released June 1, 2006

Dave Graney, 12 string acoustic guitar
Clare Moore, vibraphone, melodica
Stu D aka Le Comte D'Alucard aka Stuart Thomas, bass

*track 15, "who of us two?" features Dave Graney on vocals, electric guitar and bass and Clare Moore on drums, keys and vocals.

Recorded August 2006 at the Ponderosa in Melbourne.
Produced by Dave Graney and Clare Moore.

On "Keepin’ it unreal" Dave Graney and Clare Moore present a wide range of material all taken through the strange sonic machine shop , the veritable Tardis, that is their vibes, 12 string and bass vehicle of choice 2006/2007. ( Just one of their vehicles, they travel in many). Here,they stretch out on some material, beyond the rational and known confines of time and space.
A year of touring far into the interior and all along the coasts of Australia with this shimmering, delicate and golden and mellifluous sound gave Dave Graney and Clare Moore the opportunity to revisit and recast much material from the past recordings in a new light, a new and pleasantly melodious aspect. They did a two month stand at an inner city joint that saw them make their way through 120 songs from their vast and arcane song book. At the end of long period of driving and playing , and just before Stu D jumped on a plane to Europe, they recorded a set of their favourite songs. Songs that bloomed and breathed again in this new environment. This exotic and fecund, reverberrant atmosphere. This set included "you put a spell on me", co written with Melbourne player Matt Walker and recorded by him in 1999 as well as by Jimmy Little . There is also a charging version of "diamonds,fur coat, champagne" by New York synthesizer duo, Suicide ( a great inspiration for Dave Graney in his early musical shots for impossible goals) and an English language version of a hit by French artist , M". The song is called "who of us two?" and closes the album. (It was the only song with drums on it so it would have upset the ambience anywhere else). Elsewhere,they revisit songs from all different albums they have made, going back to 1990 for "a million dollars in a red velvet suit", 1994 for "there was a time", 1997 for "biker in business class",1998 for "lt Colonel, Cavalry" and "am I wearing something of yours?" , 2000 for "vengeance is on it’s way" and " the stuff that night is made of" and all points through the last decade for the rest of the album. All these new interpretations of these songs were recorded live, in one day and overdubs were kept to a minimum. No electric guitars or keyboards were brought out (save for "who of us two" which was recorded by Dave Graney and Clare Moore a few months earlier) and it was kept to a most minimal aesthetic. The object being to keep it ,strangely, real. The thing being that in reality, and indeed , to begin with , it was unreal. So they had to keep it so, also. Indubitably.