Things that Seemed Important at the Time

by Mark Limacher

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brettmcdonald88 I've been in need of some quality "quiet-slow-boring" in my life. thank you

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1.	Berceuse 03:10	buy track
2.	Some Thirds, Hammered 03:44	buy track
3.	Chorale 04:52	buy track
4.	The Follies and Fatuity of Heinrich 02:40	buy track
5.	Il canto soppresso - No. 1 05:00	buy track
6.	Il canto soppresso - Intermezzo; quasi una canzione 03:21	buy track
7.	Il canto soppresso - No. 2 03:12	buy track
8.	The Tyranny of Triad Clichés 02:44	buy track
9.	El apóstol del camino del desencanto 06:54	buy track
10.	A Moment for E Major 01:09	buy track
11.	Vacillations of the Lustprinzip - erster Teil 02:51	buy track
12.	Vacillations of the Lustprinzip - zweiter Teil 02:46	buy track
13.	Another Moment for E Major 02:11	buy track
14.	MIDI Addendum - I. The Bells of Our Lady of Psychosomaticism 03:56	buy track
15.	MIDI Addendum - II. A Collection of Adjacencies 02:06	buy track
16.	MIDI Addendum - III. F - E - F - F# 02:02	buy track
17.	MIDI Addendum - IV. Arpeggiation and Monotheism 02:06	buy track
18.	MIDI Addendum - V. Vacillation of the Lustprinzip - Coda 02:46	buy track

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These improvisations were recorded in my apartment, during varying degrees of lockdown, isolation, and premature-openings, over the latter six months of 2020. Each were recorded in a single take, allowing their flaws, digital disappointments, and overall “lacklusterness” to remain intact. They may demand of the listener a certain confrontation - what it is to hear something “just good enough”, the predominating aesthetic of greatest accessibility during the past calendar year.

These improvisations wander, coming back again and again to certain sounds, chords, and behaviors, as if desperately searching for something familiar. Some seem not to know where to end, others perhaps end too soon. Sometimes it would seem as though each beginning is but the same opening salvo, each attempt differentiating itself only through the finding of a new way to fail, fall short, or give up.

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released December 25, 2020

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Mark Limacher

Mark Limacher is a Composer-Pianist currently based in Calgary, Canada. His compositions focus on small gestures and contemplative textures, his work manifesting most frequently in the guise of solo instruments and chamber ensembles. Progenitor of the playfully sarcastic brand, Quiet-Slow-Boring, his work is often preoccupied with timbre and miniature forms. ... more

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