"The Cardiac Rhythm" - The Thin Line (Official Album Release)

What does the line between life and death sound like? Welcome to "The Cardiac Rhythm," an instrumental concept album that places you directly on the sonic frontline of emergency medical services.

"The Cardiac Rhythm" is a groundbreaking work of Biometric Electronic music, where the rhythm itself is born from the vital signs of life. The kick drum is a synthesized human heartbeat, the atmosphere is woven from the hiss of an oxygen mask, and the tension is built from the charge of a defibrillator. Each of the 10 tracks uses a synthesized EKG as its core, creating a cinematic soundscape that is both intensely human and clinically precise.

Embark on a 10-track journey that tells the story of a single shift. The album's narrative arc moves from the calm, steady beat of "First Watch" to the urgent, high-BPM drive of "Code Three" and the dramatic, arrhythmic climax of "Asystole," before finally finding reflection and resolution in "End of Watch." It is a complete story told not with words, but with the very pulse of life itself.

From composer and active 911 Telecommunicator Chris Manning, "The Cardiac Rhythm" is a tribute forged from direct personal experience. This album is dedicated to the paramedics, EMTs, and all EMS professionals of the Thin White Line; the calm in the chaos, the steady hands, and the unwavering voices on the other end of the line.

The Cardiac Rhythm

Asystole

Subsonic Rage

Liquid Mechanica

What the future thinks the past thought the future was.

The Scream Filled The Universe

Dark Summer

That New Old Stank Face 72.50BPM

Day 15: 
There was unconscionable frolicking and merriment and the gents and I got to talking. We found agreement.

We couldn’t stand idly by while the intellectual contagion of unsanctioned mirth and revelry threatened to countermand the stiff upper lips and tightly-clenched cheeks that duty demands.

We knew we had to stamp it out.

But how?

We tore our imaginations asunder, bruising and molesting our very grey matter in search of some perfectly banal evil we could levy against our chipper foes.

Then we struck upon it, that stroke of genius. It was John-boy‘s design. That mad devil! It could very well work.

It all made sense now.

We got into position and bellowed the war-cries bestowed upon us by our esteemed houses and fortunate lineages. 

The band struck up. And we began our sinister enterprise: 

A conga line without end. A writhing, insatiable ouroboros of human flesh and whimsical queuing. 

Fearful smiles flashed but soon faded. Now they would know the meaning of suffering.

Hopeless hands held hardened hips as the sinful serpent consumed all. 

They never saw it coming.

Hey, Do You Know the Way to Shell Beach?

Adventure Island

Having a hard time describing this track. YMMV.

El Gato

Palpable

Hello everyone!

I recorded this track for fun.
It will not be included in the album, etc.

Special thanks for the inspiration and some musical sketches:

WKCD
MINOR2GO
BLUEESKIE
TRAPKID
ZSB410
FacundoGardiol
PRODBYBUSS

Hey, Do You Know the Way to Shell Beach?

Tim Royan