Walmartians - Quiet Spike EP (2008)

The first Walmartians EP. A trio of tracks recorded shortly after the completion of bounce.shake.

Some nice atmosphere on these and the minimalist approach seems to work well. The first track includes from random field recordings made at the Silk Market in Beijing.

There is a video for the second track with can be seen on YouTube here.

For anyone interested, Quiet Spike is the name of a collaborative program between Gulfstream Aerospace and NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center to investigate the suppression of sonic booms.

Originally released 2008. Cover image from Beijing.