Audio Wanderer

The Vault of the Bone Thief (Remix)

Keith — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:19:17 +0000

Episode 4 was my first music project after switching platforms to Logic Studio, and I wasn’t quite able to get the sound I wanted. I’ve gone back and edited the mix, tweaking a few things here and there, and I’m much more pleased with this version.

Higher quality audio files (much better than the MP3 settings I use for the podcast) and individual tracks are available at undercrypt.bandcamp.com.

Happy Halloween!

Episode 6: 49N 15E

Keith — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:19:00 +0000

In which the Cold War never ended and secrets are broadcast.

Episode 6 Notes

Keith — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:25:28 +0000

This episode was inspired by numbers stations, and by extension the Cold War and where it crosses over into the modern era of military cybersecurity. I could go on and on about how fascinating and disturbing these spy radio stations are, but hopefully I’ve conveyed that in the podcast so I won’t.

The cover art was once again provided by Tansy Undercrypt, my amazing wife and (among other things) producer of Precarious Audio Theater.

Song titles for Episode 6 (using the term “song” rather loosely):

AW6 (Intro)
Perimeter
UVB-76
Hostiles
BE
Crypto
7426
The Source of the Glow
Worm
The Petrov Alternative

If you enjoy this sort of thing, I also recommend checking these out:

The Conet Project: The definitive collection of raw numbers stations recordings and certified nightmare fuel.

Number Stations: Released by PublicStations Lab in 2010, this is a collection of various artists interpreting and incorporating numbers station material.

Number Stations part II: Released by PublicStations Lab this March, along the same lines and just as good.

Dark Ambient #33: All of the Dark Ambient podcasts are good; this is the Numbers episode.

One from the Vault

Keith — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:40:45 +0000

I’ve noticed that of the episodes so far, Vault of the Bone Thief continues to get the most downloads. Why is that, I wonder? If anyone would like to share what they like about that episode in particular, that’d be great.

When I’ve got Episode 6 up (which is on schedule for next week), I’ll be revisiting the Vault to put together a (hopefully much) better mix, and I’ll also get it out on Bandcamp for high quality downloads.

Meanwhile, back to the cold war and numbers stations for me.

Memory Pool

Keith — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:44:48 +0000

This was originally one of the songs for the next episode, but since it turned out more “melancholy piano” than “military cybernetics” I’m putting it up as a free download over at Bandcamp instead.

Memory Pool by Undercrypt

Episode 6 Teaser

Keith — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:49:22 +0000

ATTENTION

047 047 047

69182 02433 12681 97667 85882

02808 05771 55064 05242 18453

52732 91124 21262 58504 46189

26504 76957 17629 98219 98921

END

Episode 5: The City of Pillars

Keith — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:42:23 +0000

In which the search for a stray camel reveals something wondrous.

Episode 5 Notes

Keith — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:30:09 +0000

This episode was strongly inspired by the Arabian Nights in general and one story in particular: The City of Many-Columned Iram.

The cover art for this episode was provided by the lovely and talented Tansy Undercrypt, creator of Precarious Audio Theater (among other things).

Song Titles for Episode 5:

Desert Night
Empty City
Caliph
Building Paradise
A Mighty Rushing
Shaddad’s Tomb

Episode 5 Teaser

Keith — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:04:20 +0000

So I said to myself, “Doubtless this is the Paradise promised for the world to come.” Then I loaded me with the jewels of its gravel and the musk of its dust as much as I could carry, and returned to my own country, where I told the folk what I had seen.

What’s Happening in 2011

Keith — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:36:51 +0000

Here’s what I’m planning for this year’s podcasts:

Longer episodes. I’d like to see the 3-4 song average go up to a 5-6 song average (for a very liberal definition of “song”).
Higher quality. I’m working on getting a better-sounding mix.
More updates. I released 5 episodes last year, and I’d like to at least double that for 2011.
EP release. I’ll be breaking down each episode into individual tracks and releasing them separately in addition to the podcast.

Onward!