Weightlessness: Of Contemplation & Distraction

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Over the course of its 72 minutes and 4 seconds, "Weightlessness" challenges perceptions and explores a variety of sounds and textures, taking the listener on a journey through through the rhythmic and the free-floating, the peaceful and the disturbing, the clear and the cloudy, and the dark and the light - all while maintaining a consistently clear focus. While much of this music is progressive/experimental in nature, it is also quite accessible, and not without a sense of humor. An album of ambience and atmospheres that should not be missed.

Testimonials
Further info: Bookended by two short, intense tracks from 1989, the core of this album was recorded between November 1992 (when work on Mindblocker began) and August 1994 (when the finishing touches were added, and the album mastered). The most ambitious piece, Flow, could almost be an album in and of itself, juxtaposing different moods and textures (from Baraka-influenced percussiveness to Jim O'Rourke-inspired drones) within a cohesive whole. Suspended in disbelief utilizes Eno-esque composition techniques to create a spacy atmosphere of subtly shifting patterns; Weightlessness (as well as Mind the gap amplifies and exploits technical limitations to great effect. Mindblocker, which previously appeared on the Life In Shadow cassette, makes a new appearance here in slightly different form, while Another brief manic phase and a couple of small surprises provide a bit of comic relief.

Tracks
1) It came crashing (0:28)
2) Flow (23:04)
a. Angel afloat on a beam of light (2:45)
b. The dark dip beckons (1:57)
c. Weave (3:50)
d. Blood (7:37)
e. Mood (3:54)
f. Accidental kalimba (1:19)
g. Confession (1:42)
3) Mindblocker (remix) (3:15)
4) Suspended in disbelief (10:23)
5) Mind the gap (20:32)
6) Another brief manic phase (2:30)
7) Weightlessness (7:47)
8) In a funk (2:28)

Artist Profile
Tinty Music is the nom de plume of one Kevin O'Conner, whose previous cassette album, "Life In Shadow (Songs From The Hiding Place)", appeared in AfterTouch 7/8. The name is an appropriation of an epithet hurled at O'Conner's musical tastes in 1983 (which included Japan, Thomas Dolby, ABC, Spandau Ballet, Roxy Music, Culture Club, and Duran Duran), and has graced his master tapes since 1988. It was officially adopted in the spring of 1994 for the first Tinty Music CD, Weightlessness: Of Contemplation & Distraction, which is now finally available. Intended for future compact disc release are Sinistrata, a compilation of material from 1990-91; and Transparency, an album of ambient music, the contents of which are included in the Compromise cassette. The music to be presented under the Tinty Music moniker will be less poppy, more varied, and more ambitious than that featured on "Life In Shadow," and is intended to occupy a space somewhere between art and observation.

Credits
©1994 Tinty Music

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