'92 / '93 ( Tracks ) by The Spotlight Kid published on 2019-12-03T00:21:23Z Recently, at a flea market, I bought an old micro-cassette-recorder. It still contained the original tape of the last recording made 30 years before. Voice recordings of a railway engineer inspecting and controlling tracks somewhere in former GDR, shortly after the reunification. He recorded what needed to be done at certain parts of the route, the exact location and who accompanied him. Even though, this must have been daily working routine for him, I was immediately touched by his voice, the monotone enumerations and the sounds of the recorder being turned on and off. Considering the historical circumstances, this has a strangely melancholic atmosphere, which inspired me to turn this into music. With the tape having so much expressivity, I realized, the musical background has to be as unpretentious as possible. - I hope, I did it right. And I hope, the track I made from this, shows my respect for that man, who unknowingly spoke to me from the past. The Spotlight Kid, November 2019 Microtape, Modular (crackling electricity and synth voice), guitar loops. Recorded live on tape. Genre Ambient Comment by Isak Anderssen Beautiful piece of work! 2020-07-19T08:44:57Z Comment by Teth Sin Wonderful piece, love it! 2020-07-02T09:05:38Z Comment by GrevusAnjl The soundscape is wonderfully atmospheric, and does a great job keeping the recording as the main focus. Based on your write-up, I'd say you were very successful on this one. :) 2020-02-25T16:25:06Z Comment by GrevusAnjl This is probably one of the coolest background stories I've ever read on a song. Such an inspirational source (and amazing find) for our sample-driven musical world. Very cool, Jacob. 2020-02-25T16:21:52Z Comment by Admiral Krank and His Mighty Band of Spacemen man, I'm blown away by this piece. I'd have been impressed if you'd have strung it together on a computer. but putting these all together on tape is amazing. 2020-02-15T22:45:52Z Comment by Patrick Picault discreet harmony of all sound sources ... well done! 2020-02-13T22:56:38Z Comment by Patrick Picault fantastic! 2020-02-13T22:53:33Z Comment by Stricknice all these elements are engaging 2020-02-01T16:35:39Z Comment by Oriental Force (Oriental Love a.k.a Kaya Takada) so wonderful texture !! 2020-01-27T15:03:26Z Comment by Present Paradox sehr schöne Verdichtung gegen Ende :) 2020-01-24T09:23:55Z Comment by Present Paradox Tolle Found-Footage (so nennt man es zumindest im Film) Arbeit :) Gefällt mir sehr, sehr gut :) 2020-01-24T09:20:12Z Comment by Mrs. Audio Boy Wiederum großes Kino, Hainbach wäre stolz! :D 2020-01-22T11:15:31Z Comment by Enceladus ReX so very near and dear )) 2020-01-22T11:04:57Z Comment by NEU Great works i like your melancholic style ... 2020-01-22T00:03:57Z Comment by aliendude great atmosphere 2019-12-29T16:32:43Z Comment by happolati close and beautiful... so good... 2019-12-28T13:19:01Z Comment by STONERJAZZ very cool!! 2019-12-26T21:10:15Z Comment by Electric Hokum Inventive...dig it. 2019-12-15T19:22:23Z Comment by Paolo Samonà This is a wonderful composition, I love the sonority at the same time noisy and deeply soft 2019-12-12T16:46:56Z Comment by Mystic Tape Deck this was really interesting, and I think your treatment was very unobtrusive and respectful, and helped place the sounds in a visual context. Rewarding example of musique concrète. Well done. 2019-12-11T16:14:02Z Comment by Mystic Tape Deck wow super cool story, excited to give a listen 2019-12-11T16:07:16Z Comment by taRka you are right about the voice, accompanying the melancholic atmosphere so well 2019-12-11T15:42:33Z Comment by taRka love it 2019-12-11T15:41:18Z Comment by Lo-Fitronics wonderful work, love the story behind the creation... 2019-12-10T14:34:58Z Comment by Hiber-Nation Great mood, beautifully developed soundscape. 2019-12-10T10:31:27Z Comment by muterial just so right 2019-12-09T23:42:13Z Comment by e☓ner sehr gelungen...! 2019-12-09T21:28:17Z Comment by demochx the story is dope - seems to nostalgic to be true ;) - gr8 stuff 2019-12-03T18:58:08Z Comment by demochx very play&wonderful mr. böhm - sahne 2019-12-03T18:55:25Z