the witnessing of paint in its drying moments

by Bradfield Dumpleton

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1.	New Colour Of Nothing 07:23	info
2.	Evaporation 12:28	info
3.	Coalescence 03:40	info
4.	The Skin, Dry To The Touch 06:20	info
5.	Adhesion, Hardness & Clarity 03:53	info

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An album of slow minimalist piano compositions measuring various layers of grief and loss.

While the title is tongue well in cheek, the sentiment of loss is real, and the analogy is appropriate: paint has particular chemical stages of drying - from the evaporation of its fluid components to its final hardened state - which easily equate with emotional & psychological states in the slow process of grief.

Watching paint dry, usually a euphemism for boredom, may also describe a more internal state, the watching of deep emptiness in life. Progress appears imperceptible, timesense is altered, a white void. Motion is in being still, and invisible things coalesce in the spaces between moments.

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released February 15, 2021

All music © 2021 Bradfield Dumpleton.
Composed, played, recorded & sculpted Jan 2021, at Nicholls Rivulet, SE Tasmania.

BD plays: Laptop electronics - LABS Soft piano & strings plug-ins, played on qwerty keyboard, electric guitar on track 2.

More info: bradfielddumpleton.com/more-ponderous-plunk-the-witnessing-of-paint-in-its-drying-moments-2021/

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Bradfield Dumpleton TAS, Australia

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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