The Prairie Drone Refraction (There is No Time)
Buy/Listen
- The Prairie Drone Refraction (There is No Time)
- Release Date: Oct 31, 2007
- Format: CD EP
- Label: Phosphorous Recordings/Echolocation Recordings
Produced by Ben Hanna, Eric Hall and Jack Petracek . Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jack Petracek. Original performance concept by Eric Hall.
Recorded Sunday, April, 2007 at White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, with Hanna's performance called in from New York City.
Ben Hanna - vocals via 2006 Verizon Wireless LG cellular phone
Bill Emerson - 1958 Dwight Lap Steel, 1964 Fender Tremolux Combo Amplifier, 1978 Yamaha SK10 Keyboard, 1974 Electro Harmonix Memory Man, 1976 Gobson Les Paul Custom (natural finish)
Jack Petracek - Old Yamaha RY30 Drum Machine, vocal mic through Was Pedal with various effects
Eric Hall - key-chime, sine waves, 4MS Noise Swash, iron ballet, real-time amplifiers, filters, 4MS Theory Fuzz, Chinese cymbals, field recordings of cicadas and crickets
Press
- "With Emerson, longtime Ghost drummer Jack Petracek and multi-instrumentalist Eric Hall performing in St. Louis and Hanna literally phoning in his contribution from NYC, Grandpa’s Ghost created and recorded four consecutive 15-minute pieces for each of four films, adding each musical movement on top of the previous one until all four played simultaneously and were collected on the EP. Even with four separate pieces playing at once, it’s a relatively sedate stew of found sound and subdued instrumental noodling. It’s not the most engaging thing the band has ever created, but like everything else in the catalogue, worth hearing" –