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Tribe of AstronautsTribe of Astronauts - Remote Missive [wh067] ()

wh067 Tribe of Astronauts - Remote Missive

An hour-long transmission from the celestial entity known as Tribe of Astronauts. A pleasing wash of white noises, drones, and other soundscape elements.

Are you familiar with the concept of astronaut contraband? Because of weight and spatial limitations in space flight, astronauts are generally forbidden from bringing along personal items. Only what is essential to the mission is allowed, and everything else is contraband. Any objects of sentiment, such as pictures of family, talismans, books, religious items, decorations, may be forbidden from inclusion on a flight.

I interpret this album as being about an item of astronaut contraband. A spaceman takes along with him a large seashell, which he keeps pressed to his ear in private moments, so that he may continue to listen in on the sounds of Earth that he misses so much. The ocean, the wind, the shushing of trees, the myriad white noises of terrestrial nature.

About the production:

Recorded and mixed by Tribe of Astronauts
Summer 2005
Length: 01:00:00
Cover image by Webbed Hand.

Thank you for listening to this Webbed Hand Records release. Please visit the WHR homepage to explore our complete catalog of experimental and ambient recordings. All of our music is free to download, but we'd be very grateful if you could make a small donation (via Paypal) to help with the costs of maintaining a netlabel.


This audio is part of the collection: Webbed Hand

Artist/Composer: Tribe of Astronauts
Date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Keywords: Minimalism; Drones; Electro-organic; Dark Meditative

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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Reviewer: rogerpp - - January 9, 2008
Subject: Anytime space
This will block out any unwelcome intrusions - great journey through space. Many thanks.

Reviewer: Micht - - December 9, 2007
Subject: An autist's wet dream
I dug this out my mp3 player's HD last night to filter the neighbour's dog howling at 3 AM. Had to play it at a less than confortable volume but it was very effective, as well as being surprisingly detailed when listened to on headphone. Neat stuff, and an unexpectedly useful tool for survival among human beings. Thumbs up guys.

Reviewer: rogerp - - October 17, 2005
Subject: Voyage voyage
Brilliant - thanks a lot

Reviewer: knisterwerk - - September 10, 2005
Subject: Erstklassig!
Welche Personen hinter dem Projekt Tribe Of Astronauts stecken, ist unbekannt, aber sie scheinen einen ausgeprägten Sinn für ambienten Minimalismus und einschläfernde Monotonie zu haben, womit diese Veröffentlichung grob umrissen wäre. Tatsächlich darf man in den sechzig Minuten keinerlei Fortschritt und Veränderung erwarten, denn dann würde man enttäuscht. Doch kommen wir zu Details.

Ein Meer aus weißem Rauschen unterschiedlicher Intensivität, tiefem Dröhnen und einem Geräusch, das an irgendetwas zwischen regelmäßig vorbeifliegenden Düsenjägern und brandenden Wellen erinnert, schafft eine abstrakte Atmosphäre ohne Schnickschnack und begleitet den Hörer von Anfang bis Ende. Damit muß man sich auch begnügen, denn man findet nur sehr wenig mehr. So langweilig und unspektakulär das klingt, so funktional ist es, weshalb Remote Missive zum Zuhören sicherlich nicht zu empfehlen, aber zum Ausspannen oder auch zum Einschlafen umso mehr geeignet ist.

Wer hieran gefallen findet, dem sei auch die auf Treetrunk erschienene Veröffentlichung Endless Sea ans Herz gelegt, welche ähnlicher Machart, aber weniger basslastig ist.