Security Theater by Identity Theft

Identity Theft - Security Theater

1. Security Theater 111.1bpm
2. Character Armor 150 bpm
3. Final Curtain 138 bpm
4. Accomplice Reflection 100 bpm
5. Afterhours

All tracks recorded by Michael Buchanan AKA Identity Theft
November 2011-March 2012 at the Katabatik Compound.

Equipment used:
mpc1000, tr606, kpr77, sh101, evolver, tx7, sy77, blacet modular, soundlab minisynth, tama techstar, se70, vf1, yamaha ensemble mixer.

The rites of security theater play themselves out in airports, hotels, malls, town centers and gated communities. These rituals protect us mentally from the creeping suspicions that we are not actually safe at any time or place. This illusion of security is constructed within our private lives as well, in our homes and residences; with our significant others, our friends, our families. We are compelled to surveil upon each other in order to feel some level of comfort. The loss of our own privacy to others is outweighed by our need to observe, to know the limits and the parameters of our relationships. We give up our autonomy and our sense of uncertainty for a false feeling of invulnerability. This loss is palpable, and reflects into every aspect of modern existence with it's dazzling luster. The lights fade, the curtains rise, and the audience falls silent with anticipation of the performance to come.

"In security theater, all the world's a stage."

Identity Theft
March 2012

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