Cities in Fog

by J. Greinke

Cities in Fog cover art

This obscure cassette release explores deeply isolating, textural soundscapes built through extensive tape manipulation and looped environmental recordings. Jeff Greinke layers heavily processed synthesizers over obscured field recordings to conjure the dense, oppressive atmosphere implied by the title. The highly influential drone work is recognized as a vital early document in the development of the American dark ambient underground.

Genres

  • Dark Ambient

Tracklist

  1. Moving Though Fog
  2. Urban Pasture
  3. Crevice
  4. Upwelling
  5. Maintain Circulation
  6. Scud
  7. Foreign Corridor
  8. Metal From the Sky
  9. Offshore Search
  10. Among Icebergs
  11. Harbor Island
  12. Between
  13. Still Fall
  14. Melt
  15. The Corner
  16. City Light
  17. Nightcrawler
  18. Below
  19. Low Ceiling