The Hummer

Infobox Album | Name = Hummer
Type = Album
Artist = Devin Townsend


Released = November 15, 2006
Genre = Drone, Ambient
Length = |73:32
Label = Hevy Devy Records
Producer = Devin Townsend
Last album = "Devlab"
(2004)
This album = "Hummer"
(2006)
Next album = | Next album = "Ziltoid the Omniscient"
(2007)

"The Hummer" is the second in the "ambient series" of albums written, produced and recorded by Devin Townsend. It is preceded by "Devlab" and was released on November 15, 2006 exclusively through the Hevy Devy website. Only 500 copies were made but currently it seems they're still in stock, you can still order it through the Hevy Devy website.

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 1997 science fiction film "Contact". 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.

Devin's Description

"it's 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. You should listen to it in silence (late at night maybe?) Cars or anything with competing low frequencies will make it hard to hear..." [ [http://www.hevydevyforums.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5966] Dead link|date=March 2008]

Track listing

# "The Hummer" - 15:55
# "Arc" - 23:04
# "Consciousness Causes Collapse" - 6:39
# "Equation" - 3:16
# "The Abacus" - 8:03
# "Cosmic Surf" - 16:27

Additional credits

*Jeff Feinstein - Flute
*Konrad Palkiewicz - Artwork and Layout

References

External links

* [http://www.hevydevy.com HevyDevy homepage]