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TRUE LOVERS

Album · Lonely Band.

RECORD · SONG · 2017

MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT

01 / THE QUESTION

HOW DOES A RECORD BECOME A WORLD SOMEONE CAN RETURN TO?

True Lovers sits inside the musical work from which the later instruments grew: writing, recording and performance as forms of world construction.

The archive is evidence of continuity. Before the protocol was named, the same concern was already present — create a durable interior with its own rules.

ARCHIVE NOTE

SONG AS A ROOM. A RECORD AS ITS ADDRESS.

01 / WRITELOCATE

Find the emotional rule that holds the material together.

02 / RECORDBUILD

Give the rule a surface, duration and atmosphere.

03 / PERFORMRE-ENTER

Open the same world again in another room.

03 / WHAT IT ENABLES

A COHERENT PLACE ACROSS MANY SONGS.

  1. Carry one atmosphere through a complete record.
  2. Move between private writing and public performance.
  3. Make repetition feel like return rather than duplication.

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