Let us become human bombs to devotedly defend Respected Supreme Leader

Nov 09, 2021, 09:53 AM

"The piece is called "Let us become human bombs to devotedly defend Respected Supreme Leader", which is a North Korean propaganda slogan. I wanted to capture the relentlessness of the original recording and the sinister nature of the propaganda in it. I've created it using different samples that have been 'stretched', treated and cut using Audacity or Logic Pro. I added a drone pad to ground the piece a bit. It's a bit disjointed at times but I think it somehow works."

Composition by Richard Watts. 

Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave