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wh134 Ghostheory and Tree Helicopter – The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia

C.P. McDill — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:34:35 +0000

A team-up of Ghostheory with Tree Helicopter has resulted in richly textured long-form dark ambient compositions.

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Ghostheory provided a set of dramatic and complex recordings that were then given radical processing and a final mix-and-mastering by Tree Helicopter in late October, 2010. The result is a three-part suite that evokes ever-changing movement and activity, filtered through curtains of darkness…

01 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part One (00:15:29)
02 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part Two (00:15:31)
03 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part Three (00:30:00)

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wh097 Tree Helicopter – Blatant Beast

C.P. McDill — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:53:03 +0000

After an absence of several years, Tree Helicopter returns to Webbed Hand, now venturing deeper into a musique concrete/noise style. This work is more abstract than that found on “Moon Calf” (wh014), but at the same time more unified and perhaps more accessible.

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Recorded & Produced by C.P. McDill
Winter 2007-08
Total Length 00:45:43

01 Rakshas pt1 (08:01)
02 Flanders Poppies (03:23)
03 Rakshas pt2 (03:42)
04 Flivver (03:51)
05 Lotus Blossom (03:29)
06 Flux (02:36)
07 Cloches (07:40)
08 Blatant Beast (07:45)
09 Spidireen (05:16)

Note: Some of these tracks appear in a somewhat different form on a forthcoming split cassette release alongside work by Mystified. Watch for the announcement, and if you enjoyed this album, please buy the tape.

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wh073 C.P. McDill – Anthology 1

C.P. McDill — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:45:45 +0000

Webbed Hand Records’ first release of 2006 is an anthology of recordings by the label’s founder, C.P. McDill. This selection represents the spectrum of his sound art projects from 1993 to 2005, excluding the long-form (CD-length) ambient recordings.

01 C.P. McDill – Covert Ecology
02 Rolling Calf Sinfonette – Macedoine
03 Saluki Regicide – Spread a Little Happiness (new mix)
04 Saluki Regicide – Coach and Six (Darkdrone Mix)
05 Saluki Regicide – Mooring Mast (Darkdrone Mix)
06 Saluki Regicide – Snow in the Library
07 Rowboat Magicians – Hidden Places
08 Tree Helicopter – Poacher
09 Tree Helicopter – Elephant Cage
10 Akashic Crow’s Nest – Always Morning Somewhere
11 Saluki Regicide – Astrolabe
12 Djinnestan – Rusted Doves
13 Akashic Crow’s Nest – Quisquiliae
14 Saluki Regicide – Stinging Nettle
15 Djinnestan – Paloma-ized

C.P. McDill’s began experimenting with recorded sound in the mid-1980s, but the tapes from that period have unfortunately (or fortunately) been lost.

The earliest track, “Covert Ecology” originates from an untitled session of 4-track tape experiments in 1993. When the tapes were rediscovered in 2005, they were transferred to digital, remixed and became the EP Covert Ecology.

After a long hiatus from sound experiments, McDill resumed recording in 2002 under the project name Rolling Calf Sinfonette. “Macedoine” stands out most strongly from this period, with its industrial bellydance rhythm and bombastic intensity. RCS was meant to be finite, mostly as a way of learning digital multitracking and mixing, and was retired after 9 very prolific months.

Saluki Regicide arose in 2003 with a very different sound from RCS, and itself spawned the projects Tree Helicopter and Djinnestan. Tree Helicopter has since been retired, but Saluki Regicide and Djinnestan are still considered active projects.

Rowboat Magicians lasted long enough for 4 recordings to be produced, and has been shelved indefinitely. It may return in another form at some later date. Akashic Crow’s Nest is an ongoing exploration of sounds synthesized from digital images.

All tracks recorded and produced by CP McDill
copyright 2003-2006 under a Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

This album is a netlabel release. It is available for download or streaming in its entirety or as individual tracks from The Internet Archive. It is there that you will also be able to download jewel case cover art.

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wh019 Tree Helicopter – Rain 1

C.P. McDill — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:15:10 +0000

Tree Helicopter’s first hypnotic contribution to the Webbed Hand “Rain” ambient project. A 73-minute journey, sprinkled with samples and rhythms characteristic of Tree Helicopter.

Rain is a series of conceptual tracks produced for Webbed Hand Records. Each “Rain” is a CD-length ambient recording ideal for quiet listening while meditating, writing, or going to sleep. Typically the recordings in this series are minimalistic soundscapes, with motifs played out cyclically rather than progressively, in order to induce relaxed states.

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Personnel:
C.P. McDill – sound wave manipulations

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wh014 Tree Helicopter – Moon Calf

C.P. McDill — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:53:49 +0000

This body of rather eclectic work by Tree Helicopter is a tribute to those who spend hours hunched over shortwave radios, trancing out to the mysteries of spy stations and distorted musics from the far corners of the unknown.

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Count Control Control
Poacher
Papa November
Nobody
Elephant Cage
Romeo Kilo
Kiwi
Prairie Fire
Ay Ulella
Draw The Blinds
Let Me Hide
Moon Calf

Apologies and proper attribution to Irdial Records for the heavy use of samples from their incredible CONET Project release. Moon Calf should be thought of as a tribute to the world of CONET, and is a non-commercial netlabel-only release.

Personnel:
C.P. McDill – sound wave manipulations

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