Lazarus Archive · LZ-31859

The Desert Signals: demo recordings

The Desert Signals, 2009–2016. Sound recording for studio equipment.

Description

Demo recordings by a synth-pop band from East Glenleigh, made in a rented studio.

Provenance

Transferred from the backlog of unread media at a partner archive. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. Everything was recovered, with a few damaged files repaired from a second copy.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
3edd64c2fc9e842bdc7ead140d057d3bc32cb808299ad01e41c328ef3e87cb49
Last verified
Sep 8, 2026, by Vigil
Migrated to
FLAC, 24-bit
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. The license does not permit copies to be taken away.

Reading-room copies are migrated to FLAC, 24-bit. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.

Cite as: The Desert Signals, The Desert Signals: demo recordings (2009–2016). Lazarus Archive, LZ-31859.

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