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BIOGRAPHY
Over the past ten years, Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner
has taken many forms. He’s a guitarist for hire — remember
that awesome Cat Power record he did? Or his turn as The
Marquis de Tren opposite our very own Bonny Billy? Plus, he
paints — look at the cover of the record we’re advertising
here if you don’t believe us. But mostly, Mick plays himself in
solo recordings or collaborations with his Dirty Three skin
basher, Jim White, where the two of them go under the
moniker Tren Brothers.
Since 1997, we’ve happily issued Mick’s distinctive brand of
instrumental guitar songs on records such as TREN
PHANTASMA, MARLIN ROSA and MOTH, in addition to the
self-titled Tren Brothers EP — so we know of where we speak.
We enjoy the nocturnal and oceanic leanings of Brother
Mick’s compositional muse. But we’re not the only ones. In
addition to his world-wide fanbase, Mick also numbers among
his admirers other record labels — and over the course of
time, he’s responded to their flatterings by bestowing them
with a song or two for their compilation, or vinyl-only single
project or limited-edition CD… whatever these freaks wanted,
Mick didn’t care. It’s just about music and art to our boy.
Thing about vinyl-only/limited-edition/and compilation
releases is: they don’t last forever. Now that some of these
releases have run their course, we’re here to beat the
bootleggers — go back to your live shows, dicks! In the
meantime, we’ve got a proper singles compilation for a
hitherto unlikely suspect — Mick Turner. It’s called BLUE
TREES and it has some unreleased tracks and some great
cover art from Mick that explains more than we ever could
about the album title or the music. It’s a whole new record —
thanks, Mick — and the world is now a little bigger, sweeter
and more terrifiying. Cheers! |
