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The Mortal Coil

by Tom Doncourt

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1.
House in Paradise 04:33
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2.
Black Square Golden Crown 03:01
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3.
Breaking Up in Bali 03:45
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4.
Constellation Orpheus 03:05
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5.
Which Fades Faster 03:41
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6.
Darkness of Wings 03:09
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7.
Defy Gravity from Under the Ground 01:54
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8.
Highway 3000 02:14
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9.
Horde of Bones 03:29
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10.
Moon Turns Orange Then Green 07:48
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11.
Philosopher's Path 03:23
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12.
Princess Reindeer 02:54
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13.
Ragged Light 07:08
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14.
Whirlpool 06:16
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about

The past decade found me traveling quite a lot and I spent considerable time on trains, planes and in hotel rooms in remote corners of the earth. I used those spans for writing and collecting my thoughts in periods of reflection and consideration of what lay ahead. There is such a brief time that we are here on this earth. It is fortunate that technology allowed me a small, portable means of recording what I collected. These ideas were then taken out to my personal workspace in N.Y. and produced into their present forms. Analog and digital instruments, vintage and new, various odd folk instruments and percussion pieces all found their places. There is nothing, though, that I get more satisfaction from than arranging with my tape replay instruments, the Mellotron and Chamberlin. They instantly put me in a special space that I've been long acquainted with. I've had the pleasure of playing with an experimental group of musicians that started up in the American Museum of Natural History and we performed in underground situations in and around New York City. I was inspired by several of the artists I met in this fashion and they appear as guests on "The Mortal Coil".

credits

released June 6, 2014

Tom Doncourt plays: Mellotron M400 and Chamberlin M1, Hammond M3, Bird Continental MK II, Jennings Univox, Moog LP, Yamaha CS70m, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Yamaha baby grand, Nordwave, Army Corps Signal Generator, acoustic and electronic percussion, wind instruments, and vocals

My huge thanks for contributions from:
Yuko Pepe - noise guitars and acoustic piano on Moon Turns Orange Then Green, noise guitar on Whirlpool
Mattias Olsson - drum kit, Taurus pedals, Chroma on Black Square Golden Crown, drums and percussion on Which Fades Faster
Alex Feld - vocals on Philosopher's Path
Wendy Doncourt - bird sounds on intro of House in Paradise
Sarah Reynolds - Turntable Treatments on Whirlpool
Jake Adams - Cymbals on Whirlpool
Cassandra Lynk Jenkins - vocals on Which Fades Faster

All music and lyrics written by Tom Doncourt
Cover art "The Three Graces" by Peter Zokowsky

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Thomas Carlton Doncourt (December 10, 1955 – March 20, 2019), was an American mellotronist.

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