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| + | '''Gyroscope''' is track number 4 on the [[Geogaddi]] album. |
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| + | -When asked of one memorable experience from the production of this album, Marcus Eoin stated: "Yeah for me it would be the track Gyroscope. I dreamed the sound of it, and although I've recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result was 99% like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now." |
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| − | == Comments ==
| + | - Samples the famous "Conet Project" which compiled various recordings of "number stations" and shortwave radio transmissions. This starts at about 48 seconds into the song. |
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| − | == Samples / Lyrics ==
| + | - There is also some reversed guitar parts that swirl into the mix near the end of the track, which some have said may be from a 12-string. |
| − | * The drum loop passes quickly between the right and left channel. When wearing headphones, it sounds like it's spinning around your head. When reversed, it spins the other direction.
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| − | * Samples a recording of a "number station" found on the shortwave radio spectrum, which are used by the world's intelligence agencies to send secret messages to agents in the field.<ref>http://www.irdial.com/conet.htm</ref> This starts at about 48 seconds into the song.
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| − | ** The recording was gifted by Sean Booth of [[Autechre]] before the [[wikipedia:Conet Project|Conet Project]] was released.<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=254145#p254145</ref>
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| − | ** The recording is rumoured to be of E05 or "The Counting Station" operated by the CIA.<ref>https://www.numbers-stations.com/ns/english/e05/</ref> The numbers in the recording match the sequence of E05 with a 3-digit ID thrice "099" followed by counting "1234567890".<ref>http://priyom.org/number-stations/english/e05</ref>
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| − | ** The numbers are in the following sequence: <blockquote>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0 9 9 0 9<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9<br>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>0 9 9 0 9</blockquote>
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| − | ** Mike and Marcus have admitted to having an interest in shortwave radios in their formative years, and stated that some of their really early (i.e. pre-[[Boards of Canada|BoC]]) music was made by chopping up recorded shortwave transmissions. They have never explicitly mentioned these so-called "numbers stations", but those who have heard such transmissions can testify to similar qualities in some of their music: grainy synthetic transmissions that swing between perky, simple tunes, mysterious noises, children's voices, or even sheer aural terror.
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| − | * There is also some reversed guitar parts that swirl into the mix near the end of the track, which some have said may be from a 12-string.
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| − | == Trivia ==
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| − | * When asked of one memorable experience from the production of ''[[Geogaddi]]'', [[Marcus_Eoin|Marcus Eoin]] stated<ref>[[Interviews#2002-02:_HMV|HMV Interview]]</ref>:
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| − | <blockquote>"Yeah, for me it would be the track "[[Gyroscope]]". I dreamed the sound of it, and although I've recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result was 99% like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now."</blockquote>
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| − | == References ==
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| − | [[Category:Released tracks]]
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