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Regressor

by Field Dept.

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    Side A is "Premise," "First Cause," and "Action (at a Distance)." Side B is "File #1," "File #2," and "The Open World." On and off-white cassettes, recycled materials. Designed and assembled by Estlin Usher in Chicago, Illinois. The final transfers.

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1.
Premise 04:38
2.
First Cause 03:56
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File #1 03:27
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File #2 02:21
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Regressor is an audio exercise exploring communication through the internal and external topographies of magnetic tape. The demonstration begins with an unmanipulated field recording which is then degraded manually through repeated transfers between both cassettes and actual physical space. These recordings document the process of those transfers by examining different variables of tape use, microphone positioning, and distance. The two authors lived separately and exchanged material only once.

The original digital file was initially recorded to tape while capturing the natural acoustics and sonic phenomena of the author’s chosen room of playback. Once recorded, it was passed between devices in the home, naturally diluting the sonic material through discrepancies in compression, saturation, and ambient noise. Four transfers were relayed to the second author by email, who then played these recordings on both old and new cassette tapes in their own home, at both large and small distances between playback and recording devices, obfuscating the original source entirely.

The summative result of these recordings has been compiled here, arranged with consideration to narrative and pace. The recordings have not been altered in any way aside from length and position, finally.

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released February 4, 2021

Field Dept. is a process-oriented sound project by Estlin Usher and Andy Klingensmith. Regressor was recorded between December 2020 and January 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The field recording used for the exercise was taken on November 30, 2020 on a city sidewalk.

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