Electronic duo Waterbaby released their previous single, ‘Thin Air’, back in July. Now they follow it with ‘No Caller ID’, an equally satisfying trip into their own dream-like sonic world.
“We were listening to the radio one day, flicking through channels and changing from station to station, when a caller rang into a talk show, but no one was on the other end of the line”, they say of the inspiration for the track. “We recorded this strange dialogue which became the backbone for the idea behind ‘No Caller ID’”.
“’No Caller ID’ begins with that surreal telephone call and like a message lost in transition, transforms through multiple sonic worlds”, they go on. “The signal travels down the telephone wire, under the deep blue sea, it gets lost in a busy high street and detonates in a choir of chanting sun worshippers in outer space, eventually coming full circle to the glitching and faltering voices repeating the message of the radio host ‘are you hearing me caller?’”.
“Sounds warp, distort, and unravel as the song unfolds, like entering a black hole”, they conclude. “Alone, you call out to a world static with interference, only to hear your own voice echoing back”.
Listen to ‘No Caller ID’ here: