Upper Limits of Normal (20th Anniversary Reissue), by Analog Tara

Upper Limits of Normal (20th Anniversary Reissue)

by Analog Tara

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Jascha Narveson Analog Tara circa 2000 with laid back beats and jazzy keyboard stylings that'll turn any room into the coolest waiting room ever. Some slight edge to some of the percussion makes this like a slightly rougher sounding St. Germain at times.

I've played this about four times since I got it three days ago... Favorite track: Tumble Dry.

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1.	Defunkt (Take 3) 06:33	buy track
2.	Tumble Dry 07:01	buy track
3.	Missing = Failure 00:42	buy track
4.	Steady State 05:10	buy track
5.	Homoplasmic 00:47	buy track
6.	Thermogram 05:43	buy track
7.	Upper Limits of Normal 08:02	buy track
8.	Not Otherwise Classified 00:32	buy track
9.	Mechanism of Action 07:08	buy track
10.	Molasses in January 05:19	buy track
11.	Not Elsewhere Specified 00:24	buy track
12.	Ensoulment 03:52	buy track

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Fresh off a few years of performing jazz piano in NYC bars in the late '90s, Analog Tara made Upper Limits of Normal, a full-length album of slow beats and instrumental jams that layer samples of her performances on piano, Hammond organ, synths, and electric guitar along with drum machine loops run through a vintage tube amp and effects. Everything was arranged with a Yamaha A3000 sampler and RM1X sequencer, and recorded and mixed through a Roland VS880 workstation. Move D's Source Records released a version of "Defunkt" on a 2001 compilation and the self-released album had limited availability in the years after. This is a reissue for the music's 20th anniversary.

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released April 30, 2020

Written, performed + produced by Analog Tara. Homemade in Brooklyn, NY, 2000-02.

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Analog Tara / Tara Rodgers Maryland

A multi-instrumentalist composer, producer, and historian of sound, Tara started her career as a self-taught jazz pianist and has since made a wide range of techno and ambient music, and generative sound compositions in SuperCollider. From NPR Music: "Assertive work, bold in the precision and subtlety it takes to mix such signals with thrill and grace and restraint.” ... more

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