Clear [early 4-track recordings]

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	1.	Lac 02:31
	2.	Floor 04:53
	3.	Fort 01:34
	4.	Cull 02:28
	5.	Ica 05:49
	6.	And 02:47
	7.	Arbr 02:09
	8.	Dram 05:40
	9.	Cenc 02:39
	10.	Gan 02:50
	11.	Lumin 04:33

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As a sensitive kid in Michigan I often holed up in my room to record on my 4-track; I had a few instruments, multi-FX pedal, $10 Radio Shack microphone, and the anything-can-make-sound ethos of a budding Joe Meek.

In 2001 I collected some of these recordings in an edition of 50 CD-Rs and, while it's an early & rough effort, I feel it has some precocious ideas and still appreciate its unique context in my personal history. Granted, it's more likely a curiosity than a repeat-listen kind of thing but I thought it'd be fun to share near to its 20th (!) anniversary.

Every song is coupled with a unique photo from a summer program I attended in Oxford and Bath, UK that fell in the middle of recording and was a deeply meaningful trip for my young self; all were taken with my 1965 Honeywell Pentax.

Special thanks to my parents for being so encouraging and supportive of my noise-making at this age -- especially their patience while I played drums several hours a day for six years. <3

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released September 27, 2001

From the inkjet-printed insert of the original edition of 50 CD-Rs:

tm: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, cymbals, sticks, drum machine, shakers, bells, chimes, prophet-600, ctk-511, zoom 505, record player, television, microphone, voice, ceramics, plug, cassette case, porch, twigs, paper.

written by me. recorded april-september, 2001 at home on a tascam porta02 ministudio 4-track.

cover & insert photos taken with kodak 35mm film.

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Benoît Pioulard Brooklyn, New York

Plectrums & pictures &c. since 1984.

Let gentleness prevail.

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