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Twilight Immunity

by The Occupant

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Side A pt. 1 "Ill Winds" 04:09
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side A pt 2 "Ill Winds" 07:25
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Side A pt 3 "Ill Winds" 07:02
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Side A pt 4 "Ill Winds" 12:29
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Side B pt 1 "Circadian Limbo" 04:16
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side b part 2 "Circadian Limbo" 01:45
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Side B pt 3 "Circadian Limbo" 03:52
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side B pt 4 "Circadian Limbo" 08:39
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side b pt 5 "Circadian Limbo" 12:10
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Twilight Immunity is two 31 min collages in the traditional sound diary style. Sounds of voice, viola, feedback, drums, drum stick, bowed cymbal recorded through an old karaoke machine combined with radio, rental car radio feedback, river sounds, contact mic'd Broadway Bridge, keyboard/synth, voice sounds, drunken wedding orators and general party chit chat. the sides are broken into parts in order to load here. originally released on CDr Available on Chocolate Monk as 2 tracks
Track 1 "Ill Winds"
Track 2 "Circadian Limbo'
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cassette tape crunch, warm drone hugs and (non-) musical elements that miraculously/perversely
coalesce into a meditative atmosphere and just as quickly shatter into a billion shards. Both
halves of “Twilight Immunity” begin with a swirl of frantic action, sonic elements bubbling to the
surface and doubling back over themselves in furious motion… but after a few minutes of
percussive stereo slam with expert cartoon timing, it takes a sharp left turn. The hum and shimmer
of amplified strings, peels of feedback overtones and full flute-like breaths coat everything in a
sickly caramel haze that seems to calm the roil, though that relative tranquillity is an illusion. An
ever-present cassette hysteresis is a constant undertow, subtly destabilizing the mood, as soon it
gets too comfortable. After each section of hyperactive/precise tape-manipulation, the ground falls
away entirely, leaving only a duet for bowed metal and echo-drenched tape-rewind buttons with
yawning chasms between each element. But McDonell doesn’t let a listener get too comfortable;
each stereo boxing match eventually boils itself down to a few tape-saturated springs and
mocking Mel-Blanc-esque vocal gulps. Sections of the rich drone are punctuated with sharp
blasts of what sounds like blowing into a cup of soda through a straw and run through Radio
Shack reverb. There’s an awful lot happening on this album. It took me several deep listens to
uncover just some of the layers tugging at each other, and I’m sure I haven’t apprehended all
that’s here. “Twilight Immunity” is the sort of album you can’t just play once or twice and think
you’ve heard it. This one is a grower that I know I’ll keep returning to.
-Vital weekly 1199

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released September 11, 2019

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