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Qualified Echo

by Tyler Martin

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1.
Asking Axe 02:10
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Basking Shark 03:58
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Canyon 03:52
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"Atomic bomb behind my window Drove the unfinished highway Between two cemeteries In the twilight of our hazard pay" Air mass instability Caught me up on break Cigarette flashed before my eyes At the edge of the canyon, Fifty degrees and falling In the neighborhood of mountain crest or peak Chasing the echo up the side On a last chance ditch 'em ride Migrating south, argue the whole way Twilight of our hazard pay Shake gently awake At the edge of the canyon Fifty degrees and falling Wild life can’t hold on But no sign of stopping Shake gently awake "Didn’t miss that grapefruit slice at first Shine away neon sign Didn’t miss that grapefruit slice at first Shine gone away"
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Cause Harm 03:05
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Cumulus mediocris in mod podge sky Mail me back my pilots license Prime wings made to fly Striations up the barber pole Shepard's tone fussing Widowed leaves are russeting Nurse pulls back the curtain and reverses Searcher pursuing the surface What on earth will cancel these nerves Whistle with the warblers Cause harm
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Country Software 00:48
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Covered in Moss 02:40
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Deliniation 02:31
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Lifting mechanism Tires are out Growing by collision Switching the names up on me Sandy path small pebbles Gentle flash back now I remember The walk across the floating bridge Overwhelmed by turtles Army on the banks cashing in on action Shells click clacking Growing by collision Delineation Search for the surgeon Lost in duration
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Desolation Welding 01:55
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Drivers Theory 01:13
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Ego Logic 02:44
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In the whistle around the globe I heard a partial undertone The code word checked a box in me Tumbled out of bed and flipped my lid All day I was tossing Miracle in the mirror who is he Ready for the next task Blink our eyes at the same time its me Say our name at the same time - Tyler Tyler Uh huh…. Drove my car didn’t think about the speed There was a goal, a mission, definite need Fuel and refuel until I made my circle Coal in the earth felt a dip and got nervous Press me long enough, I am diamond Standing at the bear trap, waiting for the snap
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Fall into the Feeling 00:47
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12.
FM Town 07:18
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Vines twined around the power lines Dive down to FM town Send the signal intermittent squiggle Lightning bugs on all night Birds on the bus Splosh around net of rain water Door opens fly straight to the puddle Wing span like a librarians hands (footsteps) Down one row you have action adventure Rentals due back in the blink of an asteroid Continue down to the butcher shop Only sell bones and empty drawers Car repair new tires for my tiger Burning day light helpful harmonies Wave folding Triple a emergency towing FM town Workers climbing the towers Hanging line Helicopter guiding Roads modulating each other Spinway freed up a new angle Specific and tidy interactions Wavefolding with anger In a distortion band We found a wavy excuse To stay parked in a starry field Crowded with the cars of skeletons Sound of geese and crystals Phillip glass’ old band Hand on the horn Trumpeters busy hand I am stalled with awe Muscles and bones aground Easy on the brakes Down in FM town Basic decency - spend a long moment awake in focus Unknow your past. Let flow the question ask it Long morning with crisp green tea and pomegranate Short night, early to bed if you can stand it
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Green Onion St 03:59
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Cold wind stuns the tears on my face Stingray flying over the race Harsh draft blown in from the distance Runner lies down on the road I lay a wreath like a sheet Woven together green onion street The spice of life tingling like a tambourine Solo that track, let it ring Attentive my antennae are up to something Parked awareness on the furthest lot Using the keychain seek the beep But let’s face it, the car’s long gone And it’s a long hike through the desert night Cactus and Gila, dangerous life My temperature is frostbite Spikes in the code of my spine Solo that track Let it ride The air outside my parked car Filled with perfume laundry Worried bugs flickering remotes Infrared devotion Who cut corners on the washer Never experience a full cycle Messed with my memory For the last or was it the first time Refreshed like pop can spritz Green onion street Gold standard flashing bits Luminescent morning Cameras gone off course Following the best supporting actor Off into the break room Popping each last organic grape Hold the seed with disdain Like it was personal Between two fingers and thumb Waiting for another rehearsal Crawl after me As Leaves fall Its happening 3d model The fence the stars the stairs The ring the bats their wings The carapace in teeth Crushed and crumbling Solo that track let it roll
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Hours of Shame 01:03
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Instant Insight 02:17
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16.
Is He Searching 02:39
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Is he searching for the sound of breathing Is he searching for the day improving Is he searching for the call and response Is he searching for the background Is he so bright without glare Is he a motif repeated well Is he a steady rhythm Is he a visitor Is he a dumb pun Is he this year so far
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Jamming Lightbulb 02:08
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Ah!!/, sudden gold in the desert Buzzard spying up around Circling carousel, all is ending Well its ending well Bones cracked dust accumulation Nothing ever lasts Shop keep jamming out to the lightbulb Mustard drying fast Sun looks the other way The cacti sway Where u going Getting older by the instant Remember my twenties Baking like a lonely flatbread Stranded on god’s green oven Unleavened I will not rise Don’t fault the design Aim low and hit it every time That awkward bullseye
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Kablooey 02:39
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Left with a mess Stream-dreaming a process Stressing the test Vines dangle the drawing room Boom, we’ve got a new crew Mice bringing in crumbs for the team Termite clicking through the stethoscope Introducing the undertones Drying my clothes Rain got in through the skyline window Watch how it goes When the washers on a terrible roll Off the axis, Out of practice I sing for the sake Of the sad saxophone Echoing under the bridge Only cars driving above Not a single soul Brought over Boom and here’s the new crew...
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Maple Systems Road 04:10
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At the end of the arboretum Small birds flicked unfeathering Left behind a trail Followed back small echo Jewelry detective in their car caught the faint glimmer Return to the box comfort shop All the emeralds have come back Maple systems road Shortest path to the menu Focus when you Reach for the radio How do you get a song to go faster Legs stuck in the swamp Relish this rut for seven days Pressed down by intimidation techniques Tennis racket shoes Strap down trek through The frequency scan catches a lot Let it and let you, let it and let you let it and you let go Shadows melt upon maple systems road Plumbers come brought along the flow Try to synchronize with the step of a cheap watch Battery never dies no matter the quick of the tock Breakfast brought me back from the brink A slurried morning couldn’t think of the sequence Checklist delivered me from desk to recess Sunset guided my skeleton hand from ease to egress Eloping down maple systems road Car blends into the trees many rings old To tell my age cut me open Watch my heart breathing like a fish on land
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Nervous Shakers 01:05
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21.
PEQ 01:09
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Phonic Ridge 02:02
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Pterodactyl Love Song 02:44
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Born to a distinct genius New mythology Middle of the night No explaining Skull crying out Protect the family Prehistoric panic Protect the family Shriek to the back seats That primal feeling Sinking ceiling Awake and dealing
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Qualified Echo 01:51
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I -I E -E I -O U I Echo E echo I echo I O U I Echo E echo I and sometimes y I Echo Followed by a qualified echo
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Quayside 02:25
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Queue Forming 02:26
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Sardine 03:03
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Rare control Barrel roll Air control Share control High rolling in the mesosphere Dark, transparent, with a columnar grain structure Sole fish in the sky, beneath the spectacular ladder I say who am I flipping the mission like a pancake Out of the frying pan into the elevator and up up up up
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Scanning the Sails 01:44
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Shark Lessons 03:25
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Skimming the bottom of the soup pot Spoon scraping the steel Pulling old rust out the corners Minerals in my meal Cut my teeth on the question That was the shark lesson My appetites got me guessing No details just distress(ing) Siren call from a nearby whale Wise and dignified Sailing to the heart of the matter Substitute the rungs of the ladder Climbing up peeling the skin Walrus like a banana You play I win Reflecting on another perfect lesson Dazzle of anemones Sparkle like a spiked ring Warning as a courtesy Blood white with bleach Just out of reach of the teeth Following bliss was a prison Fleas eyes flashing like a prism Glimmer at the break of the waves I’m bowled over - ripples in the slaughter Spinning round whistle in the water Trying to unlearn the message burned Into my eyelids, rolling down the canyon To the wide open blue shark lessons 2 u
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Valorous Persona 01:55
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Captain entropy, complacent and cruising Follow what I think are the signs But the demon’s always present Sinking his teeth into my shoulders Whispering mad resentful With a loud and proud persona I drift my day along rudderless Hoping autopilot switches on Before sunset I can drink the pinks and blues Of ozone from the sky Dream to find my next life Stars screaming from all sides Captain entropy, complacent and cruising
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Well Done Remembrance 01:54
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32.
Xiphoid Process 02:18
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Yclept and Kept 01:52
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Break into a sprint from across the hall Hear my name in a clown car Tripping over shoes on purpose I lose Any sense of dignity every chance Gone away day to day Get rained on even in the house Flooding my room, holes in my couch Symphonic bathroom sounds concerning Ear to the shell the cochlea worries Will this be a harder season? Named and kept Snowman melts before the reason Birds fly off the nest Curious mouse coming out of the hole Grabs the carrot nose Off my face, the stone buttons Flick the switch to keep the light on

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Recorded Oct 15 2021 - Nov 15 2021 at home in Greensboro, NC.

"Hi everyone this is Tyler Martin. This is Qualified Echo and it's the companion album to Partial Undercurrent". After finishing the album Automatic Twist I was going to spend the rest of 2021 on Partial Undercurrent but I finished sooner than I thought so here we are. This album is made from three sources- 1) songs from Partial Undercurrent that I didn't end up using 2) Songs from a totally different album called Partial Undercurrent and 3) songs from an album called Acrobatic Test that I wrote and then avoided. I haven't started recording yet but my intention is to make these three groups of songs and then blend them as if an ecosystem. 10/4/2021"

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released July 7, 2023

Made by Tyler Martin, singing, key, string, wind and electric drum instruments. The idea for Pterodactyl Love Song came from a dream of Michele's.

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Tyler Martin Asheville, North Carolina

Sci-fi sandwich artist, currently subterranean at Norfair Studios on Zebes.

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