Where There’s Still Trees

W.T.S.T. is a multi-faceted musical contraption, (de)constructed using a blend of floating improvisational building blocks, containing elements of naïve free-folk noise, post-psych afro-jazz doom-metal, and pseudo-expressionist proto-punk art-rock.
W.T.S.T was made manifest in its earthly form in the basement of a West Philadelphia punk crash-house (my bedroom) sometime in 1998 or 99, if my crippled memory serves true.
W.T.S.T. was discarded after my conversion, but has now been resurrected as a sociological experiment on the creative output of an anarcho-primitivist acid-casualty upon awakening into the divine plan of the father of the heavenly lights.
Part drone monk and part prophetic fool, I sing psalms of praise and lament, as the Empire of the Dead crumbles around me.
- nate-
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W.T.S.T. is in the process of releasing a bunch of ongoing improvised sound experiments as they accumulate. Most will be limited to single digits, and released on Winpress Records and Old Order Tapes.
I am looking to do some releases on other DIY labels. I am espescially interested in tape labels and labels that do hand-made packaging.
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W.T.S.T. has started doing live performances in Lancaster/Central PA, and are always looking for more.
Art galleries, warehouses, and homes are all desirable. I can play at whatever volume is appropriate, and am especially interested in doing small shows in spaces where I can interact with people and experiment with a performance/production experiment that I am currently developing.
I will create atmospheric loops, while cooking diner or doing a skill share or whatever.
I would like to pretend that W.T.S.T. is art music, all evidence to the contrary.
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My family and I are also involved in the following projects:
Pop Brute!,
Obscuritan Design,
Panoptic Transience,
Winepress Records
and
Old Order Tapes.
All of which can be found at popbrute.com
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COMING SOON.
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On Winepress:
wr012: W.T.S.T. “neo-desertification program”.
29 min. of repetitive loops and extraterrestrial soundscapes.
Hand drawn cover, on quality salvaged paper.
Limited to 7 signed and numbered copies. $10 ppd
Listen to the entire album on our last.fm page .
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DISCOGRAPHY:
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On Frequent Sea Records.
"A Rational Fear of Institutions"
Limited to 30 cd-r
Packaged in really cool paper... some with actual leaves in it
FSR-008
$7 Canada/ US... $10 USD International
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On Old Order Tapes.
oot001: W.T.S.T. "The Distant Highway Glows".
22 min. Minimal loops of warm layered guitar.
Hand Sewn and stenciled thrifted cloth covers.
Recycled tape w/ hand drawn labels.
Limited to 3 signed and numbered copies. $10 ppd
download the entire album on our last.fm page for free.
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On Scotch Tapes
"The Imperial Orcrustra/WTST split tape".
Side A is called "Atmospheric Deficit Disorder" by Imperial Orcrustra. Its about 30 minutes of noise/ drone rock. Loud guitars and punishing drums fill the entire side of this release.
Side B is "Progress is Distraction, Destruction, Disease" by Where There's Still Trees. It too is about 30 minutes long. Fuzzy guitars howl and wail loudly in this amazing release.
Green tape with a bright pink felt case.
Limited to 10 copies.
Scotch Tapes, $6
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On Winepress Records
wr010: “Unmanned Aerial Vehicular Homicide”.
22 min. experiment in robotic noise and atmospheric drones.
Hand drawn on a page from a thrifted vintage nature book.
Limited to 1 signed and numbered copy.
Winepress Records, Sold Out.
download the entire album on our last.fm page for free.
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On Winepress Records
wr009: “The Golden Altar”.
16 min. experiment in harsh, layered, monotonous devotion.
Hand drawn on a page from a thrifted vintage nature book.
Limited to 1 signed and numbered copy.
Winepress Records, Sold Out.
download the entire album on our last.fm page for free.
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