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Distained and Untwined

by Fotgjengeren

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This is the eye of fate Fate Perfidy enshrined Why? And so it glares at me The skulking eye Seeds of fate Disquietude Disguised fully Indiscernibly we all fight with this Soars through my mind subtly Eludes and hides Wavering until it fades Fade Fade, fade, fade, fade, fade, fade Indignant sigh Spark of hope No way Patience imbibed My equanimity freed Transiently Fade Fall Return Fall Return again
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Reticence 06:17
AHHHH!!! Inside AHHHHH!!! Outside stark reticence Inside AHHHHH!!! Plunge deeper in Flood coming into me Chambers and halls stalk me Thoughts run rampid like cacophony Down and stricken while Time burns its hole AHHHH!!! Sink into the floor Why? Why do this? AHHHH!!! AHHHH!!! Willingly I chose this pain I sought your company Sleepless I was happy AHHHH!!! I'm crooked and contorted Restrain my breathe AHHHH!!! Stifle Asphyxiated morsel's crazed plight Inside In Offers me lucidity Be within my increasing perplexity Weakened...
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მეხსიერებაში ჩავარდნა მაქვს მე მეხსიერებაში ჩავარდნა მაქვს ამნეზია, როგორც ამას ეძახიან რა არის ეს? (რა არის ეს?) სიბნელეში ცხოვრება ყოველ დღე ახალს მიმზადებს არა, ეს ოპტიმიზმით აღსავსე სიტყვები არ არის ეს სასოწარკვეთაა ვიღვიძებ ისე, რომ არ დამიძინია ვკეტავ კარებს, რომელიც არ გამიღია ვუყურებ ნამსხვრევებს, რომელიც მე არ დამიმსხვრევია და ეს მაშინ, როცა ოთახში სხვა არავინაა მინდა, რომ ვუშველო ჩემს თავს ვაღებ კარს, რომ გავიქცე სინათლეში თუმცა შევდივარ სიბნელეში სიბნელეში, რომელიც თითქოს ცოცხლობს შევდგავ...შევდგავ სიბნელეში ფეხს და მეღვიძება ისევ ნამსხვრევები, რაც მე არ დამიმსხვრევია ღია კარები, რომელიც არ გამიღია და სარკე, სადაც გამოსახულება არ ჩანს მეხსიერებაში ჩავარდნა მაქვს ამნეზია, როგორც ეძახიან
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So far I don't know No Been waiting for it Been waiting Down Been waiting to find sound Sound Been waiting to death For you Make it come down Make it come down He was waiting for it It was clear that in the afterthought of the dead Out he came Without a chance Without a hope Without a passion Without job Without anything at all He just couldn't No, no, no, no NOOOOOO!!! He couldn't change He couldn't believe at all No, no He couldn't take it at all No, no Hiding in his cupboard Been looking forward now Asked myself Hiding in the depths He came down He looked around and the only thing he could see was himself And it was a great big storm of the dead I've waited for you Make it go away For a sunny day
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Caprice Désir Une force impertutable L'appétit est inépuisable Inépuisable Déstruction de la mentalité faible Vie amélioré mais je suis donc un homme très fatigué Temp reste avant je réussirai
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Meadows sullen floes Pulled asunder now flow Interminably Drifting on I behold Specks of dawn's rays On the floes cast Its shadow

about

I had already moved to Georgia by this point, but I spent more than 4 months in the US in 2014 to record this album, once again working with Sauter. During the summer I studied composition under Toby Driver (maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot). The recording sessions were already underway, but I was in need of a drummer, so he recommended I work with Keith Abrams who was the drummer for them at the time. I was frequenting experimental shows and also kindled a relationship with fellow member Tim Byrnes, who also contributed on a few tracks.

For Distained and Untwined I had heavier material and longer compositions than on Coming 'Round the Bend. Demos were initially recorded on my phone in very lo-fi quality and some at home between 2012-2013, which I rerecorded in better quality. The album opens with material from the lo-fi phone recordings. The tenor banjo and opening vocal lines on Banjo Meditation was recorded in Ireland when I was WWOOFing there in 2011. Mike Sauter who had also contributed to Coming 'Round the Bend, played a larger role on this album, and Sandro Tskitishvili (Laozi, Expecto Patronum) contributed synths to "Reticence".

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released November 18, 2014

Music by Christopher Manning.
Lyrics by Christopher Manning with the exception of მეხსიერებაში ჩავარდნა მაქვს by ქეთევან გავაშელი (Katie Gavasheli)

Musicians:
Christopher Manning-vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, bass guitar, tenor banjo, recorder, clarinet (Reticence), piano
Michael Sauter-sitar, clarinet, mellophone, lute
Timothy Byrnes-flügelhorn, flügelhorn arrangements (მეხსიერებაში ჩავარდნა მაქვს)
Keith Abrams-drums
სანდრო ცქიტიშვილი (Sandro Tskitishvili)-synthesizer
J.E.L.L.i.-guitar (Utenfor i naturen)

Recorded by J.E.L.L.i. at Sunrise Studios (Staten Island) with the exception of:
Tenor banjo and intro vocals on Banjo Meditation recorded by Christopher Manning at Ninch Farms East, County Meath, Ireland
Synthesizer on Reticence recorded at სანდრო ცქიტიშვილის house by Christopher Manning and სანდრო ცქიტიშვილი in Tbilisi, Georgia
Intro guitar on Synchronous Propensities recorded by Christopher Manning on his cellphone
Flügelhorn recorded by Tim Byrnes

Mixed and Mastered by J.E.L.L.i. at Sunrise Studios (Staten Island)

Produced by J.E.L.L.i and Christopher Manning

Artwork by Robert Paternostro Jr.

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Fotgjengeren is the collaborative experimental project by New York-native Christopher Manning, who now resides in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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