bleak house

by tim clément | lance austin olsen | ben watson

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	1.	bleak house 34:10
	2.	invisible man 24:40

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bleak house is the second collaboration between lance austin olsen and tim clément. for this album, also inviting ben watson to collaborate with tim clément in toronto.

"the notion of bleak house originally came from a re-reading of the charles dickens novel of that name but, as with all things, became a part of my memory bank that tends to mix and re-arrange in my mind as time passes. bleak house became a series of linked memories and incidents from a number of years that, in the end, had not much to do with dickens, but more to do with emptying a set of memories into an organization of sound and silence, smooth and jagged, delicate and rough, as if the inside of my mind had become the bleak house.

from within, the bleak house mind came quietly as an invisible man, fragments of song and sound moving out into the world, with no apparent rhyme or reason, just an unknown purpose." - lance austin olsen

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released August 31, 2023

tim clément - synthesizers, baritone guitar, tape loops, treatments

lance austin olsen - guitar, voice, shruti box , amplified objects, found sounds, wax cylinder, field recording

ben watson - live alchemical vibrations and regenerative waveforms

‘jonathan’ and ‘a decision’ on track 2 composed by vincent scholefield (voice and guitar)

concept, mixing and cover artwork by lance austin olsen
mastered by alan jones of laminal audio
designed by jamie drouin

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Infrequency Arts Victoria, British Columbia

established in 2001, infrequency arts represents the solo and collaborative works of canadian artists lance austin olsen & jamie drouin.

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