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The Limber Real

by EXEC

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1.
There is no smell as foul As of stale air
 It will sit in your clothes And in your hair Like an infinite resource
 Of infinite disheartening knee-falls There is no sound as harsh
 As of static
 That can gnaw through your bones Through your fabric Like an infinite resource
 For infinite disheartening knee-falls There is no sight like that Of an airplane 
Taking off from the ground It was built on Like an infinite number
 Of infinite possible outcomes Waiting to unfold
 There, before your eyes
2.
Blink 01:27
Everything will be gone We don't even wake Everything comes undone While the ground shakes I just like the thought of The end of the world Seeing what we've built up Return to dirt There's not one atom more Than there was here before We think we're creators While we redecorate
3.
Where do these white chalk lines come from That separate us as we run
 Around this track
 Too short and narrow We've never melted into one I doubt it ever has been done We only rake 
We never harrow We keep our lanes around the track We look to our sides and back We run together Dearest friends And one can hope Right till the end And we can touch But never blend
4.
Hymn 02:04
I don't want to share your world 
I don't need a thing from it
 It's hollow and it works so strange And I don't think I get it Your world is engulfed in pain Your world is so young and vain It's hollow and there's no love in it And I don't think I get it And then I see the sun set Then I see my place in it
 And your world is bright and lit And then I think I get it
5.
Our lives are like a liquid
 Flowing through two separate grooves One heading for the future
 The other for the truth Both end up in the ocean One trickles through so steady The other is spilling over
 One stream will make you ready The other into a rover Both end up in the ocean One wakes you in the morning The other in the night
6.
Intermission 01:50
7.
A soul full of knots is better Than no soul at all
 A body that rots beats having No body at all But my head
 Oh this head
 Can I have someone else's instead To simply exist is better
 Than not being here
 To have all these things 
All these sights, all these sounds All those years But this head
 Oh this head 
I would rather have air there instead A soul full of knots is better Than no soul at all
 A body that rots beats having No body at all But this head
 Fuck this head!
 I would rather have no head instead
8.
Peers 02:18
I don't care for the afterlife 
My present is my biggest strife 
My peers and all their whimsical ideas One week it's this, the next it's that 
I don't know where to hang my hat
 My peers all know exactly where to steer I am a pale caucasian male 
I have no fight, no real travail 
I fear my only mirror is my peers
9.
Schmeers 01:07
10.
Bodies 02:41
Bodies on posters in too little clothes Bodies that fight and bodies gone cold Bridges for bodies and bodies by sea Bodies that move in tunnels beneath Bodies that work and bodies that ache Young bodies build while older ones break Bodies in piles and bodies in graves Bodies that fell for somebody's rage Body of mine
 You carry me well Body of mine
 My shelter
 My shell
11.
Good friends!
 The singularity is near Think hard about the things That you hold dear Good friends! 
I doubt that we will persevere When bigger minds start
 To get aware Green leaves! 
I hope they'll take good care of you I hope they'll learn to love you
 Like I do Blue seas! 
I sure will miss your smell I hope they stand in awe Over your wealth Great skies!
 I love the colours that make I hope they treasure you For heaven’s sake Heartbeats 
I held my breath for each of you I hope they have a breath
 To hold too Good friends! 
The singularity is near Think hard about the things That you hold dear
12.
Going Under 03:00
Just like so many before me
 I know that there's an end for me And I am no master 
I am no king All of their voices are telling me
 How I should live and how I should be But I am no master 
I am no king But I know where I am going I am going under No one is out to correct me now 
I have escaped their grip somehow I am no master 
I am no king I am the wind I am the rain
 I am no one and have no name I am no master 
I am no king But I know where I am going I am going under
13.
Let me snap my fingers And see where it might lead The real can be so limber And flex to fit your needs Let me close my eyes 
And stick a finger in both ears When I am deaf and blind
 Am I still really here? And even though I see
 That there is something there I just can’t believe
 That there is nothing there I would never dare to Completely shut my eyes How can I be sure that
 It won't lead to your demise? And even though I see
 That there is something there I just can’t believe
 That there is nothing there
14.
Stripped 03:28
Strip me of my clothes And burn all of my things Let me be the blade
 That severs all the strings Strip me of my systems 
Of all of my beliefs
 Let me be the salmon 
That gives up to the stream Strip me till I'm gone And hold me till I'm still Let me be the mud
 That slides down the hill My skin dissolves
 My muscles tear off
 My eyes leave their sockets And open
 The world
 To me

about

In 2013 Troels Abrahamsen sat down in front the piano at home. The singer and composer had for years written and produced his songs on the computer. He realised a change in his songwriting method was needed.

“Since my childhood the piano has had a central role in my life. Therefore it was a success to be back at the piano and have direct contact with an instrument again. For me it became an opportunity to create something new and start over again” , says Abrahamsen.

EXEC grasps existential loneliness in a world of individuals. We are as human beings set in a social world, but will always be faced with the distance between humans never being able to fully explain ourselves to other people. We are together, but always separate.
As lead single, “The Explanatory Gap” deals with this universal theme: We live our lives just like runners on the track. Running forward, but in separate lanes with a white chalk line between us. As Troels sings: “And we can touch, but never blend” .
“Life is a Liquid” circles around the experience of operating in the physical world while searching within – to embrace the future while getting closer to your personal truth about who you are.
How technology affects human interaction is also a recurring subtheme on The Limber Real . Are humans able to control technology? What happens if it all breaks down? Are we individually and collectively vanishing into technological oblivion?

Though without religious overtones, the music is inspired by the Nordic psalm tradition with its particular harmonies and structures. Troels’ vocal work is exemplary and reaches new emotional highs with great range in dynamics and timbre.

EXEC is analogue music. The album has been recorded with the producer Mikkel Bolding. Together they have spent hours, days and weeks looking for the perfect place to record every song to capture the right sonic moments and from there to capture the perfect takes. A constant search for the right acoustic moments and situations.
Troels reflects on the close relationship developed between himself & Mikkel through the making of the album: “It was what every artist dreams of - finding a producer you immediately connect with” .
Each track has its own signature sound coming from various recording locations and approaches – for example the prepared piano plays a big role on The Limber Real as Troels and Mikkel from track to track have altered the sound of the piano by placing objects on the strings.
The result is a captivating, intense and diverse album, a pleasure for audiophiles and alternative music fans alike.

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released February 22, 2016

Produced by Troels Abrahamsen og Mikkel Bolding
Mixed by Mikkel Bolding
Mastered by Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering
All vocals and instruments performed by Troels Abrahamsen

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EXEC Copenhagen, Denmark

EXEC is the moniker of Danish producer and singer-songwriter Troels Abrahamsen. EXEC features Troels' music stripped down to piano, vocals and raw human emotion.

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