In The Branches – The Rivers of Yellowstone
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Flashback: “Evolve” by The Adaptive
“Evolve” was the debut full-length from The Adaptive, an experimental blending of live acoustic instruments, electric guitars, and electronic bass music. … Continue reading…Flashback: “Evolve” by The Adaptive
“One Last Gift” by In The Branches
This song is, like most In The Branches songs, based around some mysterious live recordings that were purposely buried and forgotten (as this is a method of making music that
Various Artists – Planitis Aris EP (ambient fundraiser compilation) out now on Bandcamp and YouTube
Planitis Aris EP Planitis Aris EP name your price Announcing the 25th official release from The Adaptive, Planitis Aris EP. “Planitis Aris” is Greek for “Planet Mars”, more accurately
In The Branches – “Lost and Found” now on YouTube
“Lost and Found” was a return to the minimal side of In The Branches, using only live guitar (plus a loop pedal and hardware effects pedals) as the sole source of sound through the entire hour-long journey. … Continue reading…In The Branches – “Lost and Found” now on YouTube
In The Branches – Full Albums on YouTube
I will continue uploading full albums on YouTube until I either 1) Run out of material (yeah right!) or 2) Lose trust in YouTube. For now, let’s see how it goes. Don’t forget to subscribe! … Continue reading…In The Branches – Full Albums on YouTube
In The Branches & Quiet Sector – Gaia/Earth EP – Released On Bandcamp
Gaia/Earth EP by In The Branches & Quiet Sector About Gaia/Earth EP An EP dedicated to our home planet. “Gaia / Earth EP” is the official introduction to Quiet Sector,
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New Release: In The Branches “Planetary Confinement”
Planetary Confinement by In The Branches Planetary Confinement is a meditation on nature and a dedication to the wild birds of Oregon. A reminder of all our smaller cohabitants on
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In The Branches – Planetary Confinement (title track) video now on YouTube
My new album, Planetary Confinement, is currently available only to my Bandcamp subscribers. I created a music video for the title track and published it to YouTube last night:
New EP by Ecstatic Dance Records features In The Branches
Portland, Oregon record label Ecstatic Dance Records recently invited me to contribute another song to one of their compilations. I chose a new recording from In The Branches called “Coming
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“In The Branches” (Self-Titled) Album Released on All Major Music Platforms
Some time after I released this album on Bandcamp, it was posted on YouTube by the In The Woods channel (no relation to In The Branches, by the way!). I
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In The Branches’ debut “Expanse Sessions” just released globally
While “Expanse Sessions” has been available on Bandcamp (and partially on SoundCloud) since late 2015, it has never been on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc. until this week. If you can’t
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In The Branches “Wilderness Time” Full Album Now On YouTube
In celebration of its freshly designed new digital booklet (available in high-resolution PDF format with purchase of the album on Bandcamp), In The Branches’ critically-acclaimed 2016 album Wilderness Time is
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In The Branches – Transience (EP) Out Now on Bandcamp
Transience (EP) by In The Branches This previously-subscriber-only release is now available to purchase on Bandcamp for just $2. All proceeds help Shane get back the recording studio that was
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“The Long Way Home” part of beautiful new Suduaya Ambient Mix
For those unfamiliar, Suduaya is a producer and DJ known for elaborately beautiful DJ mixes and albums. The Adaptive’s collaboration with Metamorphosis, a song called “The Long Way Home”, has
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“Songs From The Abyss” Now On YouTube
“Songs From The Abyss” was an album that created itself autonomously, waiting patiently over the course of a year while I recorded live guitar looping sessions and traded tracks with
In The Branches has a new self-titled album on the horizon
The psychedelic retro design above might seem like a non-sequitur if you’ve seen the existing dark and gothic cover artwork for the upcoming (self-titled) In The Branches album, but this
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Out Now: “Songs From The Abyss” from In The Branches and Steven Taylor
Songs From The Abyss by In The Branches Shane Cotee of In The Branches and Steven Taylor of Ghostwire have a history of working together on electronic music. Steven mastered
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Metamorphosis & The Adaptive – “The Long Way Home”
“The Long Way Home” is a downtempo/ambient music collaboration between Metamorphosis (Alon Chen) and The Adaptive (Shane Cotee). It was released on a charity compilation from E-Mantra called “Ascension“, and
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In The Branches – “Nebulae” on YouTube
I made some purposefully-minimal music videos with a few of my photographs and some extended footage of Milkdrop, a nifty little plugin for Winamp. If you don’t know what any