No Place for Us
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No Place For Us is the debut EP by shoegaze/techno
act The Sight Below
, released on August 26, 2008 by Ghostly International
. It is available as a free, promotional download on the label's website. The EP was recorded live in Seattle, Washington
during the winter of 2007–2008. It is equally influenced by shoegaze and ambient techno.
Each track also has its own individual artwork. In addition, at the bottom of the "back cover" artwork that contains the credits, the artist simply states to the reader,"Share this music."
The opening track, No Place For Us, is reminiscent of William Basinski
's The Disintegration Loops
, Biosphere
and Wolfgang Voigt
's Gas
project.
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
act The Sight Below
The Sight Below
The Sight Below is an electronic music/shoegaze act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri....
, released on August 26, 2008 by Ghostly International
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....
. It is available as a free, promotional download on the label's website. The EP was recorded live in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
during the winter of 2007–2008. It is equally influenced by shoegaze and ambient techno.
Each track also has its own individual artwork. In addition, at the bottom of the "back cover" artwork that contains the credits, the artist simply states to the reader,"Share this music."
The opening track, No Place For Us, is reminiscent of William Basinski
William Basinski
William Basinski is a United States avant-garde composer of ambient music via tape music and process music. Basinski is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist...
's The Disintegration Loops
The Disintegration Loops
The Disintegration Loops is an album by William Basinski and was released in 2002. It is the first of the Disintegration Loops series, followed by II, III and IV.-Content:...
, Biosphere
Biosphere (musician)
Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen , a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient techno" and "arctic ambient" styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty...
and Wolfgang Voigt
Wolfgang Voigt
Wolfgang Voigt is an electronic music artist from Cologne, Germany, known for his output under various aliases on a plethora of record labels, including Warp, Harvest, Raster-Noton and Force Inc...
's Gas
Gas (musician)
Gas is a project of Cologne, Germany-based electronic musician Wolfgang Voigt. Voigt cites his youthful LSD experiences in the Königsforst, a German forest situated near his hometown of Köln, as the inspiration behind the project...
project.
Track listing
All songs written by The Sight BelowThe Sight Below
The Sight Below is an electronic music/shoegaze act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri....
- "No Place For Us" -6:16
- "With Her Kiss (I'd Pass The Sky)" -6:25
- "Twice Failed" -4:31
Personnel
- The Sight BelowThe Sight BelowThe Sight Below is an electronic music/shoegaze act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri....
— ProductionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, Guitars, LaptopLaptopA laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit... - Michael Cina — Artwork designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
- Stefan Betke — Mastering at Scape Mastering (Berlin, Germany)