Delay Tactics 'Viola's Ascent'

“Viola’s Ascent” is the new single from Delay Tactics, a prelude to the forthcoming Delay Tactics album to be released in fall 2022. Produced and recorded by the original members Walter Whitney (keyboards, synthesizers), Carl Weingarten (slide guitar) and David Udell (acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards), with special guest Michael Manring on fretless bass, “Viola’s Ascent” is a beautiful pop-ambient instrumental with the Delay Tactics signature sound.

Delay Tactics
Techno ambient pop, soaring space guitars, crazy synths, sound effects and downtempo tape delay, the Delay Tactics trio was among the first American bands to produce music using digital instruments, and one of the most innovative indie bands of the 1980s.

Formed in 1981 as the tape-looping duo of guitarists Carl Weingarten and Reed Nesbit, Delay Tactics made its mark with late night concerts in St. Louis movie theaters. Within a year, synthesist/sound designer Walter Whitney joined the band while recording the first Delay Tactics album, Out-Pop Options (Multiphase 1982). Nesbit departed in 1983 and was replaced by guitarist David Udell (of Wax Theatricks) and Delay Tactics released their second album, Any Questions? (Multiphase 1984).

Highly praised by Musician Magazine, Keyboard, Option and other publications, Delay Tactics was a hit on college radio, receiving extensive play throughout the U.S., including flagship stations KCRW in Los Angeles and WNYC in New York. Critic JD Considine wrote, “This Midwestern trio has developed a sound that captures all the quirky pop appeal of Brian Eno's early solo work. . “

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It’s criminal that this track has so few views. First heard it on Echoes or Hearts of Space, forgot which.