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Liquid

by Arctic Skies

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Coconut Water 02:03
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Hot-Melt 02:14
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3.
Rubber Cement 02:44
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4.
Iron Oxide Slurry 01:11
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Toluene 02:56
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Aqueous Ammonia 03:29
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Brine 00:41
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Morpholine 02:05
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Methyl Ethyl Ketone 03:02
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Cherry Coke 02:10
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Mercury 00:34
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Black Liquor 02:17
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13.
Xylene 01:59
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14.
Propylene Glycol 02:12
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15.
Baijiu 02:09
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16.
Molasses 03:25
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about

These songs were written on an old purple couch and recorded directly from my amp to a four track in the winter of 2013.

Notes on the title liquids:
Coconut Water - The clear liquid inside young coconuts. It has a high potassium and mineral content.

Hot-Melt - Used in a hot glue gun. Commonly supplied in solid cylindrical sticks.

Rubber Cement - Drying adhesive. Made from elastic polymers mixed in a solvent. Used in art projects.

Iron Oxide Slurry - Made from water, iron oxide pigments, and a dispersing agent. Minimizes sludge build-up and allows heat dissipation.

Toluene - A clear, water-insoluble liquid that smells like paint thinner. Used as industrial feedstock and as a solvent. Sometimes used as an inhalant drug. Toluene has been used to remove cocaine from coca leaves to make Coca-Cola syrup.

Aqueous Ammonia - A solution of ammonia in water. Used to stain wood and as an antimicrobial in fast food beef.

Brine - A solution of salt in water. Used to preserve vegetables, fruit, fish, and meat.

Morpholine - A common additive for pH adjustment in fossil fuel and nuclear power plant stream systems.

Methyl Ethyl Ketone - A colorless liquid with a sharp, sweet odor reminiscent of butterscotch and acetone. Used in connecting together parts of scale model kits and in dry erase markers.

Cherry Coke - Cherry flavored Coca-Cola introduced in 1985. Informally known as chola.

Mercury - The only liquid metal at standard temperature. Extremely toxic.

Black Liquor - The spent cooking liquor from the kraft process when digesting pulpwood into proper pulp. Used as an energy source in pulp mills.

Xylene - An aromatic hydrocarbon found in gasoline and airplane fuels. Slighty greasy and colourless.

Propylene Glycol - A colourless, nearly odorless, clear, viscous liquid with a faintly sweet taste. Used as a chemical feedstock in polyester resin production. Used as an aircraft de-icing fluid.

Baijiu - Chinese distilled white liquor made from sorghum or rice.

Molasses - Viscous by-product of the refining of sugarcane, grapes, and sugar beets into sugar.

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released April 1, 2013

Cover photo by Ruslan Eliseev

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Arctic Skies Brattleboro, Vermont

Arctic Skies is the solo recording project of Jeremy Paquette. It started in August 2002 with a goal of writing and recording a complete album in a month and here I am 20+ years later, still creating albums based on random, self-imposed rules.

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