"How the rabbits judged the passing of time is something that civilized human beings have lost the power to feel." -Richard Adams, Watership Down 

A longtime admirer of tape loop artists, I wanted to test the waters. I spent a humid July Sunday in my bedroom with no AC—making loops, wrangling cables, and twisting knobs. I think you can hear the sweat. By early evening I had a bunch of sounds. Then as the day ended, I listened, exploring the assemblage—and out came Filled the Whole World with Noise. 

/// Live recorded with: 

Tape cassette drone via a Portastudio 03 
Tape and digital loops via some old portable cassette players/recorders and an RC-202 loop station 
Cassette audio book (selections from Watership Down)

Filled the Whole World With Noise (Sketch 1)

Filled The Whole World With Noise (Sket

Voltage differences, too-hot baths, isolation, repitched tape loops, love stretched and (re)affirmed, daily anxious flux, bureaucratic inefficiency, sore legs, laggy video calling, immense gratitude for small kindnesses: London so far. 

R. Factory is about soothing jagged interruptions. 

/// Live recorded with: 

Glitch synthesis via a Kastle mini modular synthesizer 
Tape loop from an old recording of Lowlands Away 
More synthesis via a Volca FM synthesizer

R. Factory (Sketch 3)

track 1 from 'return journey':

'return journey' explores the vacant space between memory and reality. 

last year, I moved across the world. I brought tokens that reminded me of home - cards, knick-knacks, coffee mugs. I also brought a cassette of old choir recordings, I found it at a garage sale a few weeks before leaving. tape loops from this cassette inspired 'return journey.' 

regardless of the tokens I keep, I feel the distance between my memory of home and its reality stretching - 'return journey' inhabits that space. tones and rhythms pull at each other, slowly settling on a composite.

return journey

Easy Step

track 2 from 'return journey':

'return journey' explores the vacant space between memory and reality. 

last year, I moved across the world. I brought tokens that reminded me of home - cards, knick-knacks, coffee mugs. I also brought a cassette of old choir recordings, I found it at a garage sale a few weeks before leaving. tape loops from this cassette inspired 'return journey.' 

regardless of the tokens I keep, I feel the distance between my memory of home and its reality stretching - 'return journey' inhabits that space. tones and rhythms pull at each other, slowly settling on a composite.

homage to O

There's an empty lot near where I live - between the railway station and the backsides of row houses. "But this space is full." Of trash. Of weeds, some trees. "You're alone like this space is empty - you're not." 

/// Live recorded with: 

Tape loop from an old recording of Lowlands Away 
Digital guitar loop via an RC-202 loop station 
Improvised acoustic guitar 
Synth drone via Volca FM synthesizer

Beauty Rare

quiet citadel

Remember, these are dances in a hospital

Isidore

Isidore, pt. 1

Aros E-V is the ambient music project of artist Ryan Ander-Evans. www.ryanander-evans.com