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''Dead Weather Machine'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''DWM'') is the second album by dark ambient artist SleepResearch Facility, and is the first of a two-part set, the second part being ''Dead Weather Machine Re:Heat'' (also known as ''DWM Re:Heat''). == Overview == The album is summarised by the text on its cover: :As an exercise in sample manipulation, DWM draws exclusively from source audio generated by swinging a cheap microphone in front of a misfiring heating unit, itself congested with the fibrous dust of advanced decrepitude and exhuming a near death-rattle from its fractured internal respiritory systems. SleepResearch_Facility made a three-minute recording of the Tango2 heater (manufactured by Dimplex Heating Ltd),〔()〕 and created ''DWM'' and ''DWM Re:Heat'' from it, "using only about three or four very powerful pieces of software to mutate and mix/layer the sound".〔Foreshadow Magazine interview〕 The manipulation is so thorough and extensive that it's impossible to guess the original source of the sounds. For listeners who are interested, the original recording is included as a hidden track at the end of the album, and a (photo ) of the inside of the heater was available from the Audio Project Archive page of the official website. More detailed information about the album's creation can be found in the Foreshadow Magazine interview with SleepResearch_Facility. The promotional text for the album, written by Manifold Records, encourages the listener to imagine being shrunk to microscopic size and "trekking through some enormous, dying mechanical landscape, the sounds of world-sized storms swirling all around you".〔()〕 The album's overall sound is very dark and deep, industrial and mechanical, impersonal and unemotional. The album's main aural components are: smooth noise in various forms, rumbling bass, and droning chords (particularly in "2.5" and "2.7"). At times, the sound is more structured, such as a steady rhythmic element in "2.5" (sounding rather like a dripping water tap), random bleeping sequences in "2.2", and a regular heavy reverberating booming in "2.3". Each track flows smoothly into the next, with no gaps of silence in-between, and as with all of SleepResearch_Facility's music, ''DWM'' is very sleep-conducive if played at low volume. The original release in 2004 was a limited edition – only 1000 copies were manufactured.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dead Weather Machine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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