Peace In The Plaza, by Thomas Hardisty

Peace In The Plaza

by Thomas Hardisty

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	1.	Peace In The Plaza 07:47
	2.	Dennis St, 5am 00:54
	3.	9.09pm, 11/12/08 08:01
	4.	Dreams Of Brickworks 10:21
	5.	First Light Over Corhanwarrabul 04:49
	6.	Sunrise On The Hill 06:34

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Nice Music presents the debut album proper from Melbourne's Thomas Hardisty, known for his varied and imaginative contributions to Nun, Constant Mongrel, Woollen Kits and more. Hardisty has quietly laboured on 'Peace In The Plaza' over the 2 years leading up to its release, taking time to channel the wordless profundity which fills this record in plumes of contemplative melody and warmth. His placid focus on understated expression on this recording seems to be fueled deeply by its decided concept; a study of the mind's quiet hours which bookend the working day's concerns. This essence slides glacially within a specific physical space, encapsulated entirely by the suburban valley in which Hardisty has found himself - Northcote's verdant suburban strips which back onto parkland and more namely, the somewhat notorious Northcote Plaza. The ghosts of concepts such as sobriety or daily responsibility linger with indolence in the distance while this music gives space to a purer consciousness, albeit within a commonly experienced inner city milieu. Hardisty wields the sleight of hand to animate this juxtaposition, intangibly and lovingly.

For fans of Hiroshi Yoshimura, Abul Mogard

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released August 15, 2019

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Thomas Hardisty on Wurundjeri land. Sovereignty never ceded.

NM028V
Nice Music 2019
39 minutes

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Thomas Hardisty Preston, Australia

Thomas Hardisty explores reflective moods varying in tone and are primarily composed using a DX7 and a Matrix-1000. Sometimes peaceful and calm, others desperate and sad, they are often rooted in time and place. Peaceful mornings on ‘the hill’ looking out over Corhanwarrabul, the emptiness left by a clay mine and police brutality toward a teenager. Quiet and lonely, warm and comfortable. ... more

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