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Contort Zones

by Noctopolis

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1.
Well Meaning Apparitions 04:06
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2.
The Dark Red Horizon 04:19
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3.
A Lullaby for Autocrats 03:47
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4.
The Machinist 05:26
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5.
Narrow Passages 04:38
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6.
The Yawning Animals 04:54
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7.
Nature's Sweet Indifference 04:54
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8.
A Psalm of Defiance 03:04
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9.
Contort Zones 04:53
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10.
La Plaine 02:46
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about

This album is not about, but perhaps influenced by,
... the comfort of the world being bigger and ultimately always more beautiful than any futile invincibility efforts of the small minded men clinging to power.

...the possibility of music and sound as a reminder of values and wonders far beyond our increasingly fragmented living conditions.

...the joy of, however flawed, being able to create something resembling the small corners of our dreams.

credits

released November 4, 2022

Live takes and improvisations recorded throughout 2021. Overdubs and further arrangements recorded January-June 2022.

All songs assembled, performed, produced and mixed by Mattis Hencke
Instruments used: Synthesizers, Software, Ciat-Lonbarde Instruments, Piano, Soma Lyra 8, Field recordings, Electric guitar.
Mastered by Owl
Violas, tracks 1 & 8: Fredric Ottermo
Nyckelharpa, track 4: Britt Isaksson
Bell machinery, tracks 3 & 9 recorded at Uppsala Cathedral
Clay Figure: Mattis Hencke
Layout by Brian Hamilton
©️ all rights reserved, Mattis Hencke & Folded Note Records 2022

Thanks to Jae Ryan for nudging me onto a kind of new path, to Anna-Lena and Daniel G for encouragement and moral support, and to Damon, Brian & Joe for making the album happen.

Take good care of those around you. Resist your inner greed and potential bigotry.

For C, always

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