Songs from the Canopy - Flight patterns

"Musical Banter" : Birds on the brain. There’s something mesmerising about birds — the way they move, the way they sound. Flying or singing, sometimes both. Multi-talents.

Two kōtare in a tree at our Karangahake whenua 

Tuatahi - first 

Disintegrate - Wild Pink 

"I’m just like an eagle / Flying down Meeker/ On a rented e-bike/ I don’t have to try "

Pitchfork called it "stately and sweeping," with "swathes of fuzz". The fuzz covers the album "Dulling the horn" and is a super backdrop for scribbled sax that meanders through it.  Play on BandCamp

Tuarua - Second Songbird 

Bird’s Lament - Moondog  (1969)

Composed in 1955 as a tribute to jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, nicknamed "Bird," following his death. You might recognise it from Mr. Scruff’s “Get a Move On.” But the original? It’s sparser, soulful, a bit haunting. Not just music 

 Listen to the OG on Bandcamp

Tuatoru - Final Flight

Kōkako mix  - 2009 ish

 Not quite a conventional mix — more like a time capsule of forest echoes and playlist gems. Made around 2009, it weaves in music with snippets of kōkako birdsong (arguably Aotearoa's most magical sound). If you haven't heard the Nick Zimmer mix of Gold Lion it is a treat.  The gold lion while not strictly a bird with a little time travel we find the Griffin

🎵 The Raconteurs – Steady as She Goes (Saturday Session Mix)
🐋 The Good, the Bad and the Queen – Northern Whale
🇮🇹 Mussolini – La Victori
🦁 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion (Nick Zimmer mix)

Listen here

🎧 [Download the mix (MP3)]