ARTIST: Vitaminsforyou
TITLE: The Legend Of Bird's Hill
LABEL: Intr_Version
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 186kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 13m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-05-23
RIP DATE: 2006-05-01
Track List
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1. I Move 0:38
2. So Long Pleasant Bay 8:10
3. The Ukranians 5:38
4. Six O'Clock Whispers (Version) 6:55
5. Welcome To Echo Valley, 1:05
Saskatchewan
6. Being Away Fame (A Song For The 3:45
Xenophobic)
7. I Think I Know That Kind Of 4:25
Feeling
8. A Call From Curtis 0:21
9. Me, Arden And Iran-Contra 4:19
10. Nothing Ever Is (In Two Parts) 3:06
11. Everything Is Always 1:29
12. 1986 6:54
13. A Call From Ghislain 0:29
14. Wishing I Lived Near Water 6:22
15. It Is Always Raining In Dublin 4:57
16. A Call From Emm 0:27
17. Cross Crab Apple Tree 5:59
18. When We Were Young 1:47
19. It's Not The Brown That Makes 7:04
Your Eyes So Pretty
Release Notes:
Both a product of Winnipegs rich experimental electronic music community and
their uncompromising indie-rock scene, Bryce Kushnier under the guise of
vitaminsforyou has been creating music for all contexts since 1998. His unique
sing-along sound might evoke whispers of the Postal Service, Manitoba/Caribou,
or Schneider TM, but 99% of listeners agree that theyve never heard anything
resembling his shy plundering of pop, psychedelia, fey techno, and folk.
Vitaminsforyous first album, Im Sorry Forever and For Always (intr_version,
2003), was a quiet hit with taste-making publications from The USA to Germany
such as the Wire, Stylus, and De:bug amongst many others. The success of the
album propelled him, along with then-fellow Montrealers Ghislain Poirier (also
of intr_version and Chocolate Industries) and Montag (Carpark), on a Canada-wide
tour.
Vitaminsforyou has also earned a small following (that could be described as
obsessive) performing at Muteks Canadian and Mexican editions, Vancouvers New
Forms Festival, and Winnipegs Send and Receive Festival. Locally hes supported
the Notwist, Schneider TM, Tim Hecker, Polmo Polpo, and so on. His credits also
include work with Justin Smalls (of Do Make Say Think) group Lullabye Arkestra;
Mitchell Akiyamas Dsormais and Avia Gardner projects; production for Montreals
Hexes and Ohs (Noise Factory Records) Emm Gryner, and collaborations with Mike
Feuerstack (Wooden Stars, Belle Orchestre, Kepler & Snailhouse); original music
for Winnipeg Filmmakers Matthew Etchies and Kiera Dannell; and scores for
Montreal choreographer Andrew Tay, Sasha Kleinplatz and Dana Michel.
In the almost three years since his last full-length Vitaminsforyous EP Dsol
monsieur soleil, cest la neige qui va me librer (intr_version, 2005) has given
listeners a taste of the complex and ravishing things that have been brewing.
His upcoming full-length, The Legend of Birds Hill due out Summer 2006, is his
most intricate and dizzying work yet and a nod to one Manitobas most beautiful,
diverse and inspiring parks just minutes north of the Winnipeg perimeter.
Featuring contributions from Ghislain Poirier, Emm Gryner, his occasional band
the Wednesday Afternoon Players, and other members of the Canadian music
landscape, this album dives deeper into the psychedelic waters Vitaminsforyou
has been testing for some time. Carrying over are the lush arrangements, shy
vocals, and intoxicating melodies that make Vitaminsforyou a unique and
indispensable element of Canadian music.