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previous artist: thu20		there are 4 titles featuring thuja in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: thursday club

$15.76

back in stock as of
november 23rd, 2009

first in stock on
april 17th, 2008

threads:
jewelled-antler
modern-psych
free-improvisation
concert-recordings
minimalism-drones

important (usa) #imprec 173 lp

thuja “thuja” long playing record

oaklandish (16:27)
hemlock (2:29)
pehr space (5:21)
kains greenhouse (3:00)
pehr space (3:29)
kains basement (8:08)

killer set of flowing acoustic psychedelia from an augmented lineup of this once-yearly-meeting jewelled antler group thuja, here counting glenn donaldson, keith evans, loren chasse, steven r. smith, christine beopple, and rob reger amongst the ranks ...

important press release...

thuja - thuja - lp
imprec173 - lp

this is a limited edition of 500 copies on lp.

improvisational bay area quartet thuja create aural landscapes that capture the reverberations of wood and wire, the sounds of breaking sticks and scraping stones, and the ambience of their surroundings into a shifting, dynamic musical framework. the members of thuja play off each other and the space they inhabit with a natural instinct, succeeding in conjuring spectral compositions which are at once abstract yet inviting.

for this self-titled release, their sixth full-length and first for important records, thuja have assembled recordings from various live performance spaces (the hemlock, the oaklandish gallery, pehr space, kains greenhouse) and have welcomed a variety of guests into the fold to help assist and expand their microscopic psychedelia toward a new plateau. after eight years, the semi-annual gathering of the members of thuja is almost traditional, but new clearings are still to be discovered in its thickets of sound.

this self-titled release is yet another essential artifact from thuja's ongoing explorations.

$15.78

back in stock as of
june 14th, 2007

first in stock on
july 29th, 2005

threads:
jewelled-antler
modern-psych

strange attractors audio house (usa) #saah 032/033 cd

thuja “pine cone templates” double compact disc set

(no tracklisting)

expansive mind-tumbler-unlock from the grand daddy of jewelled antler collective(s)...

strange attractors audio house press release...

thuja
pine cone temples
saah3233 2xcd
released: august 2, 2005

steven r. smith
rob reger
glenn donaldson
loren chasse

much has been said about the jewelled antler collective, the fertile womb from which thuja emits its primordial ooze, and of thuja itself. a loose-knit assembly of like minded sound ecologists who study the connections between their immediate environment and the music created by its players, jewelled antler claims a multitude of music makers in its orbit - blithe sons, skygreen leopards, franciscan hobbies being just a mere cross-section.

thuja, however, remains one of the earliest and best-known incarnations. steven r. smith (solo, mirza, hala strana), glenn donaldson (skygreen leopards, mirza, franciscan hobbies etc), loren chase (id battery, etc), and rob reger (franciscan hobbies, etc) coalesce interests in field recordings, found sound, experimentalism, folk and psychedelic rock (among others) to weave seriously detailed and immense journeys into pure sound. thuja's albums on emperor jones, tumult, and a host of cdrs showcase their idiosyncratic improvisations in varying degrees, but none go deeper to the core of perception as does pine cone temples, thuja's darkest and most sensitive exploration of inner and outer space to date.

by incorporating real-time recordings of natural sounds from their particular surroundings, the four members of thuja play off each other and the space they inhabit with impeccable instinct, succeeding in creating eerie yet strikingly melodic compositions. the end result is a total immersion of the senses, for both the player and the listener. across the grand expanse of pine cone template's two discs, implements such as piano, guitars, percussion, and well-placed contact mics are blended like pigments to conjure the subtlest of sonics, pulling every lost drop of their immediate universe into floating and buzzing cinematics. minimalist hues are brush-stroked into being and slowly unfurl into the atmosphere. improvised clouds of sound softly erupt to form compositions of such immense and precise detail, it would seem the music was written out rather than spontaneously developed. such is the magic of thuja and their uncanny ability to sculpt microscopic psychedelia from their immediate environment and collective consciousness.

assembled from recordings that span 1999-2004 and housed in lovely double gatefold cardboard packaging, pine cone temples documents the most organic and beautiful ambience thuja has conjured to date.

$47.04

back in stock as of
april 26th, 2011

first in stock on
december 1st, 2008

threads:
jewelled-antler
field-recordings
guitar-themed
folk
modern-psych
lo-fi

best of 2008 !!!

porter (usa) #pr 4010-13 cd

“the jewelled antler library” quadruple compact disc boxed set

loren chasse - green laughter (18:11)
loren chasse - footpath 1 (1:02)
tomes - part 1 (10:04)
tomes - part 2 (10:38)
loren chasse - footpath 2 (1:11)
the ivytree - the withering year (2:53)
the ivytree - inner groves (6:13)
the ivytree - white sun (5:41)
the ivytree - lake of fire (3:29)
loren chasse - footpath 3 (0:47)
hala strana - cutting durmast (3:13)
hala strana - karst (5:12)
hala strana - sztajer (trad. polish) (3:13)
hala strana - cantecul miresei (trad. romanian) (3:08)
hala strana - nettles (3:14)
dead raven choir - night scene (8:29)
dead raven choir - the horn's sound in the wood ... (5:45)
dead raven choir - the shepherd's hour (6:50)
loren chasse - footpath 4 (2:01)
the famous boating party - white butterfly (3:37)
the famous boating party - the orange bears (3:36)
the famous boating party - albion moonlight (3:37)
the famous boating party - the great sled-makers (3:20)
the famous boating party - the deer is humble (2:40)
the famous boating party - follies of summer (2:33)
loren chasse - footpath 5 (1:27)
uton - zwuij 1 (5:35)
uton - zwuij 2 (8:06)
uton - zwuij 3 (5:29)
loren chasse - footpath 6 (0:37)
claypipe - wayside (1:38)
claypipe - constant (1:50)
claypipe - industry (the provision of cairns) (1:37)
claypipe - the math of random fractures (3:59)
claypipe - crouching (4:09)
claypipe - midnight at mangawhai beach (skeleton) (4:57)
claypipe - ~~~ (1:47)
loren chasse - footpath 7 (1:13)
the muons - green man (4:03)
the muons - space man (4:22)
the muons - flowers (3:33)
the muons - land's end (5:32)
the muons - fishes (2:14)
loren chasse - footpath 8 (1:27)
thuja - fable 1 (9:39)
thuja - fable 2 (12:17)
loren chasse - footpath 9 (2:49)
fursaxa - harbinger of spring (17:50)
loren chasse - footpath 10 (2:26)
kemialliset ystavat - kyy2 (4:01)
kemialliset ystavat - kyy1 (5:37)
kemialliset ystavat - kw (4:19)
kemialliset ystavat - kyy4 (2:35)
kemialliset ystavat - kx (3:13)
loren chasse - footpath 11 (1:13)
the ways of god to man - nothing (11:27)
the ways of god to man - everything (7:18)
the ways of god to man - anything (9:37)
loren chasse - footpath 12 (1:52)

december 2008 release ; holy grail time here folks ...

by the time i was made aware of just what a treasure trove the “jewelled antler cd-r library” series (released, one a month, during 2003) was, the discs in question were long unavailable, banished to the realm of myth & mystery, their hand-drawn artwork(s) relegated to .jpg files on assorted discography pages ...

lo and behold, the wise ones over at porter records (a young label, known primarily for their free jazz releases by the likes of henry grimes, odean pope, and khan jamal) saw some unjustice in this inavailability & set out to once again make this series, largely responsible for launching the career(s) of kemialliset ystävät, fursaxa, uton, dead raven choir, claypipe, and any number of the various combinations of the key jewelled antler players (loren chasse, glenn donaldson, steven r. smith, and rob reger) available to the discerning connoisseur who, like me, was largely unaware of this music as it was unfolding ...

the label has done a bang-up job, squeezing the entire contents of all 12 mini-cdrs onto four discs (with bonus material(s) from the shadowy the ways of god to man exclusive to this set) and housing everything inside a foil-stamped box along with a series of 14 double-sided, full-color cards (detailed below) reprinting the original designs and themes ...

easily one of my top releases of 2008, a life-saver for the latter-day jewelled antler fanatic ; highest recommendation !!!

porter press release...

the jewelled antler libary

with 13 groups, 59 tracks and over 4 hours and 40 minutes of music and sounds, the jewelled antler library 4 cd box-set brings together experimental music from the u.s., finland and new zealand that ranges from psychedelic, abstract drone, soft psych, noise, folk and field recordings, to the outright strange and bizarre. four cds that collect together the entire 12 volume set of the limited edition jewelled antler cd-r library, plus the limited edition recording of the ways of god to man and also 12 new field recordings by loren chasse.

musicians include: fursaxa, uton, loren chasse, tomes, the ivytree, hala strana, dead raven choir, the famous boating party, claypipe, muons, thuja, kemialliset ystavat, the ways of god to man. this is a 1000 limited edition box-set. the box-set is made of chip board stock with the jewelled antler logo debossed in metal foil, includes 14 heavy stock panels with original artwork, cd faces have printed photos by loren chasse.

$21.09

new to stock as of
march 2nd, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
sound-art
minimalism-drones
guitar-themed
field-recordings
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète

best of 2009 !!!

xing-wu (malaysia) #xw 5001 cd

“insight • xing-wu compilation” double compact disc set

climax golden twins - relinquish (4:47)
reynols - rasoyo jisos repuliom alfrazado (6:06)
toshimaru nakamura - preset #4 (nimb#28) (7:18)
zai de - ni-be (6:38)
volcano the bear - clayslaps (6:01)
yandsen - jargon (6:00)
tetuzi akiyama - sword (5:52)
thuja - untitled (4:39)
carl stone - swad (4:07)
tham kar mun - copula (6:12)
oren ambarchi - freeze out (8:30)
eric la casa - s'ombre part 3 (3:13)
jeph jerman - grackles (5:43)
loren chasse - script lichen (4:02)
eric la casa & jean-luc guionnet & dan warburton - music station (5:36)
taku sugimoto - bells 2 (6:07)
yin pin - psalm 3:4 (6:42)
axel dörner - marchlai (7:56)
anthony pateras & david brown - duet (as yet untitled) (4:10)
janek schaefer - maison a bordeaux (9:15)
andrea neumann - innenklavier (3:15)
yannick dauby - formless walking (5:41)
matt shoemaker - pantai ayu (5:56)
mnortham - epidermal filigree (5:40)
lee kwang - stormy weather (4:33)

2004 release ; first global transmission from the kuala lumpur-based “experimental musicians and artists co-operative malaysia” , whose various members contribute 5 of the 25 tracks herein ...

the other 20 are from a who’s who of the int’l sound-research circuit and are of phenomenally high quality (the exoticity of the label’s point of origin must have been a contributing factor in getting all involved to contribute vital examples of their work instead of 2nd-tier comp-track dreck) ...

what i’m finding the most enjoyable about this set is the curatorial aspect ... the wide variety of approaches and fidelities on display somehow all blur boundaries in a highly listenable fashion (i.e. instead of segueing the work of like-minded auteurs into dovetail-like situations, the digital pieces morph into the analog into the lo-fi into the composed into the improvised ... many labels could learn volumes from the sequencing of this record alone), making this amongst the first comps to have a “soul”, so to speak...

completely essential listening, one of my favorite comps from recent times ...

xing-wu press release...

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