Nonzero Records

“THE TI- TREE BUSH MIX SINGLE” EP
Tracklist:

1. Ti-Tree Bush Mix >>Download<<
2. You Aint Goin Nowhere
3. Rustbucket
4. Bordertown (Live)
5. Captain No1 (Live)

Recorded and mixed in the Smoked Recordings studio 2005 Engineered by Michiel Hollanders Produced by Michiel and Dan Available only in Australia via http://www.nonzero.com.au/ First released in May 2006 under special agreement for Australia only Also available online via www.smokedrecordings.com

When the “No Tears in Paradise” was released in 2006 in Australia on Nick Carr’s Non Zero Label, he wanted to lift a promo EP from the album to get things started with the first Australian tour. Nick thought a remix of the ‘Ti-Tree Bush Mix’ song might do the trick if I could find some live material to place on it as well. And since he had invested in me in Australia, I wasn’t about to can the idea outright. We had just recorded a live gig in a theater in Amsterdam so it all came together quite easily. There are live versions of two “Ghost Hunt Migration” album tracks on the EP I love how they both sound and I love the way BL play those songs now. There is also an ‘out-take’ of me singing one of the first songs I ever learnt to play and sing - the Dylan tune “You Aint Goin’Nowhere”, which was a favourite during the drunken teenage campfire days up behind Temagog. And the other one “Rust Bucket” I like a lot as well. We recorded that with 2 overheads, just mucking around one day. ‘Rust Bucket’ was recently used in a documentary about an artist friend of mine in Antarctica - always wanted to go there.

http://www.biglow-online.com/ep-songs.htm

No Tears In Paradise

Tracklist:

1. Afternoon
2. Ti Tree Bush Mix
3. At The Parade
4. We Gunna Die Out Here >>Download<<
5. Black Snake Story >>Download<<
6. Todd River Disco
7. If God Be God
8. When I Got Back
9. The Ballad Of Edward Fidzgerald
10. Old Macleay

Recorded in Smoked Studio, mid-late 2005 First released late 2005 in the Benelux Released in Australia February 2007 Engineered by Michiel Hollanders Produced & mixed by Michiel Hollanders & Dan Tuffy Catalogue nr: SR005 Available at www.smokedrecordings.com and via www.nonzero.com.au

Michiel Hollanders initially came to Big Low as a side-result of his involvement with Parne Gadje. The Smoked Recording Studio forms the workplace for both groups so when Michiel became involved with Marc & I in 2002/3 he not only bought great instrumentalist skills into the equation (he can play the pants off most people I’ve met), he also came along with great studio skills and an amazing penchant for building weird looking and sounding instruments. By the time we started this project Michiel was well and truly an active member of Big Low and we were beginning to benefit immensely from his skills and musicality. We had also recently finished recording and mixing Parne Gadjes ‘Ö Manus’ and Michiel and myself in particular were beginning to realise how well we complimented each other in the studio, while developing an approach to recording that suited the kind of music we were making. NO TEARS IN PARADISE is more transparent and ‘brighter’ than GHM or the Live Ep - this is partly because of gear investment we were able to make for the studio (we finally had a stable system that actually worked!) but mainly because of Michiel’s ‘revised old school’ recording philosophy and great mic placement skills. The ‘Smoked Sound’ was well on it’s way with this album.

http://www.biglow-online.com/ntip.htm