| Date mailed or hand-delivered: |
02/22/2008 |
| Album Description: |
"Unnatural Disasters" is a concept album about strange places, or, more specifically, places made strange by human activity. Combining progressive rock, electronica, ambient, "Bitches Brew"-era Miles Davis electric jazz, and musique concrete elements, the tracks are a musical representation of the characteristics of such locales as the Salton Sea, California; Centralia, Pennsylvania; Pripyat, Ukraine; and the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
A second album was also submitted, entitled "Technetium." This is a single, 38-minute minimalist electronica track, with a structure based on the properties of a technetium atom. The album went from concept to completion in a period of about six hours (the half-life of technetium's least-stable isotope). |
| Tracks (w/numbers): |
1. The Road to Nowhere (Zzyzx)
2. The Salton Sea, Pts. I & II
3. Centralia > River of Fire (Cuyahoga) > Centralia (Reprise)
4. Free (or Best Offer)
5. Pripyat and the Nuclear Sarcophagus
6. A Night at the Ryugyong Hotel
7. No Bridge on the River
8. The Salton Sea, Pts. III & IV
9. Unnatural Disasters |
| Band Bio: |
Room 34 is the solo musical identity of Scott Anderson, originally from Austin, Minnesota (home of Spam). Like processed luncheon meat, his music is an amalgam of the stray bits of a variety of musical styles and influences, mixed into a dull pink slurry and baked in a can for your enjoyment. Just skim the gelatin off the top before consuming. |
| Band Members & Instruments Played: |
Scott Anderson: 5-string bass, electric guitar, keyboards, MIDI programming and vocals |
| Band Location (city, state or province, and country): |
Minneapolis, MN |
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