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Microblocks, vol. 2: Fuck the Police Ambiance and Percussive Noise Oakland and Berkeley, CA 11​/​23​/​14​-​12​/​7​/​14

by Field Recording Working Group

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    196 high-fidelity samples of percussive noise, chants, and ambiance culled from field recordings of street demonstrations against racist police brutality in Oakland and Berkeley.

    Additionally, the sample-pack comes with a short zine detailing the immediate historical and political context of these recordings.
    Purchasable with gift card

     

1.
'Clap' 00:02
2.
2nd Wave Coffee Sucks 00:03
3.
A Glass Wave #1 (No Comp) 00:02
4.
A Glass Wave #2 (EQ, Light Comp) 00:02
5.
A Glass Wave #4 00:02
6.
Accidentals #1 00:02
7.
Accidentals #2 00:02
8.
Alien Power Confronts the Parasite #1 00:02
9.
Alien Power Confronts the Parasite #2 00:01
10.
Ambiance in Opposition #1 00:01
11.
Anti-capitalista 00:13
12.
Aww-ah Chhhhh 00:01
13.
BART Bass #1 00:01
14.
BART Bass #2 (Comp) 00:01
15.
BART Cops Get Called Out 00:06
16.
BART Tom #1 00:01
17.
BART Tom #2 00:01
18.
Bizz Buzz 00:04
19.
Black Lives Matter 00:31
20.
Breaking #1 00:02
21.
Breaking #2 (Real Heavy Handed Proselytizing Compression) 00:02
22.
Breaking #4 00:01
23.
Budget Sonic the Hedge Fund #1 00:02
24.
Budget Sonic the Hedge Fund #2 00:01
25.
Budget Sonic the Hedge Fund #3 00:01
26.
Budget Sonic the Hedge Fund #4 00:01
27.
Budget Sonic the Hedge Fund #5 00:01
28.
Burial, Radicalized 00:02
29.
Burial, Radicalized #2 00:02
30.
Car Squeezes Electric Eels #2 00:01
31.
Cascades 00:38
32.
Claps #1 00:01
33.
Claps #2 00:02
34.
Clickety Clackity Clappity #1 (Light Compression 00:01
35.
Clickety Clackity Clappity #2 (Crisp Style) 00:01
36.
Colliding Chants 00:59
37.
Conch Shell 00:27
38.
Conch Shell and Car Horn Duet 00:08
39.
Crowd Cheering Near West Oakland BART 00:29
40.
Dee-ba #1 00:01
41.
Dee Ba #2 00:01
42.
Dee-ba #3 00:01
43.
Dispersal Order #2 (EQ, Adap. Limiter) 00:32
44.
Distorted Dap 00:02
45.
Distorted Overpass Cop-Car Turnover Loop #1 00:04
46.
Distorted Overpass Cop-Car Turnover Loop #2 00:04
47.
Down (Reverb Crowd) 00:04
48.
Dumpster Can #1 00:01
49.
Dumpster Can #2 00:01
50.
Dumpster Can #3 00:08
51.
Dumpster Can #4 00:01
52.
Dumpster Can #5 00:01
53.
Dumpster Can #6 00:01
54.
Echo Kick-Noise #1 00:02
55.
Echo Kick-Noise #2 00:01
56.
Echo Kick-Noise #3 00:01
57.
Ect.! 00:04
58.
Electrical Buzz Looping (Real!) 00:04
59.
Ferguson, We Got Yr Back 00:24
60.
Fidelity to Frequency Beyond Itself #1 00:03
61.
Fidelity to Frequency Beyond Itself #2 00:03
62.
Fidelity to Frequency Beyond Itself #3 00:02
63.
Fidelity to Frequency Beyond Itself #4 00:01
64.
Fidelity to Frequency Beyond Itself #5 00:01
65.
Fragments in the Rain 00:03
66.
FTP Under the Overpass 00:08
67.
Fuck the Police #1 00:06
68.
Fuckapol 00:01
69.
Fucker Fucking it All Up #1 00:01
70.
Fucker Fucking it All Up #2 00:01
71.
Fucker Fucking it All Up #3 00:02
72.
Fucker Fucking it All Up #4 00:02
73.
Getting Lit #1 00:01
74.
Glass Chorus 00:03
75.
Glass Ringsings 00:04
76.
Glass Snare #1 00:01
77.
Glass Snare #2 00:01
78.
Glassy Illbient #1 00:04
79.
Glassy Illbient #2 00:02
80.
Glassy Illbient #3 00:02
81.
Glassy Illbient #4 00:02
82.
Gold Unsheating from Itself 00:02
83.
Hand up, Don't Shoot/Fists Up Fight Back 00:58
84.
Hands Up, Don't Shoot 00:33
85.
Heavy Kick #1 00:01
86.
Heavy Kick #2 00:01
87.
Heavy Kick #3 00:01
88.
Helicopters Circling 01:16
89.
Hitting BART #1 00:01
90.
Hitting BART #2 00:01
91.
Hitting BART #3 00:01
92.
Hitting BART #4 00:01
93.
Hyea! #2 00:01
94.
Hyea! #3 00:01
95.
Hyea #1 00:01
96.
Incredulity 00:23
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97.
Isolated Clap #1 00:01
98.
Isolated Clap #2 00:01
99.
It is Our Duty to Fight for Our Freedom 00:25
100.
It's the Small Victories, ya Know #1 00:06
101.
It's the Small Victories, ya Know #2 00:06
102.
Justice for Mike Brown (Under the Overpass) 00:54
103.
Justice for Oscar Grant 00:04
104.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #1 00:02
105.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #2 00:02
106.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #3 00:02
107.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #4 00:01
108.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #5 00:01
109.
Knockin at TJ's After Hours #6 00:02
110.
Lotta Us Still Solid Tho 00:23
111.
Low Mid Hammer Tuned #1 00:02
112.
Low Mid Hammer Tuned #2 00:01
113.
Low-Mid Percussive Not-Quite-Kick-Not-Quite-Anything 00:01
114.
More Dispersal Orders 00:31
115.
Move pigs, get out the Way #2 00:05
116.
Move Pigs, get out the way #1 00:05
117.
No Justice, No Peace #1 00:04
118.
Noise Kick-y 00:01
119.
Noise Snare Kickflip 00:01
120.
None of this 2nd Wave Shite 00:04
121.
Novelty Breaking 00:01
122.
Occasionally Reminded the Totality is Us and, thus, Ours #1 00:02
123.
Occasionally Reminded the Totality is Us and, thus, Ours #2 00:01
124.
Occasionally Reminded the Totality is Us and, thus, Ours #2 00:02
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125.
Occasionally Reminded the Totality is Us and, thus, Ours #3 00:02
126.
Occasionally Reminded the Totality is Us and, thus, Ours #4 00:02
127.
Oddball Clap/Voice Block 00:01
128.
Oscar Grant, Michael Brown, Oakland is a People's Town 00:17
129.
Pop? 00:01
130.
Praxis? 00:04
131.
Pre-Kettle Ambiance (Romance of the Spheres) 01:11
132.
Repetitive Monotony Yields Interesting Results #1 00:03
133.
Repetitive Monotony Yields Interesting Results #2 00:01
134.
Rolling Dumpster Cop-Block #1 00:02
135.
Rolling Dumpster Cop-Block #2 00:01
136.
Rolling Dumpster Cop-Block #3 00:02
137.
Rolling Dumpster Cop-Block #4 00:02
138.
Rolling Dumpster Cop-Block #5 00:02
139.
Screaming Glass 00:01
140.
Screaming Rock Tumblr 00:02
141.
Shangri-smash #1 00:01
142.
Shangri-smash #3 00:01
143.
Shangri-smash #4 00:01
144.
Shit Kick Bomb Blast #1 00:01
145.
Shit Kick Bomb Blast #2 00:01
146.
Shut it Down (Echo's BART Train) 00:22
147.
Shut it Down #1 00:04
148.
Shut it Down #2 00:04
149.
Siren Copter #1 00:08
150.
Siren 00:10
151.
Small Hammer #1 00:01
152.
Small Hammer #2 00:01
153.
Small Hammer #3 00:01
154.
Small Hammer #4 00:01
155.
Soft Glass, Or Riot Champagne #1 00:02
156.
Soft Glass, Or Riot Champagne #2 00:02
157.
Soft Glass, Or Riot Champagne #3 00:02
158.
Soft Glass, Or Riot Champagne #4 00:04
159.
Sprint is Alarmed and Dangerous 00:10
160.
Stay Together 00:14
161.
Stick Talk 00:01
162.
Stochastic Sampling 00:01
163.
Strategic Cop Block 00:01
164.
Strategic Tactility #1 00:02
165.
Strategic Tactility #2 00:02
166.
Strategic Tactility #4 00:01
167.
Taking the Freeway/Shut it Down for Michael Brown 02:48
168.
Tear Gas Cannon #1 00:02
169.
Tear Gas Cannon #2 00:02
170.
Tear Gas Cannon #3 00:01
171.
The Crack Covers the Entire Frequency Spectrum #1 00:01
172.
The Crack Covers the Entire Frequency Spectrum #2 00:01
173.
The Crack Covers the Entire Frequency Spectrum #3 00:01
174.
The Crack Covers the Entire Frequency Spectrum #4 00:01
175.
The Fuck U Want to 00:04
176.
The People United, Will Never Be Defeated 00:14
177.
The Pitched Movement of Hands on Glass 00:01
178.
Tiny Sticks and Absent Daddies 00:01
179.
Turnt #1 00:01
180.
Turnt #2 00:01
181.
Turnt #3 00:01
182.
Turnt #4 00:01
183.
Turnt #5 00:01
184.
Unusually High Pitched Percussion, Considering 00:01
185.
Walking Amongst Bank Glass 00:06
186.
Weird Groans 00:17
187.
West Oakland BART 00:01
188.
Who Do You Protect? 00:11
189.
Whose Streets? 00:06
190.
Window Crackle #1 00:01
191.
Window Kick Drum 00:02
192.
Window Kick EQ Trippin 00:02
193.
Window Smash #1 00:04
194.
Wouei! 00:01
195.
Yelling @ Fascists #1 00:01
196.
Yelling @ Fascists #2 00:01

credits

released March 14, 2016

Recorded by Daniel Shubat, Jung professional dream killa and Katsy Pline
Edited, Mixed and Mastered by Katsy Pline
Words by Katsy Pline and Jung professional dream killa
Photos by Fox Nakai, Vienna Alvarez, Dave from Indybay, and unknowns
Cover Design by Vienna Alvarez
Graphic Design and Layout by Vienna Alvarez, Jung professional dream killa and Zac Gunter

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