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