The Impossibility of the Present, by Ave Grave x Divorce Court

The Impossibility of the Present

by Ave Grave x Divorce Court

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1.	Form Repetition 09:29	buy track
2.	Prayer for the Unburied St. Joseph 06:40	buy track
3.	Spectral Rumor 08:40	buy track
4.	The Impossibility of the Present 07:50	buy track

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Catalog: INNER178
Format: Streaming // Digital

From ambient duo Ave Grave (Sean Galloway) and Divorce Court (Lynden Williams), 'The Impossibility of the Present' began as a transcontinental conversation between Lynden's century-old upright piano, and the only tape machine with a working power supply at Sean’s apartment in Berlin.

Created by passing deconstructed fragments of Lynden’s sparse piano arrangements through tape loops and hardware processes, the four songs are a reflection on themes both esoteric and abstract: the spectre of the past haunting the present and occluding the future, personal and endemic depression, dyschronia, and the prospect of reclaiming our personal and collective futures.

The project includes a mixture of old and new technological forms, resulting in an artifact that feels exactly caught between - an object beyond time. The looping arrhythmia of the tape deconstructs the emerging linear melodies of the piano. These indefinite recursions present themselves as an uncertain talisman of the present. A meditation on what we’ve lost, and hope for reclamation.

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released June 20, 2022

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