I’ve uploaded the Sassere track Dawn, new life onto ccmixter where I got the samples from Hannah’s track Suicide. Have a look at Hannah’s page and download the mix here.
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Flat out busy, as always
I’ve started work on a new album, generating some lovely lush new sounds. Still not sure if it will be just a Venus Vulture album or a Sassere multi-media item with soundscape/writing/art/photography. Leaning towards Sassere – I’ve got some nice new photos and writing ideas and it would be good to follow up forgotten trees with something. I’ve come to the end of this round of marking – whew 58 portfolios to get through. I’ve also just finished Jiang Rong’s novel Wolf Totem which I’ll be reviewing for the Christchurch Press. Then on with another couple of writing projects too.
forgotten trees _is_ available
Looks like a little glitch on the website – the book and CD are now available. I probably just mis-uploaded the refreshed page to the site. I’ll get it sorted soon. Meanwhile – just click here to buy. Little glitch on cafepress too – it looks like the spine of the book is showing instead of the cover.
forgotten trees book correction
Just a couple of last minute things to tidy on the book, then it’ll be all go. Should get it done today and have the whole thing set on Saturday. The CD (in paper envelope) is available. Will update the website when we’re ready.
forgotten trees official release to happen on Saturday 19th
forgotten trees is complete now – the initial release will be the book with the CD in a paper envelope. Once we get the sizing sorted, the CD will be available in a jewel case. Both available here.
Forgotten trees book of photos and poems nearly ready
I been changing and tweaking the poems and I’m now in the process of finishing off the book. I’ve whittled over 60 of the best poems down to about 45, culled about 50 photos from over 200 I liked. The document is almost ready to go to press, just waiting on our isbn.
Great News – Forgotten Trees as a book!
I had some poems I’d been working on and I’ve decided to make Forgotten trees into a three-level piece: music, graphics and text. There will be a 100 page book of photos and poems to complement the CD. Get both, read the book and look at the photos (which are new, not available electronically through the website) and listen to the music in the background (with a cup of herbal tea, perhaps). Intended release date is April 19th – at the moment just working through a sizing problem with the CD tray insert.
Forgotten Trees tracklist and cover ready
This is the cover.
I’ve finalised the tracks for the album too – here is the list.
1. If ever we encountered birds 4.03
2. Ahead, a clearing 0.19
3. In the distance, chainsaws? 4.06
4. A meadow, a stream, a spiderweb 7.52
5. Near dusk, a campsite 7.52
6. We thought we saw a rainbow 0.55
7. Dawn, new life 7.32
8. Distant smoke, a logging camp? 11.34
9. Ahead, another clearing 1.20
10. Follow the streambed 4.12
11. Forest edge, cities 11.36
Track 7 contains samples from Suicide (ft Hannah Harniss), 2008 Hannah_da_masta
Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
from http://ccmixter.org/media/files/Hannah_da_masta/13533
Check the website for more details about the release.
Another Podcast
The track There Were Once Seven from phantomshadows appeared on the W A L K M A N podcast #21 on March 14th.
Currents Limited Edition photos done
I’ve created the 40 sets of images to go with the limited edition disks – sets of 30 tiles, from a total of 72; no two sets are the same. Just off to collect the prints now. Will get the slicks printed in the next few days, then make the sets available through the website.
Triple V Publishing 