LIVE / IN PREPARATION

Shadowband

Long nights, one take, no editing

A shadow band is the dark ripple that runs across the ground in the seconds before a total eclipse. It is not solid, it photographs badly, and people who have seen one do not forget it. This is called Shadowband for the same reason.

FREE ONE TAKE NO DATE YET

WHAT IT IS

One person, machines, and all the time in the world

Long sessions built live on synthesisers and hardware. Slow sound, binaural beats underneath, recorded in one take, no editing and no cuts. There is no running order, no guests, no topic of the week.

Whoever turns up can say where the waveform goes — lower, slower, wider — and it goes there. Whoever does not turn up hears the result afterwards. Both are fine; the second is more likely, and there is nothing wrong with it.

One thing stays out: nothing here is sold on the idea that this treats anything. Alongside this page sits the whole documentary record, including the parts that spoil the story.

THE NIGHTS

Four shapes, the same room

01

Sleeping

The longest and the slowest. Made to leave running and fall asleep halfway through. Nobody has to be awake at the end.

02

Travelling

Movement without arrival: long arpeggios, filters opening slowly, the same figure for forty minutes.

03

Sitting still

Almost nothing happening, deliberately. It is the hardest to make and the one people put back on.

04

Looking further

The one that borrows the documents' vocabulary: focus levels, layers, pink noise over the top. The vocabulary is borrowed; the claims do not come with it.

HOW IT WORKS

  1. 01It is free and live. No ticket, no compulsory sign-up, nothing to buy in order to listen.
  2. 02There is no public date yet. When there is one, the Signal hears first — that is the only way to be told.
  3. 03Use headphones. Binaural beats need one ear at a time; on speakers the effect disappears and only the music is left.
  4. 04Do not listen while driving or operating anything. This is sound made to let a person go under.

BE TOLD

We will tell you about the first one

One message before each live night. Nothing else. Leave with one click.

This is not therapy and not medicine. It is sound. If you are having a hard time, talk to a doctor or to someone you trust.

BEFORE BELIEVING ANY OF IT

The story told about this — the CIA, Gateway, synchronised hemispheres — has real documents underneath it and false conclusions on top. We read all of them and wrote down what they say, including the part where the programme is shut down for not working. Sound and state →