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The Baltika Years

by Ben Zimmerman

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    Double LP on 140 gram black vinyl cut at 33 RPM. Artwork is printed on a beautiful white matte finish and includes liner notes from Ben Zimmerman. Forward from producer Daniel Lopatin.

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    My debut album on Software Records.http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/columns/emily-bick_ben-zimmerman_s-the-baltika-years

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Phyllis 21:46
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The Scream 00:48
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Housed! 01:45
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Tropical Den 00:11
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99th Street 00:57
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Reverse Me 01:10
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Crystal Lake 01:55
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Da Chopp 02:15
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Chants 01:39
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Reso 01:18
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Mazer 00:20
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F-Trip 01:07
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about

Ben Zimmerman's The Baltika Years is a collection of recordings created between 1992 and 2002 mostly using a Tandy DeskMate computer.

When Ben solicited the Tandy tape recordings to Software in 2013, we were taken aback by how personal the music felt considering the palette used. It was like reading an abstract diary. The clues into Ben's world (and there are many) are so stark and strange that they feel like monuments.

Reducing Zimmerman's prolific output down to four album sides was a challenge. Much like the myth of the process-oriented painter in his prime, you get the sense that Zimmerman is subconsciously actualizing an artistic scenario that he may or may not be privy to.

When The Baltika Years is absorbed as a canon of work, a super-effect emerges which bonds all of his output. This is somewhat represented in the way we assembled the anthology, focusing on certain stylistic epochs that Zimmerman moved through over a decade of solitary experimenting and obsessing.

In many ways, The Baltika Years embodies the spirit of Software. It articulates a belief that idiosyncrasy is inevitable, and that human affect and technology are linked. One helps the other express something mysterious about the world.

Via limiting himself to one very specific instrument, Ben realized his own style -- a monochromatic computer music that glows with the intimacy found in life's barely audible sentiments, curios, and details.

Ben Zimmermanโ€™s The Baltika Years will be released on June 9, 2015 in double LP and digital forms.

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