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Resistor EP

by Another Dark December

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Resistor 09:12
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Spectacle I (Ice Cave) 09:52
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Spectacle II (Warming Sun) 05:33
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Resistor: This song was first released for the Histamine Tapes' 5-year anniversary compilation, but has been updated for this EP. It's a bit of a slow-burn song, one that crescendoes very deliberately. This song is a mix of sample-based noise music and synths, blending a bit of both my debut record and Anthropocene's Apocalypse. The title is based on the computer component that one can find, the resistor. The consistent hum in the song is meant to emulate the sound of the resistor working at ever-increasing capacities, slowing down the spurts of electricity coursing through its circuits. You can hear other mechanical sounds, that of the machines operating rhythmically and consistently until the system can no longer take it. The dream collapses, and everything shuts down.

Spectacle I: This is the first of the two synth-only songs on the EP and is in a league of its own. Instantly, from the first abrasive, heavily distorted notes, the song is fighting with itself to stand on solid ground. It's unable to stick to a single form, always transforming, barreling down this metaphorical "Ice Cave". Bursts of sounds explode into themselves until it settles down to a cooler, more accessible sound, while still being hard to pin down. The sound crunches, wobbles, splits, burns, and freezes, all to create a catastrophic caleidoscope. The speakers sound as if they are bursting at the seams, unable to take any more sound, or else this brittle track might snap in half. But patient listeners will find plenty to enjoy and come back to once they journey through the caves one more time.

Spectacle II: The second and last synth-only song on the EP closes out the project with the continuation of the themes of Spectacle I. However, the sounds are warmer, if only because they aren't fighting as strongly as before. But don't let that fool you, there is plenty of ground left to cover. One might feel as the titular "Warming Sun" might be less of a blessing, and more of a foe to contend with. It sounds as if the solar winds are interfering with technology itself, warping the circuits, corrupting the files, and rendering everything useless. The spectacle comes to a quick climax, ending abruptly, as if the computer shut down, giving up.

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released August 9, 2023

Written and Produced by Jay M. Olivier

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Another Dark December Ottawa, Ontario

I'm a Queer Canadian music artist specializing in dark ambient and harsh electronic music. I aim to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

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