The Shipyard, by Tor Lundvall

The Shipyard

by Tor Lundvall

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1.	The Shipyard At Dawn 03:17		buy track
2.	Drydock 03:59		buy track
3.	Morning Smoke 02:37		buy track
4.	Tugboats In Fog 03:37		buy track
5.	Under Snow Conditions 03:30		buy track
6.	The Shipyard In Winter 03:38	info	buy track
7.	Safety In Grey 02:32	info	buy track
8.	Angels At Sea 04:10		buy track
9.	The Shipyard At Night 04:59		buy track
10.	Blue Rain Ships 06:58		buy track
11.	Grey Rain Ships 08:43		buy track
12.	In A Shipyard (1991 Demo) 02:08	info	buy track

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Originally released as a vinyl edition of 500 hand-numbered copies on Dais Records in 2012 (DAIS031). Reissued by Dais Records as part of the 5-CD box set "Structures and Solitude" in 2013 (DAIS052).

ARTIST STATEMENT:

In the Autumn of 1990, I documented a handful of spontaneous audio experiments on a portable tape recorder. One of these pieces was a quiet instrumental entitled 'In a Shipyard'. I worked on a few variations over the following months and then I put the track to rest, hoping to expand on the idea at some point in the future. Almost 20 years later, I finally started recording an album based on the themes and images this old track evoked.

'The Shipyard in Winter' was the first new recording to take shape. This track was constructed around the soft, mechanical loop I used in my original demos. I then altered the loop to construct 'The Shipyard at Dawn' and 'The Shipyard at Night'.

The nautical and industrial sounds on the album were created from scratch and come from some surprising sources. The distant, sluggish melody on 'Under Snow Conditions' is actually a slowed down fragment of distorted piano from 'She's Spinning', a track from the "Ice" album. The two extended tracks, 'Blue Rain Ships' and 'Grey Rain Ships', were constructed by running randomly overlapping tape loops from my archives, so there is an element of chance in these pieces.

"The Shipyard" is my first entirely instrumental album since "Empty City". Like that previous album, the recordings continue to explore my fascination with man made structures interacting with their natural surroundings. The music has a strong sense of place and it recalls the atmospheres and landscapes I had hoped to capture so many years ago.

Tor Lundvall
April 27th, 2012

BONUS TRACKS ON 2013 REISSUE:

'The Shipyard in Winter' and another out-take entitled 'Safety in Grey' were originally released on the Tursa 2-CD compilation "With Friends Like These..." in 2010 (cross-faded into a single track). For the CD reissue, I separated the tracks and inserted them back into the running order where they originally belonged. I've also included one of my early 'In a Shipyard' demos recorded back in 1991.

Tor Lundvall
September 12th, 2013

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released June 1, 2012

Recorded between February 2009 and April 2010 except track 12 recorded August 1991.

Artwork and Design by Tor Lundvall.

Mastered by Kurt Lundvall.

© Tor Lundvall, Eternal Autumn Editions (ASCAP).

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American painter and composer on Dais Records.

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