Illusion of Safety
This is the 25th anniversary of Dan Burke's ongoing solo/collaborative project Illusion of Safety, which defies categorization but "has been called ambient, post-industrial, electro-acoustic, electronica, sound collage, improvisation, and power electronics" according to illusionofsafety.com: The project "intrepidly charts the terra incognita where sound, silence, noise and music intersect. Using conventional instruments, sound generating devices and random objects, IOS hews sonic sculptures that deliberately provoke, mesmerize and even affront listeners". In 1986, Burke founded the Complacency label with Thymme Jones, one of many collaborators over the past quarter-century (including Jim O'Rourke, Ben Vida and Kevin Drumm). After a quiet few years, IOS now has a new CD coming out on Moscow
Links: Official site · FMA profile
Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
17
Albums
3
Total audio
2h 56m 51s
FMA listens
5,182
Favourites
18
Avg bitrate
162 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Electronic | 15 |
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 15
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I could be wrong | unreleased new recordings 2008 | 2009 | 2m 15s | 2,475 |
| Bad Carnival Acid | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 6m 43s | 571 |
| Set One | Live at WFMU on Dan Bodah's Show on 10/26/2008 | 2008 | 56m 48s | 275 |
| Wasteland | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 7m 53s | 244 |
| 11.5.00:46 Dead Tech Chicago | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 4m 27s | 221 |
| Rules of the game (pt 1) | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 3m 04s | 215 |
| Immanent | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 4m 13s | 171 |
| Time Remaining | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 7m 17s | 136 |
| Set Two | Live at WFMU on Dan Bodah's Show on 10/26/2008 | 2008 | 54m 38s | 133 |
| 4-27-01 hamburg (inoptrk9) | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s | 2009 | 4m 52s | 117 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 min | 5 | 29.4% |
| 3–6 min | 6 | 35.3% |
| Over 6 min | 6 | 35.3% |
Collaborators Credited
- Dan Burke — 15
Artists in the Same Electronic Lineage
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- 63 transient tracks
Track Catalogue
17 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-27-01 hamburg (inoptrk9) [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 4m 52s | 117 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| As If [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 3m 43s | 104 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Cancer Trk 5 [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 1m 42s | 114 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Live Lisbon two 2-19-08 [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 2m 10s | 78 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |
| Time Remaining [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 7m 17s | 136 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Wasteland [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 7m 53s | 244 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Bad Carnival Acid [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 6m 43s | 571 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Rules of the game (pt 1) [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 3m 04s | 215 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| 11.5.00:46 Dead Tech Chicago [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 4m 27s | 221 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| ORD [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 2m 55s | 49 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Acidiscipline [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 3m 05s | 105 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Immanent [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 4m 13s | 171 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Immerse (exc) [15] | unreleased Illusion of Safety mp3s 2009 | Electronic | 2m 57s | 75 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Gravelvoice one [15] | unreleased new recordings 2008 2009 | Electronic | 8m 09s | 99 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2008-11-26 |
| I could be wrong [15] | unreleased new recordings 2008 2009 | Electronic | 2m 15s | 2,475 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |