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Phoenix Tree

Old enough to know better

About Me

Phoenix Tree formed to write, record and produce original material combining electronic textures and soundscapes with a more traditional song writing focus. Centering around piano, guitar and vocals the band embrace both digital and analogue recording techniques.Utilising the possibilities provided by musical technologies old and new, the music is about beauty, emotion, and the expression of each members individual experiences and personalities.The band are currently writing their first album and are regularly updating material on this site as work progresses, from first cut acoustic versions of new songs and demos showing the development of tracks through to final versions as it happens. All work is available for download and comments at any stage of the process are welcome.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/3/2006
Band Website: phoenixtree.co.uk
Band Members: Chris Read - Guitars and Vocals............Toby Tomanov - Drums and Percussion.............Rob Kelsall - Bass................Shawn Keys - Vocals, Keyboards, Scape and Engineering ............Andrew Cleeton - Scape and Engineering ............Steve Purvey - Additional Mixing and Engineering - .....
Influences: Dub, lo fi, rain, binaural, mirrors, thunder, fast motor bikes, rust, grass, altered states, vinyl, hi fi, a full moon, tea, synthesisers, our wives, creeping fingers of distortion, Koyaanisqatsi, film, a purpose, Mackie HR824's ,money, solid wood floors, the after life, Gibsons, witty comebacks, punk, breakbeat, lightning, clothes, Sennheiser HD590's, recorded history, black and white photography, fire, crisp winter air, the beach, the Theremin, flying, loud music, art deco, our friends, learning, experience, people watching, the past, the present, the future, sci fi, military history, repeating the same mistakes, leather, sun light, french soap, books, possibilities, cats, sorting out other peoples computers, remixing, Rhodes NT1A's, delay plug-ins, a good nights sleep, smooth tarmac, blaming others, creative blocks, electronica, our selves, decay, sustain, the piano, feedback, poetic licence, refusing to say no, saying yes, text messages, guess work, red wine, having enough plug sockets, laughter, making connections, big screen tv's, sin city, the cinema, ice cream, self awareness, tatoos, badminton, martial arts, driving fast, walking, being right, people who've read this far, powercuts, snow, fairy lights, worrying about money, hallucinations, podcasts, nudity, expensive perfume, Crtl Z.
Sounds Like: sorry we hate charades
Record Label: A fictional place that keeps musicians struggling
Type of Label: None

My Blog

5th songs blasts from the past

Well we've got this 5th song lurking in the account and have yet to use it.  So for now we thought we'd use it to display some of our history and the journey we've made to here now.We are quite d...
Posted by Phoenix Tree on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:09:00 PST

Something said about Something Said

We have posted a new tune up called Something Said.  Why is it called this?  Well your guess is a good as mine.  The infinite mystery of song titles are far beyond the reach of a mere m...
Posted by Phoenix Tree on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:54:00 PST

It's getting Drafty here

Hi everyone.  I just wanted to get this blog business rolling by briefly explaining the reason behind posting draft versions of songs we are making.  At first glance it seems a bit of a dang...
Posted by Phoenix Tree on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:54:00 PST