INDUSTRY STANDARD

SOUND AS WITNESS MUSIC AS RESISTANCE

A sonic collaboration by Gemunu de Silva of Tracks Investigations and Gnostic Front

 Industry Standard is a first-of-its-kind sonic art album that documents animal exploitation through sound rather than imagery. Built from hundreds of hours of covert recordings captured exclusively by Gemunu de Silva and Tracks Investigations, it offers an emotionally charged and immersive listening experience rooted in decades of frontline investigative work.

The album exposes the hidden machinery of animal industries: the systems behind meat, fur, animal testing, and the live animal trade. It confronts the concept of the “industry standard” -where living beings are reduced to standardised units of production.  These recordings were made not in studios, but inside factory farms, slaughterhouses, fur farms, testing labs, and markets around the world. They capture the bleats, cries, hums, slams and silences of places never meant to be heard.

Reshaped and composed by Canadian experimental artist Gnostic Front, these sounds are transformed into atmospheric pieces that are as listenable as they are haunting. The result is a rare fusion of investigative truth and sonic art.

Industry Standard invites audiences to slow down and become ear-witnesses. It is a tool for empathy, exposure and reflection, and can be used for outreach, education, exhibition and activism.

Format

• Limited edition 12” coloured vinyl

• Includes an 8-page full-colour insert with investigative photography and track context

• Digital release to follow on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music and more

 Thanks & Partners

This project, and the 300+ investigations behind it, would not have been possible without the collaboration and trust of more than 40 animal advocacy organisations around the world.

We would like to thank all our partners, past and present, who have supported, commissioned, and shared our work.

Tracks has conducted investigations for:

A Promise to Animals, Animals Angels, Animals Australia, Animal Equality, Animal Protection Agency, Animal Welfare Foundation, Born Free, Brigitte Bardot Foundation, Brooke, BUAV, CAPS, Cats Protection, Canadian Horse Defence, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), Change for Animals Foundation, Cruelty Free International, Dogs Trust, Eurogroup for Animals, Equine Rescue France, Four Paws, Franz Weber Foundation, Forsøgsdyrenes Værn, GAIA, Greenpeace, Hunt Investigation Team, Humane Society International, IFAW, International Animal Rescue, Marchig Trust, Mercy for Animals, One Voice, PETA, Princess Alia Foundation, Respect for Animals, Sinergia Animal, Surfers Against Sewage, Tierschutzbund Zürich, Varkens in Nood, World Animal Protection (WAP), WAP Canada, WAP Australia  and WSPA

We are grateful for their trust in our work and for their shared commitment to exposing cruelty and creating change.