The Jewelled Antler Library

Anonymous said...

"could you remove these for now? we are reissuing the library later this year on Porter Records.

thanks,
jewelled antler people"

"Jewelled Antler is a loose affiliation of musical artists centred around the releases made or affiliated with two people, Glenn Donaldson and Loren Chasse of the Bay Area, San Francisco, USA. The artists combine an interest in recording spontaneously in natural settings that helps bring about an inherent connection between the music and the surroundings. Their musical inspirations are varied and range beyond folk music to music from India, experimental punk, 60s pop and much more.
In style the music moves in a range between folk acoustic and processed field recordings/collected sounds. Although it is perhaps over simplistic to say so, Glenn seems to bring the more folky element to the music with Loren bringing an interest in exploration and capture of natural sounds. The artists that are directly associated with the Jewelled Antler name have often evolved spontaneously around Glenn and Loren as they travel, meeting friends and fellow musicians.
Music is often recorded live, out doors and direct to tape using instruments that can be carried or powered by batteries, from stringed instruments, mobile keyboards to hand percussion. The structure will often appear improvisational although there is a song writing craft at its heart. Afterwards the music will be processed, edited, overlaid and interwoven with found sounds, fragments of speech, weather, gongs, digital noise, glitches and the like into a cohesive tapestry.
This combination brings together a new sound palette that is unpredictable, evolving and in its simplicity and directness, seems to continue and revitalise the original folk tradition. Acoustic music is often processed to be sound part of the tapestry alongside the other elements. Field recordings are an important element alongside new sounds gained by rubbing and manipulating such as leaves, stones and other natural components.
Although tagged ‘The Jewelled Antler Collective’ this is merely a useful name for artists working in a similar field who are connected with or sympathetic to the intentions which sit behind the music. At it’s heart it derives from the music of Glenn and Loren but extends through their musical friends in such countries as Finland and New Zealand working in similar areas." source


vol 1:
(2003) Loren Chasse - Green Laughter /


vol 2:
(2003) Tomes - Dreadful Gift /


vol 3:
(2003) The Ivytree - The Sun is the Lamp /


vol 4:
(2003) Hala Strana - Karst /


vol 5:
(2002) Dead Raven Choir - Their Feet Are the Foraging Grounds of Wolves /


vol 6:
(2003) Famous Boating Party - Silvery Branches /


vol7:
(2003) Uton - Zwuij /


vol 8:
(2003) Claypipe - Wayside /


vol 9:
(2004) The Muons - The Well at Land's End /


vol 10:
(2003) Thuja - Fable /


vol 11:
(2003) Kemialliset Ystävät - Nuuhani Ni Haka /


vol 12:
(2004) Fursaxa - Harbinger of Spring /