gloaming outside lubbock, tx is the newest release by experimental musician Theo Krantz.
The piece is two radiophonic tracks, assembled over the course of 2021-2023 and performed at CO-OPT in Lubbock, TX.
gloaming outside lubbock, tx addresses themes of environmental degradation and personal alienation, the deliberate yet subtle textural shifts within the composition give shape to the feelings of loss and unease stemming from these anxieties that linger at the edges of both our inner and outer worlds.
Over the course of its nineteen-minute duration, this radiophonic work casts the organic tones of strings, reprocessed through magnetic tape, against a backdrop of tuned radio static and industrial machinery. Interspersed within this sonic landscape is the mechanical voice of an automated weather service, delivering readings and temperatures with an uneasy clip. As the piece progresses, the voice gradually becomes distorted amidst the evolving interplay of mechanical drones and synthetic hums, crafting an electronic landscape that subverts any traces of organic sound. This process is reversed and repeated throughout the piece, as organic instrumentation emerges and is obscured in turn.
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released February 29, 2024
Synth, tape loops, radios, field recordings, electronics - Theo Krantz
Clarinet on track 2 - Zac Brenner
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