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The Coming of the Trickster God

by Bird People

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1.
Say a Prayer 02:17
2.
Coyote 06:09
3.
Baila Mi Oso 03:46
4.
Island in the Sun 03:42
5.
Old Man Antoine 06:30
6.
Sioux Falls Serenade 04:51
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We Fear the Dawn 02:29
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Night Time 04:19
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California 04:21
10.
Manzanita Post 06:57

about

"The Coming of the Trickster God" is the debut album by Vienna-based psychedelic folk collective Bird People.
The album was recorded in the fall of 2010. Bird People founder Uli Rois played most of the instruments himself and also handled production duties. The overdub-heavy production lends the album a layered, dreamy, gently psychedelic feel.
The album title, as well as the band's name were inspired by Navajo mythology and a certain Southwestern feeling permeates the whole album, although the songs' narratives stray to some other parts of America as well. They tell of mythical road trips to Sioux Falls, dancing bears in the redwood forests of Northern California, and shady hoodoo practitioners deep in the swamps of Louisiana. On another level, most of the songs on the album deal with a certain sense of longing. Often, the quest for a safe haven, a Shangri-La is at the center of the songs's stories, be it the little log cabin deep in the woods in "Manzanita Post" or the too-good-to-be-true tropical paradise of "Island in the Sun".
The other musicians who played on "The Coming of the Trickster God" are the current touring line-up of Bird People, consisting of Phil Schmiedlechner, who already played with Uli in prog-jamband The Lebanon Blues, and Andi Leitner. Schmiedlechner's backing vocals add a different color to the two-men-choirs on tracks like "California" and his sneaky, reverb-heavy slide guitar perfectly corresponds with Uli Rois' mandolin on "Manzanita Post". Phil also played bass, guitar, organ, glockenspiel, and percussion on a couple of other tracks. Andi Leitner's drums anchor the hoodoo bash of "Old Man Antoine", while his hand-drumming on "Manzanita Post" complements the sitting-around-the-campfire atmosphere of the song.
Also present is destroy, munich's Toni Traubensaft, whose multi-layered cello adds gravitas to the somber "Night Time" and sweetness to the lycanthropic folk-house of "We Fear the Dawn".

credits

released July 1, 2011

All songs by Ulrich Rois, except “Manzanita Post” by Ulrich Rois and Phillip Schmiedlechner.

Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Ulrich Rois
Cover Painting and Collage by Andreas Leitner and Phillip Schmiedlechner
Back Cover Photo and Lettering by Ulrich Rois

Uli Rois:
vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, bass, mandolin, saz, banjo, alto saxophone, flute, percussion, keyboards, programming, drum computers

Phillip Schmiedlechner:
vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, organ, glockenspiel, percussion

Andreas Leitner:
drums and percussion

Toni Traubensaft:
cello

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Bird People Wien, Austria

Bird People are a psychedelic / drone band formed in 2010 by Ulrich Rois.
Bird People shows can range from duo to nine-piece line-ups and from predominantly acoustic, folk-inspired drone to full-on noise mayhem with electric guitars and twin drum sets. ... more

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