Birney-Willen

Bruce Willen and Albert Birney, two white men with glasses, hats, and medium length hair sit amidst large tropical plant leaves.

Birney-Willen is a sonic collaboration between filmmaker Albert Birney & artist/designer Bruce Willen.


Two Flowers

The eight tracks on Two Flowers are distilled from four improvisation sessions on synthesizers and harmonium recorded in 2022.

Recordings from these sessions and some early mixes first appeared in episodes of Tux & Fanny: Eyeballs in the Darkness.


Tracklist

  1. Sumo Cotillion
  2. A Rabbit in the Woods
  3. Two Flowers
  4. Night Beings
  5. Triadic Ballet
  6. Quixote
  7. Five Leaf Clover
  8. Anibli Englimr

Credits

All music composed and performed by Albert Birney & Bruce Willen on synthesizers and harmonium.

Recorded at Bruce’s house in 2022 with some additional tracking by Bruce & Albert at home in 2023.
Mixed and mastered by Bruce.

Artwork by Bruce & Albert
Photos by Marnie Ellen Hertzler

Bruce Willen and Albert Birney stand in front of a giant stack of logs of assorted sizes.
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