Dead Air for Radios

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Dead Air for Radios
Chroma Key - Dead Air for Radios (1998).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 16, 1998
RecordedBill's Place, North Hollywood, CA
Genre Electronica
Length44:04
Label Fight Evil Records
Producer Kevin Moore, Steve Tushar
Chroma Key chronology
Music Meant to Be Heard
(1995)
Dead Air for Radios
(1998)
You Go Now
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Sputnikmusic5/5 [2]

Dead Air for Radios studio album by Kevin Moore, under the musical moniker Chroma Key. It was released through Fight Evil Records on December 16, 1998. [3] The album was recorded by Steve Tushar at Bill's Place Rehearsal Studio in Hollywood, mixed by both Steve Tushar and Kevin Moore with final mastering by Eddy Schreyer. Since its release the album has sold around 10,000 copies. [4] [ additional citation(s) needed ]

Contents

Themes

The voice of a woman repeating words and numbers in German during "Even the Waves" is from a famous numbers station broadcast on shortwave frequencies. "S.O.S." was one of the first songs Moore wrote for the album. The spoken sample is of a German man Moore met in Santa Fe who described his experiences of hitch-hiking from LA to Santa Fe. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Moore (Lyrics Mouse written by Todd Farrington)

No.TitleLength
1."Colorblind"4:52
2."Even the Waves"6:33
3."Undertow"4:49
4."America the Video"4:32
5."S.O.S."5:25
6."Camera 4"3:49
7."On the Page"4:21
8."Mouse (Now Watch What Happens)"5:41
9."Hell Mary"4:04
10."On the Page (Different Vocal Version) (Japanese Edition)"4:21
11."Chroma Key (demo) (Japanese Edition)"5:22

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

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  5. Gary Davis (1998-08-26). "Artist Shop/Kevin Moore Chat Log". Artist-shop.com. Retrieved 2012-02-12.