John Watermann - Calcutta Gas Chamber [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CSR52CD
Barcode: 0823566023425
Release Date: 14 Aug 2026
Genre: Electronic

The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber was realised through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station in Brisbane in 1992. The sounds are grating and harsh, a mixture of field recordings and electronic manipulations. One can rarely pinpoint a location or action but the images the sounds conjure up are of all sorts of nefarious activites related to death by machinery. The sleeve notes take you into the horror that is the Calcutta Gas Chamber. A beautifully composed and produced CD, completely remastered and re-packaged.

TRACKLISTING
1. First Shudder Project: An Intellectual Challenge To Convert Victims Into Heart-Shaped Soap
2. Second Shudder Project: Fitting The Gas Hose
3. Third Shudder Project: A Vague Demonstration Of Trembling
4. Fourth Shudder Project: The Black Milk Clasp (Clubbing, Tearing, Wrenching, Cutting, Spurting, Boiling, Processing)
5. Fifth Shudder Project: Breasts Of The Naked Wall
6. Sixth Shudder Project: The Shredding Of Human Tissue
7. Seventh Shudder Project: Power House Freeze
8. Eighth Shudder Project: Walking The Giant Corpse (Most Of The Actors Already In Quick Lime)