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Chasing Brother Angel

by Tim Lowly

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1.
a stone at dawn cold water in the basin these walls' rough plaster imageless after the hammering of so much insistence on the need for naming after the travesties that passed as faces, grace: the unction of sheer nonexistence upwelling in this hyacinthine freshet of the unnamed the faceless on this day earth shall ring with the song children sing ______________________
2.
130 03:30
3.
Riverside 04:18
Sit with me Sit with me Sit with me Be my riverside I am slipping by No matter how tight You hold me I am slipping by Sit with me Sit with me Be my riverside There’s a hint of sky Theres’s the play of light The deep unknown That you see in my eyes Sit with me Sit with me Be my riverside ______________________
4.
You’re all wrapped up Why, why, why You’re all wrapped up Fly, fly, fly, fly away One thousand birds in a tree And you’re all that I’ve got Saint Theresa in a blue green sweatshirt Ceci n’est pas une pipe (this is not a pipe) If you know what I mean One thousand birds in a tree And you’re all that I’ve got ______________ “ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“this is not a pipe”) refers to a painting by Magritte of a pipe accompanied by the text “ceci n’est pas une pipe ______________________
5.
25 00:38
6.
Garden 03:41
What is this, this garden Whose hands dug damp earth to plant it here between us This tangle of ivy Lovers, wrestlers Siamese tumbling into sunlight Cool lily grace Clover giggle Blush of the waking rose Root deep aroma of knowing Still wondering We wander out into this summer morning _______________________
7.
Orange Sun 03:24
8.
Robin 04:46
hear the broken chord we stumble and we yearn search the charred remains of the controlled burn o, the robin pays a visit to hell hand held up i’m calling, i’m calling o, the robin sings “all will be well” hand held up i’m falling, i’m falling, i’m falling now the prairie is grown again the eagle plays the dove complacency’s coup of this land but still the broken chord o, the robin pays a visit to hell hand held up i’m calling, i’m calling o, the robin sings “all will be well” hand held up i’m falling, i’m falling, i’m falling __________________________
9.
I am chasing brother angel Round the table in the bright meadow With his palette of graceful colors Catching them is like catching smoke Stick figure lovers in a sidewalk picture Pastel bright and child’s touch bold We will swim this sky blue river With hallowed fish: black and gold Someone gave me this sweet, sweet orange When I taste it I’m ten years old With my father on the road home from Kimjeh Oh the love that makes this sweet world roll __________________________
10.
Sandro 05:05
Sandro this beauty is catching me off guard I’m lost in the current I always reach too far into the dark I’m coming up empty this beauty holds the key to my heart A waxed winged flying fool Climbs too close to the sun The gardening angel picks up a plow and moves on The beauty holds the key to my heart __________________________
11.
1969 00:49
12.
Twilight rise in blue light I wake too your singing I open my eyes to find that I’ve been dreaming If night is forgiving Dusk is you singing Like a ghost in the trees your sweet voice is weaving a veil of goodbyes the final embrace the leaving If night is forgiving Dusk is you singing Pedro’s guitar is calling like that Picasso Mary, she cries the melody says what she knows If night is forgiving Dusk is you singing __________________________
13.
1970 03:20
14.
Love Song 04:28
I wish to settle deep in you like heaven sunk in pond water Eyes flowing into eyes flesh into flesh Our lives both on fire Though I am left all alone You share my breath, racing in my blood O flower that blooms in my soul’s darkness In one with me, and yet a distant land __________________________
15.
959 09:59
16.
Fading 06:28
Fading Rising into the light I held your hand As we climbed that winding road Into that strange paradise I still call home Fading Rising into the light Now I hold your hand again As you climb that road Into paradise You’re going home Fading Rising into the light __________________________

about

The over-arching structural concept of this album is fairly simple: the songs are organized loosely in relation to the course of a day starting with morning (“A Stone at Dawn”), through the mid-day (“Garden”) and ending with night (“939”), with “Fading” as something of a coda.

The first of the tracks that I made - that is digitally constructed * - and recorded were “130” and “959” which I worked on over the winter of 2004-5.

Several of the songs were written in 2004 as I was preparing for two art exhibitions: A number of the songs were written in relation to paintings I was making.

In June of 2005 Danny Bracken (friend, former student and member of the band Anathallo), pianist Matthew Ganong and I spent an intensive week recording basic tracks for several of the songs. I did the remainder of the recording and mixing over the next three years.

* About the term “digitally constructed”: I used Protools in a relatively primitive manner that probably has more in common with “musique concrète” than conventional contemporary electronic music. For what it’s worth, I did not use any synthesizers, drum machines or samplers in making this album.

This project is dedicated to Alma Grubbs who has been busy setting the table in that bright meadow. Thanks Mom.

credits

released May 1, 2008

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Ethan Adelsman - violin
Christie Miller - clarinet
Ted Danyluk - percussion
Ryan Hammer - bass
Rebecca Perry - vocals
Steve Alspach - drum samples
Ryan Hammer - bass
Amy Moore - hammered dulcimer, vocals
Naomi Moore - vocals
Rachel Moore - vocals
Bill Moore - vocals
Joe Lill - flugelhorn
Cyndi Veimiester - vocals
Katie Cooper - violin
Matthew Ganong - piano, organ, hand bells, vocals, whistle, glockenspiel and percussion
Daniel J Bracken Jr. - hand bells, recording and production
Tim Lowly - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, hand bells, melodica, glockenspiel, percussion, recording, digital tomfoolery and production

Recorded in Chicago at Chez Lowly, Berry UMC, North Park University and North Eastern Illinois University.

Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service.

All album art by Amy Huddleston .

CD and booklet design by Daniel J. Bracken Jr.


Thanks for the assistance, inspiration and support:
Daniel J. Bracken Sr.
Daniel J. Bracken Jr.
Matthew Ganong and the rest of the fabulous "Epilogists": Ethan, Ryan and Ted
Amy Huddleston for making such marvelous art
North Park University, students and faculty
Jon Peppler and all the other fine folk at Berry UMC
Anathallo
Hillary Marshall
Rebecca Miller
Katie Cooper
Christie Miller
my sibs
and the two who make it possible: Sherrie and Temma

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tim lowly & baby mountain Chicago, Illinois

Tim Lowly is a Chicago based musician, visual artist and art professor.
One can find other music by Tim and friends – as Baby Mountain – at soundcloud.com/lowly-00

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