TreeCreation is a collection of chilled beats to sooth the soul and heal the earth brought to you by the environmentally friendly label Regen Records.
Available now exclusively from our website http://www.regenrecords.com.au
Official worldwide release will be January 16.
Featuring the best of Australian down tempo artists from all corners of the country such as Spoonbill, Mystic Beats and Bent Intent, alongside special guest Hibernation from the UK. The music will take you on a fantastic ride through all genres of chill with tastes of psy dub, tribal, glitch, and psy chill. All expertly mastered by Huby at Ultimae this CD has a little something for everybody.
The ride goes like this:
1. Mystic Beats – Medit
For this track, the Mystic Beats was a coming together of Bodhi Seed - beats and guitar, Shai shriki – oud, Matt farrell – flute, Hugh – percussion and Leaf Barlow – sitar,
mixed at the mothership studio in North New South Wales. The tune blends the talents of these fine artists deliciously, drawing you in deeper as it builds and builds into an epic masterpiece. It is no wonder these guys have such a popular following, their sound is truly something special.
2. Bent Intent – Deca
Renowned for incorporating open soundscapes, sneaky rhythms, accoustic elements and evolving synthesis - Bent Intent follows the 'less is more approach', revelling in the spaces in between. Deca is a beautiful example of just such a creation. The melodies and frequencies combining with goose bumps the end result. Created in the tropics of the far north coast of Queensland, the stunning beauty of the surrounds must surely have helped inspire this track.
3. Hibernation – Click Hauz
Otherwise known as Kaya Project, Shakta or Digitalis to name a few, Seb Taylor is a true legend when it comes to music production. Coming from the UK and the only non Australian artist on the compilation, Hibernation is a very special guest to have indeed. Click Hauz only goes to increase this man’s legendary status, showcasing the brilliant new Hibernation sound full of quirky glitchy complicity, wonderfully catchy melodies and warm downtempo grooves.
4. Spoonbill – J-spray
Enter Australia’s very own legend of the downtempo genre, Spoonbill. Not that he really fits any genre, rather he is a genre unto himself. This is a never before heard track of this Melbournian maestro of beats. J-spray takes us on a spoonbilled flight filled with the characteristicly mind bending unthinkable combinations of sounds, samples, noises, nuances, beats, bass and melting melodies.
5. Kalya Scintilla – El Questione
The chill project of the hugely talented progressive artist known as Merkaba from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, this track came to us via the back of a landcruiser somewhere in the remote centre of Australia. It is a fantastic display of tight percussion and lush bass with a taste of Middle East influence.
6. Daheen – Jungle Juice (chill mix)
The chill remix of Daheen’s hugely popular psytrance track Jungle Juice. It retains all the imaginative elements that made the original so popular, with a laid back groove that takes you all the way to that hammock swinging in the trees deep in the African jungle….that is until you get attacked by the big cats.
7. Indijika – Hunahau
These two lads from the west coast of Australia are an extremely special find. Combining many organic instruments such as didgeridoo, djembe, guitar and the magical sounds of the hang instrument, with deep driving bass lines and superb production. They have developed a fantastic sound intertwining a true Australian resonance with a world music flavour and a tribal progressive touch. Hunahau is sure to be a faourite of many peoples around the globe.
8. Thermohaline – Tumbleweed Dub
One of the rising stars in the Australian psytrance scene, Thermohaline shows us his diversity by producing an excellent down tempo number. This track is filled with surprises at every corner, soaring melodies, grinding bass lines, and some great work on the sitar, this one will no doubt be swinging hips and tapping feet wherever it is heard.
9. Bumble – The Courtship
This is the chill project of another talented psytrance artist, Akin. A man of multi talents, it is very exciting to see the birth of this new direction in his music. A truly unique sound that incorporates the beautiful natural music of the birds with his own beautiful melodies, great use of samples and superb production. The twists and turns through the track is like the meandering direction of a forest trail which is exactly where this track takes you to, walking side by side with Sir David Attenborough in a discovery of the complex courtship of the birds.
10. Daheen – Humming Bird
Daheen finishes the CD with some wise words spoken by the woman known as the Tree Mother, Wangari Maathi. The stirring words combined with interwoven violin, cello, guitar and piano with a deep dubby bassline make for an emotive track filled with passion and feeling. The last words encouraging the planting of trees is a great reminder of what the CD is all about.
Regen Records have also made every effort to ensure this product is making a positive impact on the planet and hope to set an example for other record labels around the world to take a strong stance on how their actions effect the environment. This involves all stages of production from the CD manufacturing through to the energy we use in promo and distribution.
The CD has been produced completely Carbon Neutral thanks to Breed Media’s carbon offset program. Even delivery has been offset.
All packaging is made from recycled and FSC certified sustainable material including the new fully recycled plastic tray and is 100% recyclable. For every 3 CDs, 2 plastic bottles are saved from landfill. It requires 1/3rd of the processing energy of virgin material and is non toxic.
Printing was done alcohol free using vegetable inks, no volatile organic compound emissions from inks or coatings, and no use of quick dry glues with ozone depleting substances.
For every CD sold there will be 1 tree planted at the next R.E.G.E.N planting event, you can even come plant them yourself!
All proceeds from sales of this CD go towards environmental education and restoration projects.
Artwork by Rod Smith at Kiredor Design.
Mastering by Huby Cuypers at Ultimae.
Printing by Breed Media.
Distribution by Arabesque.
Visit our website for a listen to some of the tracks and to purchase the album http://www.regenrecords.com.au
Regen Records in an arm of the not for profit environmental organisation R.E.G.E.N inc.
R.E.G.E.N’s goal is to help raise the environmental consciousness by combining environmental education and restoration works with music and cultural entertainment. The main focus being their annual tree planting enviro festival near Sydney. So far R.E.G.E.N has been responsible for planting over 50,000 trees at their events. See http://www.regen.org.au for more information.