Despite
my initial belief that this was a split, Roadside Picnic is the moniker of
someone not the album title and this is a three way collaboration. What sets this apart from the Freeman /
Borden / Cain tape though is that these three artists all come from different
countries, where as FBC states that it was recorded when all three guys were
together.
The semantics
of this cassette alone puzzle me, but I guess it was left in the hands of a
good mixer.
The
first side of this tape takes us through the elements. It begins with the sounds of a windy field
recording, which is always kind of interesting because I always feel like that’s
being replicated in some way I don’t understand rather than just flat out being
how the sounds were made.
This
follows suit into what I can only describe as sounding like rain water or
marbles flowing through a gutter and, again, same theory as with the windy
field.
The
second side is choppy and sounds like we’re going through a wind tunnel. It might not make sense at first, but as the
piece progresses I can decipher what sounds like the chugging of a choo-choo
train and then the idea of being in a tunnel makes sense.
Perhaps
these three musicians met in a field somewhere on a windy day, recorded, and
then took a train ride together, recorded and this was the result. Most likely that is not the case, but hey, it
does paint for a nice picture and when you listen to this, yes, your visionary
mind does tend to run a little bit wild.
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