Estimating Green

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Estimating Green

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Artwork by Timothy O'Donnell.

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1.	Cinema 44 02:59	info
2.	Torrents & Stone 01:16	info
3.	Fuyu No Tsuki (冬の月) 04:14	info	buy track
4.	Approach 02:06	info
5.	The Echoes On A Frosty Afternoon 01:35	info
6.	Fishbowl Dynamics 01:43	info
7.	Plain Clothes Goths 01:51	info
8.	April In Space 01:55 video	info	buy track
9.	Emergency Flapjack 01:17	info
10.	Espera 05:03	info
11.	Betweenness (Seven-Inch Edit) 04:29	info	buy track
12.	Vague Recall 00:56	info
13.	A Kind Of Tiger 05:43	info
14.	Le Cœur s'Arrête 02:10 video	info
15.	Duo (bandcamp bonus download track) 03:10 video	info

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"Estimating Green" connects the two 2020s GNAC albums: "Afternoon Frost" (VF701, 2021) & "The Echoes On Departure" (VF707, 2023), by including alternative versions of tracks, & out-takes from both: works in progress, solo piano demos, & a 7" single edit.

Track 15 is a Bandcamp-only bonus track that is not on the CD or streaming editions of this album.

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Track notes:

1. “Cinema 44” - a section of “Cinematografica” - the latter from VF701: 3/4 time on the album. This section was originally recorded in 4/4 time, & then re-sampled to 3/4 for the album track. A lot of reverb - as with many of these versions.

2. “Torrents & Stone” - work in progress for “Hanami” from VF701 - before the drums, & more instrumentation was added to the latter.

3. “Fuyu No Tsuki (冬の月)” - work in progress for “Winter Moon” from VF701, before drums & bass were later added.

4. “Approach” - demo for “Station Approach” from VF701.

5. “The Echoes On A Frosty Afternoon” - a piano-based out-take from VF701.

6. “Fishbowl Dynamics” - an experiment during the VF701 sessions: looping guitars at various speeds, combined with a trombone sample & piano.

7. “Plain Clothes Goths” - an out-take from VF707. No chorus or flanger here.

8. “April In Space” - keyboards + drum machine + Kathleen on backing vocals. An out-take from VF707. This was a single, & there is a video for it, with graphics by Timothy O’Donnell.

9. “Emergency Flapjack” - an out-take from VF707, with vintage drum machine. In many ways quite close to parts of “Denticulated Lines” from VF701. Made me think of the “That Sinking Feeling” (Bill Forsyth, 1979) soundtrack when I finished it, even though it doesn’t sound that much like it.

10. “Espera” - original working version of “Wait ...” from VF707. Very different from the album version. Kathleen on backing vocals.

11. “Betweenness” (Seven-Inch Edit) - I edited the VF707 version for a 7” A side - with perhaps a remix planned for the AA. The 7” was never released. Words & vocals by Kathleen.

12. “Vague Recall” - solo piano demo for “Nightjar Retrospective” from VF707.

13. “A Kind Of Tiger” - original working version of “Golden Crackle Effect” from V707. No handclaps from the TR-808 here; and much longer than the VF707 track.

14. “Le Cœur s’Arrête” - the solo piano demo for “Until The Heart Stops” from VF707.

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15. ``Duo'' (Bandcamp-only bonus download) - the unedited full-length version of ``Tenebrous Autumn'' from VF707. More guitar than the album version. Speeds up & slows down: I was concurrently writing & recording, & lost track of time in the process.

Mark Tranmer, Scotland, 2nd November 2023.

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released November 2, 2023

Artwork by Timothy O'Donnell

Words/Vocals on 11 © 2023 Kathleen Stosch
8,10 Backing vocals Kathleen Stosch

All music © 2021-2023 Mark Tranmer

Recorded at Home and at Hum of Gold, Stirling.

Mastered by Samuel J. Smith in Glasgow & by Mark Tranmer in Stirling.

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