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Im​/​Balance

by Obol

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There is a river that flows — golden, unheard, unseen — deep beneath us. A river of pure light beyond the reach of human senses. When I close my eyes and it is still not dark I will sometimes try to close them further. A first and then a second curtain. Should I wade into the unending oneness of that river I hope that the curtain will be drawn a third time and that true darkness might be found within the light.

The sound of Obol’s Im/Balance is as much in the push of the ocean as it is in the ancient creak of Justitia’s ancient scales. Eight tracks by nine artists that seek to adjust, balance, unbalance, correct, and over-correct through a fragile thread of contrast; each work tied to another in spite of their difference. Balance in imbalance, piano in forte, micro in macro, all in one.

Should I find myself in that river, I hope there is a sound.


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50% of all sales proceeds will be donated to The Song Room, a national for-purpose organisation that brightens the futures of Australia’s most disadvantaged children with tailored, high-quality music and arts programs, delivered in partnership with schools across the country.

www.songroom.org.au


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credits

released August 26, 2021

sarah su – rips
Written and produced by sarah su
Mixed by Tilly Webb


Sunbu – Nightsea
Written, produced and mixed by Mitchell MacKintosh
Contains samples of 'Niandou' by Ballaké Sissoko


DJ Aime – Nuances
Written, produced and mixed by Jaime Sacchero


Luvtide – march nine
Written, produced and mixed by Noah Riseley


Isha Ram Das – Ape Is Underwater (Aquatic Ambience Rework)
Written, produced and mixed by Isha Ram Das
Original composition by David Wise
All instruments played by Donkey Kong


Anthony Carr – Murmur
Written, produced and mixed by Anthony Carr
Spectral cello by Emma Maguire


azure & Tilly Webb – try to breathe
Written and produced by Emma Maguire and Tilly Webb
Mixed by Tilly Webb


Rott Wheeler – untitled beach song
Written, produced and mixed by Rott Wheeler



All tracks mastered by Anthony Carr
Artwork by Hanna Sandgren
Text by Isha Ram Das


Released by Obol Records


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Obol would like to acknowledge the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their ancestors and elders – past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that we are uninvited settlers on Naarm Land. We acknowledge that our work is merely a continuation of the longstanding legacy of ritual, performance, story-telling and sharing that has existed on this land for over 60,000 years. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and treaties remain unsigned.


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Obol Melbourne, Australia

Electronic & experimental record label based in Melbourne / Naarm.

Demystify & balance.

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