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IRVS–001 / ARCHIVE RELEASE
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The London Escape cover artwork
IRVS–001 / CASSETTE + DIGITAL / 33:08
DARK AMBIENT / INDUSTRIAL / FIELD RECORDING

THE LONDON ESCAPE

A nocturnal passage through derelict power corridors and rain-black rail lines. Seven movements built from contact microphones, shortwave interference, and failing tape loops.

CASSETTE + DIGITAL / 33:08
LISTEN / THE LONDON ESCAPE
02 / TRACK LISTING

TRACKS

  1. 01
    RELAY STATION
    06:42
  2. 02
    RAIN-BLACK LINES
    04:11
  3. 03
    SUBMERGED VOICES
    05:36
  4. 04
    POWER CORRIDOR
    03:58
  5. 05
    TAPE DECAY
    04:47
  6. 06
    SOUTHBOUND INTERFERENCE
    04:31
  7. 07
    LAST SIGNAL FROM LONDON
    03:23
03 / ARCHIVE DOSSIER

RECORD

RECORDING LOCATION
London, United Kingdom Copenhagen, Denmark
RECORDING DATE
November 2025 Final assembly: January 2026
TECHNICAL NOTES
Contact microphones, shortwave receiver, degraded quarter-inch tape, modular feedback network. Mixed to two-track at low level.
PERSONNEL / ATTRIBUTION
Irvin Shanx — assembly, field capture, electronics Unit SHANX–02 — residual voice processing
EDITION
Digital master + numbered cassette edition. Archive documentation included.
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FIELD NOTE 014 / LONDON

WHAT THE POWER CORRIDORS REMEMBER

A location document on rain, electrical residue, and the final night of recording beneath the South London rail lines.

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