The Natural Disaster Series
Force of Nature began as an attempt to move beyond the typical shock value tactics used in experimental circles and instead to draw inspiration from the ultimate power in this world: nature's true destructive face. The Natural Disaster Series is an ongoing release cycle with a focus to describe some of natures greatest displays of this power in audio format.
Proceeds from some of the of the releases will go directly to charities who helped respond to these events.
FONND01 - vesuvius
by the [law-rah] collective
format: Vinyl - date: May 2003
'Vesuvius' is the second vinyl release on Force of Nature and the first in the Natural Disaster series.
Both tracks are around fifteen minutes in length and created with analog sound sources only. While the first side of the 12" describes the expulsion of volcanic gasses - solfataras - poisoning the air, the second side sketches a picture of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplonti and Stabiae, each hidden under 10 to 75 feet of tephra (ashes). Two days of volcanic activity killed over 3300 people.
More info...FON16 - Undercurrent/Floodplain
by Wilt
format: MP3 - date: March 1st 2009
The second release in the Natural Disaster Series, Undercurrent/Floodplain is an audio representation of the day before, the day of, and the day after the great Mississippi River Flood of 1993. One of the most devastating floods in U.S. history, this flood occurred in the summer of 1993 along the banks of America's largest river, The Mississippi River. The days during and after the flood, nearly 50 people died, 26,000 were evacuated and over 56,000 homes were demanaged. The economic losses directly associated with the flooding totaled over $10 billion.
More info...FON21 - Katrina
by synnack
format: CD|FLAC|ALAC||MP3 - date: December 2010
The third release in the Natural Disaster series due out later this year is Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and made its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast Louisiana.
At least 1,836 people died in the storm and the subsequent floods. $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage orrured as a result of the storm and failure of the goverment to respond appropriately, making it the costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. These statistics alone are staggering, but perhaps only tell part of the story of what was lost in 2005. Community. Culture.
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