Description
Phlegethon created by Terminal Optimism (Stuart Chapman).
"Although aware of Dante's Inferno, I hadn't read it. A bit of research informed me that Phlegethon is a reference to much earlier classical references to hell, and that it's a circular river of fire, with souls submerged at various heights, held there by demons, according to their sins.
"The piece starts off gentle enough, or does it, the sound of the river you hear isn't quite right, the sound of then river morphs with that of a roaring inferno, again it has a slightly off flavour. You can hear the souls screaming and wailing as they drift endlessly by, along with the odd shriek out delight from a demon.
"The recordings of fire, river flowing and screams, were rerecorded out of the box through chorus and or delay units, manipulated by hand in real time. The 2 screams had been re pitched either digitally or by slowing down, then fed through a BBD on one channel and a PT2399, on the other. I was considering using really har
