The Best of Rural Citizens Band
I've been meaning to make a page of my favorite stuff for years now. That was before I went crazy and started putting out new music about once a month. But this also gave me the chance to go back and tweak things the way I wanted to do them.
All versions here are the definitive version. Mostly, I have remixed and remastered these tracks to eliminate clipping and increase dynamic range. But other songs have new spoken word parts added, some have them removed or changed. But every song is now better than its previous incarnation. But, the old versions are still available on the respective album pages.
I should point out, I didn't include any drone tacks on this compilation because they're too long to include a second time. And I feel all of my drones are really good, so picking out one or two seemed kind of dumb. Even worse would be replicating every single one here. If you're new, Deeper Into Space is a great place to start.
Here are 26 tracks for you to peruse at your convenience. Share them with a friend. Interludes are brand new!
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samples
rooms II (2014 version) — contains samples of "Taxi Dispatch," "Computer Room Ambience" downloaded from usenet, and cortes ferry announcement by Kristen Roos
fist (remix and remaster) — contains samples of "2004rest" by Ben Owen, "From the doorway of an abandoned house" by Ryan Philippi, "Spanish Funeral" by Simon James and "desde la ventana" by Alejo Duque + Federico Lopez.
Quebecois (remaster) — contains a sample of "2004old-m" by Ben Owen and the entirety of The Edge 102's "I Am Not Canadian" advert stolen from YouTube. Any whispering you hear is all in your head.
bendito (2014 version) — contains a sample of runaway train downloaded from usenet
abisso — contains samples of "City Skyline Ambience" (downloaded from usenet) and a portion of a 20/20 special on the Children of God
shapes (remix and remaster)— contains samples of "Cincinnati Suburb Summer" by sanus_excipio and "sinister preacher reading Revelations" by Incarnadine
Dancing on the surface of Mars contains samples of Industrial Beat by usinggarageband, Lonely Probe (still searching) by zuben, and Krakow Train Station Waiting Room-052 by vflefevre.
swans II (remix and remaster)— contains a sample of "Mexican Megaphone" (downloaded from usenet).
ode II (remaster) — contains samples of "Arlebosc Storm" by Jean Francois Cavro and "Helicopters over anti-war protest" by Aaron Ximm.
cell (remaster) — contains samples of "Street Lamp Buzz" and "Female Street Preacher Through Megaphone" both downloaded from usenet. Also contains a manipulated section from "Elvis 1974 stage banter."
youth is beauty — contains samples of loop41 by Zajo and samples of Chase from SoftlyRelax
freedom for planet futa — contains samples of Kim Drums by KatHakaku Dancing Flubber and Apocalyptic Pulse both by rjonesxlr8 (NB - this user is no longer on Freesound for some reason, sorry I don't know how to credit you now).
summer (remaster) — contains samples of "summer1" by Corsica_S and "Ambient Sub Facility" downloaded from usenet. All other sounds created by Ratan X on a Fender Telecaster guitar, with effects by GarageBand.
Interlude One — contains a sample of red percussion by John Rayson
rire (remix and remaster) — contains samples of Girls Laugh 2 by engreitz, Girl Laugh by lmbubec and Giggling French girls by acclivity
yuri (remix and remaster) — contains a sample of "crowd" downloaded from usenet. Text written by ratan. Story voice is Linda. Female "voices" unknown.
Interlude Two — contains samples of rbh thunderstorm by RHumphries and thunderstorm2 by Erdie.
turbina (remix and remaster) — contains samples of Casey Kasem's famous meltdown and Barry White cutting a promo, Tony.
snow (remix and remaster) — contains a sample of snow melting by laurent
the day star vanquished by the rising sun — contains samples of Tawny Owls 2 by Benboncan and Ghostly Whispering by qubodup
entspannungsübungen (remaster) — contains a sample of Rain on roof window distant traffic by palegolas
The Best of RCB dynamic range information
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR12 -6.32 dB -22.28 dB 101 rooms II (2014 version).aif DR13 -6.02 dB -21.01 dB 102 sudore (remaster) 1.aif DR12 -6.23 dB -19.67 dB 103 fist (remix and remaster).aif DR15 -0.45 dB -16.53 dB 104 Quebecois (remaster).aif DR14 -3.86 dB -19.69 dB 105 bendito (2014 version) 1.aif DR17 -0.32 dB -19.00 dB 106 fessa (remix and remaster).aif DR12 -5.56 dB -20.10 dB 107 abisso (remaster).aif DR12 -5.38 dB -18.77 dB 108 shapes (remix and remaster).aif DR16 -1.63 dB -18.02 dB 109 dancing on the surface of mars (XR1300 remix).aif DR19 -1.00 dB -21.16 dB 110 swans II (remix and remaster).aif DR15 -0.71 dB -17.75 dB 111 ode II (remaster).aif DR14 -0.28 dB -17.48 dB 112 cell (remaster).aif DR12 -6.36 dB -21.09 dB 113 youth is beauty (spoken word version).aif DR14 -1.10 dB -16.80 dB 201 freedom for planet futa (remix).aif DR11 -0.16 dB -14.44 dB 202 summer (remaster).aif DR10 -5.16 dB -18.11 dB 203 Interlude One.aif DR14 -11.12 dB -28.21 dB 204 rire (remix and remaster).aif DR13 -3.83 dB -19.07 dB 205 yuri (remix and remaster).aif DR10 -0.74 dB -21.70 dB 206 Interlude Two.aif DR11 -5.53 dB -18.25 dB 207 costellazione (remaster).aif DR12 -5.79 dB -22.69 dB 208 turbina (remix and remaster).aif DR11 -1.81 dB -14.25 dB 209 snow (remix and remaster).aif DR14 -2.71 dB -19.62 dB 210 the nephilim laid low (remix).aif DR16 -4.59 dB -23.95 dB 211 the day star vanquished by the rising sun.aif DR11 -7.20 dB -20.93 dB 212 Interlude Three.aif DR11 -4.81 dB -16.77 dB 213 entspannungsübungen (remaster).aif ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 26 Official DR value: DR13 ==============================================================================================