absolute value of noise

Alignment is the first body of work produced by Absolute Value of Noise. Based monstly on recordings of ambient outdoor soundscapes, these tracks were processed live using cassette-head feedback. The sounds were pushed just to the limit of feedback but not beyond to create intense distortion. Alignment and Scraping the Foundations use the sounds of collapsing buildings and demolition machinery. Live Radio Alignment uses spinning vinyl and shortwave radio.

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1. Alignment (21:55) April 1988 [20.0 MB 128 Kbps mpeg-3]
2. Realignment(6:54) May 1988 [6.3 MB 128 Kbps mpeg-3]
3. Scraping the Foundations (5:40) March 1989 [5.1 MB 128 Kbps mpeg-3]
4. Live Radio Alignment (18:41) February 1990 [17.1 MB 128 Kbps mpeg-3]
5. Noise Speaker | digital alignment (2:29) July 1991 [2.3 MB 128 Kbps mpeg-3]

Cover (15 1/2 inches by 4 7/8 inches, folds into 3) [980k 300dpi jpeg]

Performed live on-air at CiTR FM 101.9 and at the Noise Studio, Vancouver.

Special thanks to Brian Charles for the invention of the name and the source tape (pre distortion) for the first version of Alignment.