Twi the Humble Feather is an all acoustic guitar based trio lead by the direction of Anthony Lebron with his cousin Hektor Fontanez and long time friend Bryan Doring. Their sound is hard to describe but experimental, minimalist space folk comes to mind. They don't use any "drums", but there are percussion sounds made from hitting the strings and wood of the guitars. No effects are used, but there are some interesting string scraping sounds that sound like they're coming from an electronic device. The falsetto, wall of sound vocals with imaginary languages tell the tale of Twi the Humble Feather.
The band came together when Lebron's classical guitar skills became a new direction. Each member had their own experimental projects going on at the time and collaborated on recordings in the past. Fontanez was composing under the Liek moniker, and Doring is the founder of experimental electronic/pop band Alias Pail. Doring says, "I knew Anthony way back from my Oklahoma days actually, through my friend, Brian Hall. Eventually I moved to NYC, and we became friends again. It was apparent that we were both serious about our passion for music and I started helping him and Hektor realize what would become Twi the Humble Feather".
The trio's latest release "Music for Spaceships and Forests", is a character driven concept album composed for three acoustic guitars. They apply classical and flamenco guitar techniques to an avant-garde, experimental song writing formula. Released through the non-record label Friendly Ghost, "Music for Spaceships and Forests" will delight fans of Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear as well as folks who dig Phillip Glass and Steve Reich.
Recently the band has been has opening for some pretty great acts such as Death Vessel, The Sea and Cake, Shugo Tokumaru, and they toured with Jose Gonzalez as well. 2009 will bring a single and new album from Twi, and some more great shows. They're even talking about opening the tracks from "Music For Spaceships and Forests" into a remix album.
- Download the track "Higher Than the End"
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