Acid Rain

"THE ACID RAIN PROJECT"

THE ORIGINAL 45 RPM

SIDE A: ACID RAIN #II (11:46)
SIDE B: ACID RAIN #I (13:08)

KEIF MINERET MOSQUE #KEIF 011
(LIMITED EDITION OF 40 #'ed COPIES WITH INVERTED SIDES)
2001

THE EXPANDED CD

01. ACID RAIN #I (13:08)
02. ACID RAIN #II (11:46)
03. ACID RAIN REVISITED (13:39)

KEIF MINERET MOSQUE #KEIF 012
(UNLIMITED CD-R EDITION WITH ADDED REMIX)
2001

IDX1274 - WEATHER MANIPULATIONS, TIN ROOF, PLASTIC CONTAINERS, GUTTERS, STOLEN BELLS, WIND CHIMES, PUDDLES, ANALOG TAPES, MIC PLACEMENTS, EFFECTS & PROCESSING

"ACID RAIN" WAS RECORDED USING THE BACKYARD GRAPE VINE HOUSE AT THE OLD KEIF MINERET MOSQUE STUDIOS AS THE SOURCE FOR RECORDINGS MADE DURING THE MONTH OF 04/2001 ON THE OCCASSION OF A PARTICULARLY NASTY RAIN STORM.

THE ORIGINAL "ACID RAIN" 45 RPM WAS ALSO THE LAST PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED WHILE STILL AT THE KEIF MINERET MOSQUE LOCATION IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
THE CD-R EDITION AND SUBSEQUENT REMIX THEREON ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE KEIF MINERATE MOSQUE STUDIOS AND MY BEGINNINGS THEREIN.

IN ORDER TO FIT THESE LONGER TRACKS ONTO A 45 RPM, THE LP'S WERE POORLY MADE WITH WEAK GROOVES, CAUSING THE LP'S THEMSELVES TO ONLY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYINGS BEFORE THEY SIMPLY SEND THE NEEDLE SKIDDING ACROSS THE LP'S SURFACE TO THE CENTER OF THE RECORD IMMEADIATLEY UPON PLACING THE NEEDLE AT THE LP'S STARTING POINT.

THE ART USED FOR "ACID RAIN" WAS MADE ENTIRLY FROM IMAGES OF WORLD WEATHER MAPS WHICH WERE DESTROYED BY MY GOOD FRIEND MR. WEY, NAGROM. I SUPPLIED WEY WITH THE IMAGES ALONG WITH PARAMETERS FOR HIM TO FOLLOW, HE WAS THEN LET TO EXPERIMENT AND CREATE SOMETHING FROM THE GIVEN PARAMETERS, THE TRACKS WERE THEN DECONSTRUCTED WHILE VISUALIZING THE RESULTS FROM OUR ART GAME'S END RESULTS.

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