Cargo Records

Dartmouth Street Underpass

"For his efforts, Whitman sat in on the acoustic world of the tunnel that connects Boston's Back Bay Station to Copley Plaza under Dartmouth Street."

"The sounds are a combination of pumped in Muzak, children's voices bouncing off the glass walls, the sudden rush of commuters, and the glorious, rumbling low end buzz and rattle of the train ushering in and out of the station. Whitman electronically processed elements of the field recording on his porch and devised a brilliantly conceived thing of beauty that slowly and effortlessly unravels into an entrancing long form drone .Dartmouth Street Underpass has been celebrated as "A work of beautiful transparency" (Ken Hollings, The Wire), "an evocative, stand-alone work that gains resonance with repeated listens" (Matt Pierce, splendid e-zine),and "as monolithic and complex as a Phil Niblock piece." (Bill Meyer, Magnet)

Track Listing

1. Dartmouth Street Underpass
2. Darmouth Street Underpass, Reply Piece