The second song is a companion piece to (and a 'remix' of sorts of) "Song For An Airport", which I dubbed "Gnostropria" (some of you will figure the title out right away). This song came about almost by accident. The projects that I recorded for my Electronic Music class were the first songs that I had ever recorded outside of my (or someone else's) home. They were recorded on a 4-track recorder, which I know is like something out of the Stone Age now, but in 1991 it was a step up from what I was used to. It came as a complete surprise (and thrill) to me to discover that when you used a 4-track, what you recorded on side A of a cassette came out backwards on side B. In September of 1991, I used the backwards recording of "Song For An Airport" to create "Gnostropria". I got rid of the beat from the original version so that it was stripped down to something a little more minimalistic, added a droning keyboard note to give it a bit of an ominous feel, and manipulated the original recording to fade the guitar in and out at certain points. I was ecstatic with the results, and it remains one of my favorite songs-- an accident, but a happy accident. I really like the backwards steel-drum keyboard sounds, and the way the song ends.


"Gnostropria" (4:25)
Recorded September 1991; using elements of material recorded April 27, 1991
Walter J. - guitar