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Tree Tops National & International Flavour

Okay so we started this thing called Tree Tops Studio with the idea of showcasing local talent and what happens...POW in eight months flat we've gone international (well not strictly!) For our next show we feature

from West Auckland (via Oz) ....

The Terra Nine Experience
Terra Nine, aka Michael Westcot, is hardly your typical digital artist…
He draws upon his mesmeric ability as a violinist to produce the ultimate synergy
of lush organic strings and groovy, chilled electronic beats. His sweeping, panoramic
musical vision and startling technique sets him apart from the droves of computer
geek number crunchers releasing generic, interchangeable tunes. A latter day
cyber Mozart, he demands to be taken seriously and listened to repeatedly…


Coming up from Otago for the Auckland gig only is vocalist Kerensa Stephens , aka Aviatrix, who has been writing lyrics and recording vocal melodies with Terra Nine for a year and a half. A life-long performer and creative energy, Kerensa also works with ecophonik ( Port Chalmer's based hybrid dub trance producer), de Novo ( Dunedin based eclectic producer), laughin' gas ( Dunedin based lounge/dub/ d&b mashed electronica producer) and Nightshade ( Lakonic + Woosh : Dunedin based drum and bass producers).

She also writes her own electronica and guitar based gypsy folk. The last 5 years has seen Kerensa singing at many of the well loved Dance Music Festivals around the country, including Kaikoura Roots, Parihaka and The Canaan Downs Festival 3 years consecutively.
Last year Kerensa performed with Mike in Germany at Full Moon Festival and France at the Hadra Festival. These were their first live gigs together.
"I immerse myself in tune and love to improvise in the recording studio as well as live and I'm really excited about jamming out with Mike, Al and Cath on Friday night. It will be a great party, we're all quite proud to be a part of Streamofconsciousness."

http://www.myspace.com/aviatrixaoteara

and from Melbourne Australia ....Damiano Verna (Red Eye Express )who will play a DJ set coming to you live and direct for his first NZ appearance ever.

Oh! and did I mention that the whole thing is going to be filmed for future Terra Nine video material, I did'nt oh good.

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Holy Cow Batman...The 5th June just got bigger and better

Hello Everybody Peeps,

We spoke earlier about SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!...Well that's exactly what we've got in store for you and we've also added an NZ exclusive . As if it wasn't enough to bring you Terra Nine and Colliderscope we have now added to the bill Damiano Verna (Red Eye Express )who will play a DJ set coming to you live and direct from Melbourne Australia for his first NZ appearance ever.

http://www.myspace.com/tempestrecordings http://www.myspace.com/tempestrecordings

In addition to occasional live performances with the full band, Damiano regularly DJs under the Red Eye Express name as a resident in hometown Melbourne venues Glitch Bar & Section 8, and has supported The Orb, Juno Reactor & Banco De Gaia amongst others on tour.
This is the first appearance by Red Eye Express in New Zealand.

Just to get you in the mood please find below some info about Colliderscope

"SEDUCES, SCARES AND EMBRACES YOU ALL AT ONCE" (International DJ Magazine)

Skeletal, off-world electronica from Scottish/Burmese producer and vocalist Fiona Soe Paing. Described by The Guardian newspaper UK as "...hybrid going on mutant..." and by the New Zealand Herald as " ...stylish, elegant and sinister" , Fiona's unique sound is an arresting mix of warped, cinematic electronica and spine-tingling vocals, performed with visuals from animation artist Zennor Alexander . The DVD album "No Man's Land", is the basis of an ethereal and atmospheric audio-visual performance. Wayward synths, ghostly strings, textural atmospherics, sparse beats and sublime visuals combine to create dark and beautiful soundscapes, a mesmerizing world between worlds.Fiona has performed in the UK, USA and New Zealand, and has been picking up great feedback and support from DJ's and critics, including the legendary BBC DJ Charlie Gillett, who included Fiona's song in Burmese language, "Tamin Sah Pade" in his annual compilation of the best of music from around the world, "Sound of the World 2007"The music videos have also been shown on the new 24 hour music video channel from National Geographic, NatGeo Music in Italy, and on Alt TV and The Arts Channel in New Zealand. Tracks have also been played on BBC Radio, (World Service, BBC 6 Music, Radio 3, ) Channel 4 Radio, and the "Best Of Myspace Top 10" podcast. The track "Tue Sahm Hai", remixed by NZ dubstep producer Optimus Grime, appears on the Air New Zealand Fashion week promotional compilation album from NZ'z most innovative label, Loop Recordings.The songs on the album are sung either in Burmese, English, and improvised, non-lingual sounds - a "No Man's Language!" For the album artwork, the original alphabet and font were designed by artist Daniel Burman. http://www.fionasoepaing.com/

And lets not forget this show is going to be an album launch for Terra Nine's new album 'Stream of Consciousness' to wet your appetite we have included some more promotional stuff for ya...

Terra Nine, aka Michael Westcot, combines electric viola with digital and Analog technologies, producing a distinctly organic and free form sound, with an aural palette ranging from chilled ambience to psychedelic breaks and beyond. Auckland based producer, Terra Nine, aka Michael Westcot, is hardly your typical Digital artist - He draws upon his mesmeric ability as a violinist to produce the ultimate synergy of lush organic strings and groovy, chilled electronic beats. His sweeping, panoramic musical vision and startling technique set him apart from the droves of computer geek number crunchers releasing generic, inter changeable tunes. A latter day cyber Mozart, he demands to be taken seriously and listened to repeatedly.

To see the Terra Nine back catalogue follow this link
http://www.terranine.com/releases.html

This is your last TRANCE chance to catch Terra Nine live before they leave for the European festival circuit.

Dance off your dusting shoes and we'll see you on the 5th June 2009.

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT..

Tree Tops Studio
presents....

in association with a Positive Vibration.
A night of electronica, dance, psychedelic chill, dub and breaks featuring

Terra Nine
Tree Tops is stoked to announce the appearance of Terra 9
before they leave NZ to play festivals in France, Germany and Hungary.
" A latter day cyber Mozart, he demands to be taken seriously and listened to repeatedly..."

Colliderscope
Skeletal off world electronica & sublime animated visuals.
Rated by Scott Kara of NZ Herald as one of the Auckland festival highlights.
A "live cinema" show of down-tempo electronica and live vocals alongside projected animation.

Plus Special guest musicians and DJs
FRIDAY 5th JUNE

Please note that there will be a Koha of $15.00 on the door.

All the usual parking and access regulations apply.

Stay tuned for further broadcasts.

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Thanx One and All

Hello everybody peeps,

We would just like to say 'THANK YOU' to everyone who came out to make last Saturday such a great night.

Firstly thanx to all our acts Elanah, The Glass Owls, Otis Mace & The Magnets. Thanx also to those of you who helped get the evening set up and those who helped with the task of serving everyone, you are all angels and we love you.

Last but not least a big thank you to you lot for coming out to support live music in West Auckland, always remember that we cant do this with out your help or the sponsorship of a multi-national soft drinks corporation, so for Christ's sake keep coming.

Tree Tops will be taking a bit of a breather for a few weeks while we put on an acoustic stage in our Tipi at The Prana Full Moon Party over the Easter Weekend. Any musicians wanting to play come and check it out, you re all welcome. Sarah will also be playing a solo set on Sunday Evening and Howy will be DJing on Friday & or Saturday night.

We have further plans to bring you bigger and better nights to Tree Tops, however, this may require a bit more planning than usual, this combined with our busy schedules will mean our next session will be a bit further away than the usual 1 month mark. We will be sure to keep you posted.

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Final Announcement 4th April

Hey Guys,

Just a quick note to tell you about the final acts on our Tree Tops bill for the 4th of April. Fresh from there recent appearance on bFM's fancy new band and there session at the red bull studios, we are very pleased to inform you that up-coming alternative folk outfit The Glass Owls will be playing on the bill next Saturday and in our young artist opening slot will be a brilliant singer song writer Elana.

From humble rumblings in early 2006, Glass Owls have evolved into a decent 3.5 on the Richter scale. Having gone through numerous gigs, a drummer and growing pains early on, they've learnt to adapt accordingly. With a new drummer in tow the Glass Owls have spent the last year writing new songs (and improving our old ones) and performing here and there, they hope to have a much busier year in 2009.

Along with all the usual shenanigans we will be having an incredible raffle with added mulled wine and chai for your delectation. The usual free nibbles and soft drinks will be available along with the BYO alcoholic drinks.
Show times are as follows;
Doors 7pm
Elana 7.45 - 8.00
Glass Owls 8.15 - 8.45
Otis Mace 9.00 - 9.40
The Magnets 10 - 10.45

***Please remember to park safely and discuss with us if you have a group of people who would like to come as we may be able to organise a car share or lift for you.****

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OH YES, IT'S THE 4TH APRIL 2009

Okay, so you may have been wondering what the hell is going on here at Tree Tops (I've been thinking the same myself!) But rather that present a show that's half baked we have chosen to spend a little longer in the saddle to bring you the best entertainment peanuts can buy.

So it gives us great pleasure to introduce two acts who will be performing for us on Saturday April the 4th.

Fresh from there show-stopping performance at the Titirangi Music Festival local favourites The Magnets will be joining us to play a set of original tunes that will even impress the most 'buttock-clenching' music critics amongst you.

The Magnets are Ben Collier (GoldenHorse, The Nukes), brother Tom Collier and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Lawson (Lucid3, Dave Dobbyn). They deliver a fine set of self writen songs drawing on blues and alt-country styles, with vocals sometimes reminiscent of the Beach boys and CSNY, they are an audience favourite for sure.

Ask 10 people in the NZ music industry to tell you about Otis Mace and you'll probably get 10 very different responses, You see Otis Mace has been making music in this fair land and overseas for 20 plus years. Weather they tell you about his time in Rex Reason and The Rationalists or his band Otis Mace and The Psychic Pet Healers or indeed national tours in support of his Snot Vampire spoken word project, they may even tell you that Otis has writen music for numerous theatre productions all of which would be correct. There are many sides to this man and we hope to uncover more than two (at least) when Otis plays for us on the 4th of April.

I have included a small piece from a review "Music in New Zealand Magazine" - Article by David Eggleton. for further information please go http://www.otismace.com/ where there's more than enough info' to keep you happy.

Otis Mace continued as well his parallel career as a theatre composer, providing the music for Barbara Doherty's 1986 dance piece Rythmnopolis and contributing to the Auckland City Council 1987 multi-media spectacular, Down the Really Road, directed by Nansi Thompson. More recently he has composed the musical score for Vampire Tales, by Cornelius Stone (1992) and accompanied Fatal Jelly Space chanteuse Jacinda Clowens on her solo musical outings (1990-1993).
After the demise of The Psychic Pet Healers set-up at the end of the long and winding tour of 1987, Otis Mace, in his own words 'became a Westie', moving to Auckland's Western Suburbs to get a full-time job and consider his future. After a couple of years out West, he shifted to inner-city Auckland, where he remains based, touring as a solo performer ('have guitar, will travel') and occasionally playing in an Irish music covers band, Blarney Rubble, or as a Celtic music duo with violinist Helen Adams. A new development is improvisation - the audience suggests an idea for a song and Otis makes one up on the spot.
In 1992 he toured a series of songwriting workshops with Arthur Baysting, where the audience co-opted into producing songs using cut-up magazine headlines (e.g 'Meryl Streep Stole My Brain'). Performers of rock music come and go, but Otis plays on, a peripheral fringe figure-though he no longer inhabits the punk ghetto-a hardy perennial on the touring circuit, his trademark, edgy, semi-syncopated strum underlining his impassioned, slightly nasal, still-Canadian-accented delivery, his foot steadily tapping out a rhythmic accompaniment.

So as you can see we've not been idle (much) and are working hard to bring the best entertainment to West Auckland.

Please put this date in your diary and tell all your friends, it promises to be a great night.

More acts to be confirmed we will let you know about these as they happen.

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