transcription of organ music @ Yours and Owls

Captured lovingly by the good folks at Yours and Owls / Laww Media - on the 9th of July 2011, in Wollongong during the recent winter tour.

BTO6 transcription of organ music "A Prey to Griff" lathe-cut 12"/woodcut edition

A very limited lathe-cut 12" record/woodcut - the front cover of the sleeve is a hand-printed woodcut (on 350gsm off-white hahnemuehle etching paper), whilst the back cover of the sleeve features a unique hand painted drawing. There are also a double-sided insert, a lathe-cleaning instruction insert from the pen of Peter King, plus a download token. An edition of 30 copies.

Side A.

beneath the salty sea

eye for an eye

travers

Side B.

devotion

when we lay down

a farmers work is never done

no longer available

transcription of organ music "A Prey to Griff" lathe-cut 12" record/woodcut - available from 1st July

edition of 30 copies available at transcription of organ music shows in July.

Friday 1st - Grand Poobah, Hobart, Tas

Saturday 2nd - Fresh, Launceston, Tas

Sunday 3rd - Workers Club, Fitzroy, Vic
Thursday 7th - The Front gallery, Lyneham, ACT
Friday 8th @ Petersham Bowls Club, Petersham, NSW
Saturday 9th @ Yours And Owls, Wollongong, NSW
Friday 15th @ The Loft, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 16th @ Lofly Hangar at Beetle Bar, Brisbane, QLD

BT05 A.Wallace "One Day You Will Be Gone" lathe-cut 7"/etching

A.Wallace doing what A.Wallace does best. Two haunted minimal folk songs coming to you from the crackle of a campfire in the dessert and through the crackle of a limited edition 30-copy hand lathe-cut polycarbonate 7" record housed in an edition of the same number of a hand-printed drypoint etching by D.Bird.

$17 each

use the red button below to purchase via paypal/credit card etc., or alternately email birdtree.recordings@gmail.com to arrange for a different payment method if paypal isn't your thing.

*Postage needs to be added with one of the buttons below and is $5 within Australia or $8 Overseas - alternately email birdtree.recordings@gmail.com to arrange a personal pick-up.

A.Wallace lathe-cut 7" Launch

Way back in 2009 I asked Aaron if he'd like to collaborate on this little project that I had in my mind, whereby I'd invite songwriters that I knew to produce two self-recorded/field recorded songs for a lathe-cut 7" in a place or locality that held some kind of special significance to them. They would provide me with those two recordings along with a small piece of writing on the experience and circumstances surrounding the time and place of the recording, and I would produce an artwork in response, to accompany the limited edition lathe release on Birdtree Recordings.

The idea was to do this as a series of collaborations, and Aaron was the first person I thought of as he is an artist who fully embraces the idea of no-frills field recording In the way that he goes about presenting his music. We'd played a number of shows together in Melbourne that Aaron had helped put together in such places as an old gutted warehouse (being used as a car park) that was the site of some crazy axe-murder, an incredibly acoustically resonant underground tunnel, houses, ware-houses and the like - and always had a fantastic experience connecting to those places by way of performing in them musically.

Aaron was immediately enthusiastic about the project and made plans to venture into the dessert near Broken Hill to visit his friend and record the songs - which he did by a campfire into a cassette dictaphone not long after.

This edition of 30 7" records were individually lathe-cut onto transparent polycarbonate by Peter King in New Zealand, and are enclosed in an edition of 30 drypoint etching sleeves handprinted by myself.
When I first asked Aaron, I didn't think it would take two years to complete this first 7" in the series, but it has been two years in the making, so we're pretty stoked to finally be releasing it into the world on Saturday the 18th of June, in Hobart.

Performing at the show:

A.Wallace
Drunk Elk
The Love In
Gutter Parties
Crude Vessels

*this event will not be in a traditional local venue, watch this space and we'll keep you posted on the locality details, and hope to see you there!

transcription of organ music & saskia sansom winter tour - July 2011

July -

Friday 1st - Grand Poobah, Hobart, Tas

w/ bunny

Saturday 2nd - Fresh, Launceston, Tas

w/ Tanned Old Man

Sunday 3rd - Workers Club, Fitzroy, Vic
w/ Seagull & Emma Russack

Thursday 7th - The Front gallery, Lyneham, ACT
w/ The Singing Skies

Friday 8th @ Petersham Bowls Club, Petersham, NSW
w/ The Singing Skies

Saturday 9th @ Yours And Owls, Wollongong, NSW
w/ The Singing Skies

Friday 15th @ The Loft, Gold Coast, QLD

Saturday 16th @ Lofly Hangar at Beetle Bar, Brisbane, QLD
w/ Pets with Pets

transcription of organ music - live at CALH 2011 (Papaiti Records)

Our friends over at Papaiti Records have made available a live recording of transcription of organ music performing earlier this year at Campus A Low Hum in New Zealand, for free download, available here.

setlist-

1. A Farmers Work is Never Done

2. Roll in the Hay

3. The Vealer

4. Limbs

5. Eye for an Eye

enjoy!

Autumn

transcription of organ music - "Autumn" by birdtree recordings

a few more songs from the great lake's

While undertaking some rearranging in the vaults of Birdtree HQ recently, a veritable time-capsule was unearthed in the discovery of a small stash of 5 copies of the transcription of organ music album, Songs from the Great Lake.

Released in 2009 as limited edition of 100 recycled card stock Digipack, this album has been out print for a little while.

These 5 copies are now available to order here for as long as they last

$15 each (postage paid)

Sorry, all gone!

clones & clones

"Hobart + Melbourne" is a compilation CD released by Clones & Clones in 2010.

it contains:

east brunswick all girls choir "serralves"
transcription of organ music "a farmers work is never done"
moe grizzly "eye sore"
the native cats "i've been replaced"
witch hats "sessa"
ivt st. "talk to strangers"
pikelet "man hat"
teeth and tongue "sad sun"
the stabs "slow down"
paint your golden face "we keep cutting each others throats"

10 copies available here

$5 each (postage paid)

a show at the Republic with Mike Noga

transcription of organ music will be joining Mike Noga (The Drones) as special guest for his show in Hobart at the Republic Bar & Cafe on Friday the 13th of May, 2011 - should be a hoot!

here's a Facebook event page thingy

BTO6 transcription of organ music "A Prey to Griff" - *2nd Edition

Damon Bird, "Arms & Munitions", Linocut, 2011


A Prey to Griff is the first release from transcription of organ music since 2009's Songs from the Great Lake. 6 songs, spanning 33.30 minutes, beautifully recorded in the woody haunts of Birdtree Manor in a very live, spacious and earthy way.

Pictured above is the second edition artwork featuring the Linocut "Arms & Munitions" - 30 hand-printed (with a Tablespoon)/hand-typewriter typed/drawn/stamped/numbered & signed Linocut & cdr copies. made lovingly by Birdtree Recordings.



this edition has sold out



*however if you go to the Bandcamp page where you can obtain a high quality download (pay what you like)







BT06
transcription of organ music
"A Prey to Griff"



1. beneath the salty sea
2. eye for an eye
3. travers
4. devotion
5. when we lay down
6. a farmers work is never done




Recorded at Birdtree HQ over two days in the spring of 2009 by James Tulczyn
Mastered in Shelbyville, Kentucky & San Francisco by Paul Oldham
Played by Damon Bird, Andy Brazendale & Michael Valentine

"Arms & Munitions" (BT06, edition no.2 of transcription of organ music "a prey to griff" linocut e.p. series)

BT06 transcription of organ music "A Prey to Griff" - Linocut/cdr - first edition (NZ)

Damon Bird, "Leaf Litter Head", Linocut, 2011


A Prey to Griff is the first release from transcription of organ music since 2009's Songs from the Great Lake, pictured above is the first edition featuring the "Leaf Litter Head" artwork - 30 hand-printed (with a Tablespoon)/hand-typewriter typed/stamped/signed & numbered Linocut & cdr copies. This was sold exclusively while on tour in New Zealand in February 2011 (no more of these sorry..).

*Subsequent editions will feature unique artwork in a series.




BT06
transcription of organ music
"A Prey to Griff"



1. beneath the salty sea
2. eye for an eye
3. travers
4. devotion
5. when we lay down
6. a farmers work is never done




Recorded at Birdtree HQ over two days in the spring of 2009 by James Tulczyn
Mastered in Shelbyville, Kentucky & San Francisco by Paul Oldham
Played by Damon Bird, Andy Brazendale & Michael Valentine

Seagull on the balcony

SEAGULL - "Ash Wednesday" on balcony from Birdtree Recordings on Vimeo.

BT05 A.Wallace 'One Day You Will Be Gone" Lathe Cut 7"/ Etching - Working Proofs - Available Soon!

from the past, into the present

I haven't updated this blog very well in the past couple of years.. but seeing as Myspace, which was the old home-base has kind made things a bit difficult of late I think i'll just move in over here and start posting more things from now on... hmmm.. so yeah.. Birdtree has been around since early 2007, based in Hobart, Tasmania, and makes predominately limited edition handmade music/art releases, puts on shows and whatnot, fights the good fight.

Contact Birdtree:

birdtree.recordings@gmail.com

Here are some past releases from the BT catalogue, with more to come sooner than you might think:

BT004 transcription of organ music "Songs from the Great Lake" Album, colour digipak printed on recycled card - no longer available in this format - try bandcamp.



BT004 (first edition) - transcription of organ music - "Songs from the Great lake" - CDR/etching - edition of 20 copies - no longer available



BT003 - transcription of organ music - 6/10/08 - 7 song CDR/etching - edition of 10 copies - no longer available



BT-002 - transcription of organ music, "..at sphinx rock cave" 2008 cdr 15 tracks - 1 etching - hand made edition of 10 copies - no longer available



BT-001 - transcription of organ music, "the custom of the sea" 2007 cdr 13 tracks - hand made edition of 30 copies - no longer available

a show of sorts

Show @ Birdtree HQ (Hobart)

Friday 4th March, 2011

Poor People (vic)

transcription of organ music (tas)

Zombirds (vic)

Lyra Will (bris)

play music in the lounge room of a house for your intimate music enjoyment

8pm start

for specific details email: birdtree.recordings@gmail.com