''Radio Scarecrow'' is the seventh studio album by
The Black Dog released in 2008 on CD and vinyl. It was written and produced by Ken Downie, Martin and Richard Dust.
The album's subject was inspired by
Numbers Station
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s and
Electronic voice phenomena
Within ghost hunting and parapsychology, electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices. Parapsychologist Konstantīns Raudive, who popularized the idea in the 1970s, described EV ...
(Electronic Voice Phenomena) as explained by Martin Dust: "It’s the fact that people will cling to anything as a belief system that interest me a lot. The album name comes from the kids in the village where I live. There’s a local guy who’s had some kind of breakdown and he walks around with a radio to his ear all the time, they call him Radio Scarecrow."
Track listing
# "Transmission Start" - 2:52
# "Train by the Autobahn (Part 1)" - 5:03
# "Train by the Autobahn (Part 2)" - 6:40
# "Riphead v9" - 5:21
# "UV Sine" - 7:43
# "... Short Wave Lies" - 5:01
# "Siiiipher" - 3:42
# "Digital Poacher" - 2:47
# "Coda" - 2:14
# "Set to Receive" - 3:51
# "EVP Echoes" - 4:33
# "Floods v3.9" - 5:54
# "Beep" - 3:37
# "Witches ov" - 3:47
# "Dials and Dialers 1" - 1:07
# "Ghost Vexations" - 3:15
# "Dials and Dialers 2" - 1:32
Composed and produced by Ken Downie, Martin Dust and Richard Dust.
Riphead EP
# "Riphead v2" - 8:01
# "Gawble Vianag" - 6:55
# "Mental Ward Sleep Machine" - 6:22
Floods EP
# "Floods v3" - 8:54
# "Floods v3.2 (
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before spec ...
Remix)" - 6:08
# "Floods v3.1 (The
ass SoldierRemix)" - 5:03
Set to Receive EP
# "Set to Receive" - 5:42
# "EVP Echoes" - 4:40
# "Short Wave Lies (Live)" - 5:09
Detroit vs. Sheffield EP
# "Train by the Autobahn (
Robert Hood
Robert Hood (born 1965) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He is a founding member of the group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister of Information' with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. He is often considered to be one of the fo ...
DJ Remix)" - 5:52
# "Train by the Autobahn (Part 3)" - 6:18
# "Train by the Autobahn (
Robert Hood
Robert Hood (born 1965) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He is a founding member of the group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister of Information' with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. He is often considered to be one of the fo ...
's 8 Mile Remix)" - 7:49
# "Siiiipher (The
Bass Soldier's Forgemasters Remix)" - 4:06
References
External links
''Radio Scarecrow''at discogs.com
2008 albums
The Black Dog (band) albums
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