news.

debut record finished and due for release early 2011, at last, on our good friend Al Nero's Armellodie label.

more details will appear here in new year...released on mp3, cd and cassette.

best wishes,

DF.

seasonal holiday mix from north.

d/l holiday mix.zip.

1. anduin - the equal of god.
2. julianna barwick - the magic place.
3. cocteau twins - amelia.
4. jenks miller & nicholas szczepanik - sin killers.
5. warpaint - shadows.
6. rxry - EUIEE (dancer sea floor bed).
7. the forms - bones.
8. lower dens - truss me.

donny from df creates winter mix from the borders.

d/l "blizzard.grit.drink mix"

1. oneohtrix point never - stress waves

2. boredoms - super going

3. caribou - sun

4. low - belarus

5. forest swords - visits

6. nite jewel - weak for me

7. bobby conn - passover

8. múm - please sing my spring reverb (phonem mix)

9. mouse on mars - tiplet metal plate

10. sigur ros - ba ba

11. fuck buttons - rough steez

bart's records of the year.

'Measure' by Field Music
s/t by Allo Darlin
'Saint Bartlett' by Damien Jurado
'Die Stadt Muzikaten' by Woodpigeon
& maybe 'Change is Good, Change is Good' by Serafina Steer.

early demos.

download:
vignettes: early demos

neil's records of the year.

geoff mullen - bongo closet
hauschka - foreign landscapes
kurt vile - square shells
nouveller - desert fires
rxry - VAEIOUWLS
sean mccann - midnight orchard
sean mccann - continent c30
the national - high violet
grass widow - past time
swans - my father will guide me up a rope to the sky
green gerry - odd tymes
liars - sisterworld
autechre - oversteps
janelle monae - the archandroid
the fall - your future our clutter
abe vigoda - crush

winner: girls - broken dreams ep.

late mention: warpaint - the fool.

lilamix.

thanks to lila, violinist extraordinaire from DF, for doing this guest mix.
download it here.

1. gunild keetman - vier stücke für xylophonen.
2. matmos - polychords.
3. juana molina - el vistado.
4. galaxie 500 - king of spain.
5. arvo pärt - two studies on ancient greek scales.
6. the russian futurists - a song for sports.
7. lamplighter - anglepark.
8. stereolab - valley hi!
9. moondog - instrumental pound.
10. freakfoot & gangleshanks - lichen throat.
11. yuichiro fujimoto - little sunset.
12. frànçois & the atlas mountains - wonder.

an end of year roundup.

i would like the first album out this year, but it is still held up indefinitely by mastering issues. i began recording the second album in september 2009, and have around 20 songs tentatively recorded already (incomplete of course).

i've resigned the first record to being a 'lost artifact', and it will get released one day. there's just no point in talking about it anymore, and no one cares. to exorcise it, what follows is the details for the record, as a way of thanks to those who helped make it possible. details will be posted on here when the record is available - this year, next year, whenever.

thank you:

The Douglas Firs is Neil Insh, with so much gratitude to:
Emma Jane – vocals.
Alison Lilley – vocals.
Andrew Lilley – trombone.
Euan Allardice – trumpet.
Philip James Johnston – saxophone.
Anita Jean Stewart – vocals, saxophone, walking/laughing on track 6.
Michael Angus – vocals.
Sandy Galloway – vocals, stomps, claps.
D. John Ferguson – accordion.
Isaac Beaudet Lefebvre – violin.
Michael Hunter, Neil Duncan, Richie Henderson, Richard Butler – claps, stomps, yelps.



i'd like to emphasise that the Douglas Firs is now a live band: Neil Insh, Emma Jane, Mark Donaldson, Bartholomew Owl, Lila Matsumoto, David Fothergill & Alasdair Reid.

we hope to be playing again in the new year.

greetings from london.

THIS MIX TAKEN DOWN BY BLOGGER.COM. THANK YOU BLOGGER. PROBABLY A BAND WHO ARE STILL IN THE 90S WITH REGARDS TO BEING PRECIOUS ABOUT MUSIC, LIKE SUEDE. BUT I DO LOVE SUEDE.

big thanks to donny from DF for help compiling.

0. tortoise - dot eyes.
1. swans - stay here.
2. suede - we are the pigs.
3. abe vigoda - throwing shade.
4. veruca salt - number one blind.
5. a sunny day in glasgow - our change into rain is no change.
6. air waves - knockout.
7. electrelane - i'm on fire.
8. miracle - sunstar.
9. star slinger - elizabeth fraser.
10. secret mountains - rejoice.
11. junior boys - in the morning.
12. tortoise - gigantes.

-time out to record more portions of the second album, impending.
-the douglas firs would like gig offers outwith the vicinity, ergo: outwith edinburgh.
-waiting only on masters for 'lost' first record.


only/last planned show.:
saturday 13th november 2010 : sierra metro, granton, edinburgh.
bobby niven hermit's castle chez galip exhibition preview.

hallomix.

download hallomix.

1. david lynch - in heaven.
2. the desert fathers - pitbulls.
3. liars - read the book that wrote itself.
4. salem - frost.
5. wilt - entombed in velvet (luasa raelon remix).
6. swans - you fucking people make me sick.
7. autechre - yulquen.
8. holy other - your love.
9. first dog to visit the center of the earth - bo mamah.
10. astrobotnia - lightworks.
11. balam acab - bad boy.
12. fur - sleep.

very quick update.

no internet in home: lack of mixes, photos and general upkeep.
back soon, all you hundreds of readers..

monday october 18th: roxy arthouse show:
with alasdair roberts, et al.

ALSO.

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Lichens is the name of Robert A.A. Lowe's musical project, created for performance and recording solo and with collaborators.
Lowe was previously a member of 90 Day Men before beginning his solo project.[1] In live performances, Lichens commonly features looping wordless vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, and on some occasions, percussion. Lichens' first release was The Psychic Nature of Being, a three track album recorded as a one-time improvisation without overdubbing. In 2007, Lichens released Omns, which was intended to be a continuation of the The Psychic Nature of Being using slightly different techniques in recording and editing.[2]
In 2008, Lichens toured extensively opening for instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, gaining an increasing fanbase and playing at their curated All Tomorrow's Parties music festival.

thankyou.

thanks jen.

thanks dauphin for a live review.

really thoughtful review from auxiliary out.

quiet.

review over at kowalskiy's blog.

-waiting for final tracks to be mastered.
-forthcoming shows:

thursday 16th september at wee red bar, edinburgh, with fur hood.
monday 25th october at sneaky pete's, edinburgh, with lichens, (remember 90 day men?).

updates soon on album release date..

http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-madeline-atlas-sound-childrens.html

is this music.

thanks to alan from is this music for this piece.

reminder.

ep still available for free (or with a donation, if you feel like it) over at thedouglasfirs.bandcamp.com

i'm pretty ecstatic that, on my bandcamp, the largest genre redirection i have tagged is "latin-folk-jibaro-flamenco".

in my daydreams - unexpected enjoyment.

probable reality - disappointment.

fresh press.

1. a nice interview on peenko -- thanks peenko.

2. feature from 'a new band a day' -- thanks joe.

3. q&a from jon at suitcase orchestra thank you



upcoming gig at retreat! fest...

August 28th-29th 2010Retreat! festival III
Pilrig St Paul’s ChurchLeith Walk / Pilrig Street, Edinburgh

associated links:

http://tracertrails.co.uk/2010/07/383/
www.myspace.com/edinburghretreat
http://www.retreatfestival.co.uk/

the first record has taken at least a year and a half more than it should've. fortunately, luckily, incredibly, thanks to my friend sandy i should manage to get it finished before the end of the month. two tracks more to master and we're through. it will be available to buy here.

also, i am unable to remove this underline from everything i write.

request.

i'm trying to make a mailing list.

could anyone who downloaded the ep, please download again from bandcamp (you don't have to pay if you don't want to, it takes an email and puts it in a spreadsheet) or, alternatively, email me your email?

it'd be greatly appreciated.

bandcamp for freeloaders.

http://thedouglasfirs.bandcamp.com/

18.07.10.

thanks to tasty fanzine for this review.

thanks to jon for this review.