Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static

Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static is a double album by the Canadian musical collective, Set Fire to Flames. The album was recorded in the span of several months in late 2002, and was then published by both Alien8 Recordings and FatCat Records in 2003.

The album itself was recorded in a barn in rural Ontario, Canada. The recording atmosphere was decidedly informal—the sounds of the band members talking and moving around can be readily heard during the album's quiet moments. Like their first album, Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static was recorded "in states of little or no sleep, in varying levels of intoxication, and in physical confinement."

The release utilizes many different instruments, including guitars, basses, strings, horns, glockenspiel, marimba, bass clarinet, cymbalon, hurdy-gurdy, music boxes, modified electronics, saw, and contact microphones.

Personnel

 * Beckie Foon: cello
 * Bruce Cawdron: drums, percussion, marimba
 * Christof Migone: gutted two-track motors, contact mics, faulty electronics
 * David Bryant: guitar, tapes
 * Fluffy Erskine: saw, percussion, music box, tapes
 * Genevieve Heistek: viola
 * Gordon Krieger: bass clarinet
 * Jean-Sébastien Truchy: electric bass, double bass, music box
 * Mike Moya: guitar, tapes
 * Roger Tellier-Craig: guitar, CD player, tapes
 * Sophie Trudeau: violin, glockenspiel, trumpet
 * Thea Pratt: French horn