Imperfect Spaces, Pts. 1 through 3

by t.k. bollinger

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1.	The Opening 00:54	buy track
2.	The Apologist, Pt 1 02:16	buy track
3.	Noble Submerge 01:04	buy track
4.	Hopium 01:00	buy track
5.	Wonder 01:24	buy track
6.	Vanilla Darkness 01:36	buy track
7.	Old Numbers (Washed Away) 05:03	buy track
8.	The Apologist, Pt 2 01:33	buy track
9.	From the Gallows 00:41	buy track
10.	All the Way 00:28	buy track
11.	Rough Charms, Pt 1 02:29	buy track
12.	Ghost Nets 01:20	buy track
13.	Failed Saints 02:20	buy track
14.	Head in the Game 00:40	buy track
15.	Bones of Stars 02:21	buy track
16.	How to Kill Bill 01:59	buy track
17.	Darkest Days Over 03:31	buy track
18.	Outside the Vortex 01:18	buy track
19.	Rough Charms, Pt. 2 01:56	buy track
20.	Sick of the Words 00:38	buy track
21.	Primal Screech 00:55	buy track
22.	Under a Bus 02:30	buy track
23.	Wetware 02:03	buy track
24.	A Short Burst of Brightness 03:28	buy track
25.	Bibbedy 01:45	buy track
26.	This Life Is All There Is 02:55	buy track
27.	Predictive Text 01:30	buy track
28.	Under a Bus (Reprise) 01:22	buy track

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In this 7th Album, t.k. bollinger has tilted even more to the left field by placing atmosphere at the centre of his production approach. This recording is underscored by treatments of field recordings – where the sound of birds, people and machinery, the rain and wind are projected into reverberant spaces. Bollinger’s intention was to show that music and soundart exists in relationship. Every recording is listened to in an atmosphere of everyday noises which adds colour and obscures definition. In short, he wanted to liberate his songs from the vacuum of silence that pervades modern production approaches as well as thumb his nose a bit to the cult of performative perfection that digital recording technology has allowed contemporary recording artists and producers to document and pursue.

This philosophy also extends to Bollinger’s song selection for this recording. A number of the songs were half finished pieces from his notebook, or ditties that petered out after a verse and a chorus. Even those songs that are fully fledged have been bisected to frame the beginning and end of these Imperfect Spaces. Between the more recognisable song forms are “anti-songs” – spontaneous compositions crafted in the recording studio that are sometimes sinister, sometimes comical. Some are directly taken from the voice memos that Bollinger uses as part of his creative practice to capture ideas: some are audible in the mix while others are obscured in the atmosphere created by the effects treatment.

This recording could be looked upon as an asymmetrical or disjointed symphony, or perhaps a musical happening, or emergence: a work of musical evolution with no prescribed destination, a map of an imperfect place that might just be the moment and place that we inhabit right now.

Murky Dismal AUGUST 2023

Moods:
Nostalgic
Twee
Sinister
Sad
Elated
Uncomfortable

Nods/Influences:
Alienation – Frankie Death
Future Unseen – Frankie Death and the Photon Belt
The Spirit of Eden – Talk Talk
Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age – Broadcast and The Focus Group

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released October 31, 2023

t.k. bollinger: Guitar, Voice, Piano, Midi Instrumentation and Programming, Engineering and Production.

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t.k. bollinger Melbourne, Australia

Shunning fashion and genre, master tunesmith, t.k. bollinger's songs are relatable because they examine what each of us confront in our day-to-day existence. Expressed with both sympathy and eloquence, his songs are celebrations of the joys and trials that life presents to each of us regardless of who or what we are – the universal ordinary concerns of a diverse and disparate humanity. ... more

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