The Hummer
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| Released | November 15, 2006 | |||
| Genres | Ambient, noise | |||
| Length | 73:24 | |||
| Label | HevyDevy | |||
| Producer | Devin Townsend | |||
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The Hummer is the ninth solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, and his second ambient album. It was released on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records, on November 15, 2006.
Music
[edit]The album chiefly consists of interwoven low frequency sounds, flute, morse code and ocean sounds, as well as audio samples from sources such as a reading by Leonard Cohen of part of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Ravi Shankar, and the science fiction film Contact (1997). This is a quiet, reflective work in the vein of meditative music, and provides a stark antithesis to the aggressive heavy metal stance adopted by one of Townsend's other projects - Strapping Young Lad. Townsend describes it as "much more user friendly than the Devlab...still; some people are going to think it's just buzzing and humming noises, so again...it's not for everybody."[1]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Devin Townsend.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Hummer" | 15:55 |
| 2. | "Arc" | 23:04 |
| 3. | "Consciousness Causes Collapse" | 6:39 |
| 4. | "Equation" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "The Abacus" | 8:03 |
| 6. | "Cosmic Surf" | 16:27 |
| Total length: | 73:24 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Devin Townsend – music
- Jeff Feinstein – flute
- Konrad Palkiewicz – artwork and layout
References
[edit]- ↑ Townsend, Devin (September 5, 2006). "The Hummer" Hevydevy Forums. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
