a dark ambient meditation in direct response to the escalating post-earthquake crisis in Japan.
This selection of dark ambient soundscapes was produced over the course of several days, as the artist beheld news stories of the unfolding catastrophe following the great earthquake and resultant tsunami which struck Japan in March of 2011. With each day the scope of the tragedy expanded, as the loss of life, of whole towns, was estimated, and the alarming development of failure in multiple nuclear reactors, threatening further destruction.
originally released as mp3 320kbps version
http://www.webbedhandrecords.com/wh172-melophobia-fukushima-11_04m/
Artist : melophobia
Title : Fukushima
Code : 11_03M
Release Date : 14th March 2011
site : http://melophobia-gr.blogspot.com/
All Sounds Created & Manipulated by melophobia & dxt
Recorded : tracks 01-04,06-07,09-10 : 11-14 March 2011
Produced & Finalised : 14th March 2011, Greece
Tracklist :
01 (Otsuchi, population = 0) 09’13”
02 (a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant) 11’41”
03 (The Bank of Japan & 15 trillion yen) 01’59”
04 (economy could even tip back into recession) 00’47”
05 (240 km or 150 miles north of Tokyo) 06’31”
06 (8.9-magnitude earthquake + tsunami) 01’28”
07 (No.1 reactor + No.2 reactor + No.3 reactor etc) 04’31”
08 (country has moved by 8 feet or 2.4 metres) 06’55”
09 (earth has shifted on its axis) 06’06”
10 (11.03.2011 05.46 23.0s / 38.322° North 142.369° East) 24’44”
front cover : 12-03-2011, Landslide covers train tracks
back cover : 13-03-2011, Nuclear power plant explosion