Inbal Perlmuter and Ram Orion - Inballance [Lo-Fi / Alternative] (1997)

"This digital album was recorded to cassette on a four track recorder over a few days in January 1996 by Inbal Perlmutter and Ram Orion, two Israeli musicians and friends.

Perlmutter was 24 and fronting a very successful young rock trio - Ha Mechashefot (The Witches) and came to London for a vacation before releasing the band’s second album. Orion (27 at the time) was already living in London and formerly a member in a couple of iconic alternative bands in Israel. Inbal offered Ram to collaborate on some new songs she was writing in English (by providing feedback and arranging as well as helping her in finalising the melodies) and since there had already been a four-track recorder at the flat they decided to record the songs in the days that were left before she had to go back to Israel.

‘Love’, the last track, was recorded on the night of the 14th of January 1996 and finished at the dawn of the 15th - Inbal’s 25th birthday; the same morning Inbal flew back to Israel. Inbal named the project ‘Inballance’ and intended to release it back in Israel as a low-key independent cassette-album. She also wanted to contact some of the then new American lo-fi record labels that might have found interest in this project.

Being signed to a major label in Israel and having to focus on her own band’s new album the release was delayed. On October the first, 1997, Inbal was killed in a car crash. She was 26 years old, at the peak of her success and creativity. After Inbal’s death ‘Inballance’ remained unreleased due to both emotional and legal reasons until now, 20 years later, when for the first time this lo-fi gem is available to everyone."

(From the album's Bandcamp page)

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