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As Is Was

by Bradfield Dumpleton

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will you waltz the whirlpool with me? 04:48
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it's an emergence, see? 01:38
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in the think of an i 03:57
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i foreign eye 03:01
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watt's knot 03:21
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unthunk 00:53
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the ism & the wasm 02:06
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or the either/orginasm 02:14
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consciousness apprehending itself 02:09
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an is what ain't 02:04
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as was also is 03:13
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bloops, ripples 01:29
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it's partycle time 01:56
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crowfoot crumpleshirt 01:57
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the great intender 01:08
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helicoptical 00:57
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that is to say... 02:08
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as is was 06:10
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and what's not? 01:48
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world breathing 01:08
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a drifterly ode 02:58
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people peopling 01:27
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twilight code 03:01
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thinkin about thinkin 04:29
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rainbirding 03:51
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slippery fish 03:18
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is not is a not now? 02:42
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a frog does not explain itself 01:36
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Spontaneous emissions I've recorded on my phone over the years, intending to develop them at a later date. There being no 'later date' in the foreseeable future, I've collated them in their raw forms instead, as a series of brief moments, lived and gone.

The original raw tracks, acoustic and solo, use various ukuleles, acoustic guitar, kemenche, mandolin, with a few 'field recordings' of environmental textures interspersed. Most of them were recorded out on the deck at home, in various weather conditions, overlooking a forested valley awash with all shades of birdtalk and stillness. For this album, I've left several of these improvisations in their immediate & unrehearsed state, while others have had electronic twiddlings added here and there to provide extra texture.

While these recordings have accumulated randomly between 2018 - 2020, my train of thought in compiling them at this time has been propelled by philosopher / thinker Alan Watts and his masterful descriptions of the Tao / Zen experience.

And for the fun of it, I designed the tracklist so that it can be read as a poem - As Is Was.

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released September 7, 2020

All music © 2020 Bradfield Dumpleton.
Improvised and recorded to Voice Memo by BD, usually out on the deck overlooking the forest, or in the sunroom, Nicholls Rivulet, SE Tasmania, Australia.

BD plays: Box slide guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, kemenche, Mya Moe resonator ukulele, Nashville resonator ukulele, Bruko soprano ukulele, Cordoba ukulele, electronics and various field recordings.

More info: bradfielddumpleton.com/musical-orphans-and-then-i-wasnt-as-is-was-2019-2020/

Cover photo © 2019 Heidi Van Rijswijk

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A library of musical sketchbooks, mapping my various evolutions from 2005 to next week. Dedicated to exploring sound for its own sake. Many diverse delights here for the patient & attentive listener.

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