On this installment of the podcast, we dig into the jingling world of The Skygreen Leopards, Jewelled Antler and beyond with Glenn Donaldson. For the past two decades, Donaldson has been an active presence in underground and experimental music circles, contributing to numerous group efforts including Mirza, The Blithe Sons, Thuja, Flying Canyon, and The Art Museums to name but a few. Over the years he also has recorded under various solo monikers such as The Birdtree, FWY!, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, and The Ivytree, a project that also recently had a new archival LP release out on Recital. Donaldson was the co-founder of the aforementioned Jewelled Antler, a name applied to both a collective of like-minded musicians and to the influential DIY label that he ran with Loren Chasse that focused primarily on handmade, CD-R editions. In its roughly five years of operation, Jewelled Antler and its related projects created a distinctive soundworld and approach that incorporated elements of folk, pop, drone, and psychedelia using traditional and home-built instruments set within the sounds of nature itself, periodically referred to as “nature psych”.
I recently had a chance to speak with Glenn about several of the projects that he has been involved in over the years, which you’ll hear segments of throughout this show. I’ll admit, though, that we only scratch the surface of his output over the show’s two hours. Honestly, I think we’d need to do another two, maybe three, full shows to cover all of his creative activities. To paint a fairly comprehensive picture, though, you’ll hear tracks from many of the Glenn’s various projects, and he also selected some other tracks to play by artists that were influential during his Jewelled Antler years. I really hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or comments. As always, thanks for looking and listening.
The Skygreen Leopards “Yellow Is The Color Of Bees” The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards (Soft Abuse)
~Introduction~
The Birdtree “Everyone Of Us A New Leaf” Orchards & Caravans (Last Visible Dog)
The Reds, Pinks and Purples “Best Sides” A Fruits & Flowers Three-Way (Fruits & Flowers)
~Interview segment with Glenn Donaldson~
The Famous Boating Party “White Butterfly” The Jewelled Antler Library box set (Porter)
The Blithe Sons “The Grazing Line” Green Mansions (Jewelled Antler)
Thuja “Untitled” Pine Cone Temples (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Giant Skyflower Band “Feast of Blood” Blood of the Sunworm (Soft Abuse)
The Art Museums “Oh Modern Girls” Rough Frame (Woodsist)
~Interview segment with Glenn Donaldson~
The Ivytree “Unburdened Light” Unburdened Light LP (Recital)
The Skygreen Leopards “I Fell Asleep In the Sunbleached Grass (I’ll Just Pass Away)” The Jingling World… (Soft Abuse)
Flying Canyon “At Night When the World Goes Quiet” S/T (Soft Abuse)
Odd Hope “Reasons I Will Not Say” S/T (Fruits & Flowers)
Horrid Red “Forever Is Too Long” Celestial Joy (Holidays/Terrible)
~Interview segment with Glenn Donaldson~
Camberwell Now “Wheat Futures” The Ghost Trade (Ink Records)
The Garbage and The Flowers “Love Comes Slowly Now” Eyes Rind As If Beggars (Now Sound)
Eyeless In Gaza “Every Which Way” Caught In Flux (Cherry Red)
Alastair Galbraith “Stormed Port” Seely Girn (Feel Good All Over)
Ben Watt “Long Time No Sea” North Marine Drive (Cherry Red)
~Outro Music:
FWY! “HWY 101” (excerpt) CA 80’s-90’s (Dub Ditch Picnic)
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