Naima Karllson treats us to deep searching improvised recordings on 70s organ and vector synth. Originally recorded in Jan 2020 for an installation by Gery Georgieva at Cubitt Artists in London, Naime later reworked the piece, transmuting the material into '[Vital organs] I. In it, slow winding motifs and melodic washes find their feet in a melancholic dirge. Lines of sound open up and unfurl, revealing over time a fragile inner structure. Like the work of her grandparents, Naime's music is rooted in the soil of the earth but gradually lifts itself skywards, finding solace in both the physical and digital world.

The track is accompanied by a video collage by Naime: "The video is a collage of still and moving found images that journey through the organ track on an internal and universal scale. Taking influence from the title, protection and the body are prominent themes. The images search for fluid interconnections between micro and macro bodies in the physical, digital and astral realms such as far-off stars, cell phone devices, Dogon astronomy drawings, bodies of water and our central heart space." - Naime Karlsson

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Naima Karlsson - All instrumentation & video collage 

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Recorded by Maxwell Sterling
2020

TR037 - Naima Karlsson [Vital Organs]: I. Heart Protector

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Discography:

Solo and aliases:
TM404 - Syra LP (Kontra-Musik 2021
TM404 - Endor Trico 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2018
TM404 - Acidub LP (Kontra-Musik) 2016
TM404 - Untitled 12" (Skudge White) 2014
TM404 - Svreca Remixes 12" (Kontra) 2014
TM404 - Svans 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2013
TM404 - TM404 CD/LP (Kontra-Musik) 2013
TM404 - The Morphosis Korg Response (Kontra-Musik) 2012

Svaag - Sade 12" (Semantica) 2014

Tilliander - Cleanse And Manipulate 12" (FØLD) 2019
Tilliander - Expect Resistance / Respect Existence 7" (Dub on Arrival) 2019
Tilliander - Compuriddim LP (Ideal Recordings) 2017
Tilliander - Ofog 12" (Echocord) April 2017
Tilliander - Knapp Ledsyn 12" (Bright Sounds) 2016
Tilliander - You Have 2 Osc 12" (Börft) 2015
Tilliander - Mini LP 12" (Börft) 2013
Andreas Tilliander - Showtime 12" (Adrian Recordings) 2010
Andreas Tilliander - Show CD (Adrian Recordings) 2009
Andreas Tilliander - Stay Down 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - She Dont Cry 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - Bonnarock 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD (Poplot) 2005
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD/LP (Pluxemburg) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD/LP (Resopal) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Love Me Like I Do 7" (Pluxemburg) 2005
Andreas Tilliander - Back To The USA 12" (Pluxemburg) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Dutty & Digital 12" (Ideal Recordings) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Elit CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2002
Andreas Tilliander - Ljud CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2001

Mokira - Chill Out LP (Kontra-Musik) 2018
Mokira - Skaka Hund Skaka 12" (SELF) 2015
Mokira - Time Axis Manipulation CD (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Axis Audio 10" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Time Track 10" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Biasline 7" (Ideal Recordings) 2010
Mokira - Persona CD/LP (Type Records) 2009
Mokira - The Bum That Will Bring Us Together 7" (Type) 2007
Mokira - Hateless CD (Ideal Recordings) 2006
Mokira - Ease CD (Filippa K) 2006
Mokira - FFT POP CD (Cubicfabric) 2004
Mokira - Album CD/LP (Type Records) 2003
Mokira - Plee CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2002
Mokira - Cliphop CD (Raster Noton) 2000
Mokira - Sueismine CDEP (Ideal Recordings) 2003
Mokira - Kuket 7" (Klanggalerie) 2000

Lowfour - Stenmark 12" (Kupei) 2005
Lowfour - Muscle And Hate 12" (DSP Records) 2004
Lowfour - Ian 12" (Echocord) 2002
Lowfour - Repeatle 12" (Force Inc) 2001

Rechord - Skokoll CD/LP (Audio.NL) 2002
Rechord - Eloper 12" (Audio.NL) 2002

Komp - Skane Remixed CD (New Speak) 2003
Komp - Vena LP (Komplott) 1999

Collaborations:
TM404 & Echologist - Telomic Ghost LP (Kynant) 2019
TM404 & Echologist - Infiltrated 12" (Kynant) 2018
Innerst Inne - Solen Träffar Topparna Först LP (Further) Out March 2018
TM404 & Echologist - Bass Desires 12" (Kynant) 2017
Andreas Tilliander & Elin Franzén - Japan LP (Repeatle) 2017
Kondens -  Tird 12" (Börft Records) July 2015
Kondens - Second Coming 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Kondens - First Cut 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2010
Bulgur Brothers - We Are 9 10" (We Are) 2007
Bulgur Brothers - Smoothie Mixes 12" (Sunset Diskos) 2007
Bulgur Brothers - Jaffa EP 12" (Karat) 2006
Bulgur Brothers - Smoothie Man LP/CD (Sunset Diskos) 2006
Bulgur Brothers - Puffy Pop EP - 12" EP - Mineral (TBA 2006)
Minimalistic Sweden - Standard Klickmusik CD (Mitek) 2003
Skitus - Data_01 (Clear Blu) 2000

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