Bad Waters, by Tired Circuits

Bad Waters

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1.	PBF Energy released 8 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 02:38	buy track
2.	Valero Energy released 4 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 02:43	buy track
3.	Koch Industries released 7 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 02:32	buy track
4.	Cargill released 3 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:57	buy track
5.	Phillips 66 released 5 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:50	buy track
6.	DuPont released 17 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 02:37	buy track
7.	WH Group released 12 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:08	buy track
8.	Cleveland-Cliffs released 17 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:24	buy track
9.	WestRock released 5 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:33	buy track
10.	JBS Foods released 18 million lbs of toxic chemicals into US waterways 03:20	buy track

about

Bad Waters is a research project and music release which aggregates data from academia, watchdog groups, the EPA, the U.S. Treasury, and the finance sector to draw connections between top water polluting companies and taxpayer funds.

Review the data and citations:
joshuadumas.art/tiredcircuits/badwaters

Using custom code, Tired Circuits’ Joshua Dumas sonified that data, mapping toxic release, revenue, federal contracts, etc to elements like distortion, pitch, and waveform to build static soundscapes. He then composed piano melodies atop those soundbeds while viewing slideshows of the affected towns and waterways. The result is ten short pieces of witness, accusation, grief, and nostalgia.

Special thanks to Carlos Hernandez, Political Economy Research Institute at UMASS, Corporate Research Project, Andy Wagner, Scott Craggs.

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released March 23, 2023

Composed, performed, recorded, and mixed by Joshua Dumas at Curséd Pipes, Brooklyn NY and Russell Street Recording, Brooklyn NY.

Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering, Scituate RI

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If you are working for ecological justice, independently or through an org: you may use this music for free in any of your own promotional materials. Write me and I will promptly provide sync release paperwork.

This music is dedicated to Water Defenders everywhere.

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Tired Circuits Brooklyn, New York

Tired Circuits is a container for composer Joshua Dumas' (he/they) solo experiments and electronic etceteras.

He plays with Mending and AM Higgins.

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