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Solaris Beach Party

by Bradfield Dumpleton

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1.
Beach Party Theme 00:29
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2.
Are You Happy? 05:19
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3.
The Big Kubrovsky 05:41
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4.
Amniosis 19:19
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5.
We Can Dance Here Forever 07:03
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Solaris Beach Party 14:50
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Memories Are Made Of This? 10:48
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8.
Martinis In The Lab 05:39
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9.
Beach Party Theme (Sunrise) 01:51
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"Are you happy?"
"Somehow that concept seems irrelevant here."

Often a book or film that has deepened my internal inquiry (eg made me think) will insinuate itself into my musicking somehow, either by melding with an existing project or by providing a new conceptual vessel. Or both.

In this case, it was Tarkovsky's mesmerising 1972 film Solaris, an extraordinary work of philosophical art that continued to swirl in my thoughts and nervous system as I compiled these electronic noodlings.

Most of the recordings occurred during our 3-month virus lockdown earlier this year. There was something about the slow disintegration of realities, in the film and in general, that bent my humour into picturing a kind of existential, entropic 70s Beach Party in space, aboard the deralict space station, as Solaris boils and beckons below...

Almost all this music has been played on the qwerty keyboard of my laptop, with sounds generated using Spitfire Lab's Soft Piano, the amazing Surge synth plug-in & the Oscilab app.

For best listening results, approach with a sense of humour.

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released August 28, 2020

Imagined, improvised, recorded & shaped by BD, at Nicholls Rivulet, SE Tasmania, April - June 2020. Music © 2020 Bradfield Dumpleton.
BD plays: Laptop electronics + Track 8: electric guitar, drums, cello bass.
HVR: Interdimensional voice transmissions

More info: bradfielddumpleton.com/other-spaces-self-isolator-solaris-beach-party-2020/

Cover photo of cloud formation © 2020 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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