TREKKY RECORDS | ARTISTS | LOST IN THE TREES

Lost in the Trees is a folk orchestra from Chapel Hill, NC, led by composer/songwriter Ari Picker. All Alone in an Empty House is the anticipated follow up to the critically lauded Time Taunts Me EP, released last year by Trekky Records. The new album shows ringleader Ari Picker fully realizing and extending his compelling synthesis of American folk and traditional classical music and showing that disparate musical styles really stem from a common voice. While Picker certainly utilizes his professional training from the esteemed Berklee College of Music, All Alone In An Empty House is far from the cold calculation and gridded “correctness” some associate with classical music. Rather, it is intensely personal (almost uncomfortably so) and never allows the rules of classical music to limit the emotional weight delivered in each song.

Picker draws heavily from his autobiography, exploring how the relationship between his parents went on to affect his own relationships with loved ones in his life. He is not attempting to take sides or place blame for the traumatic influence of his parents. He is simply trying to recreate the byproduct emotions that came from dealing with issues such as bipolar disorder, self-absorption, artistic creativity, mathematical proficiency, and sexual and emotional abuse. Picker uses the unifying familiarity of traditional folk to face these haunting issues with optimism, not dread, and uses his orchestra of strings and horns to objectively correlate the feeling of the song to the listener. Thematically and sonically, All Alone in An Empty House is extremely intimate.

The album was recorded by Ryan Pickett (My Morning Jacket) with the help of Picker. Additional tracking was done at The Owl Room, Trekky Records' new in-house studio. Picker's orchestra features members of the Trekky Records Collective, professional classical musicians and student musicians from local universities.

All Alone In An Empty House has been released in one multi-format package which includes a compact disc, a vinyl record and a coupon for a free 320 kbps MP3 digital download of the album. Lost in the Trees and Trekky Records are offering this new “everything you could ever need” package as a response to the growing changes in the way people buy music. Both entities believe buying hard copy music and truly interacting with records is a crucial supporting leg to the world of music, and refuse to bow to the digital-only movement. This package should serve every kind of music listener, save the stubborn 8-track listeners of yesteryear.

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The Never

All Alone in an Empty House is the third full length album from Ari Picker's Lost in the Trees. An intensely personal synthesis of traditonal folk and classical music, the album shows Picker's songwriting and composition at its strongest and most confident. The album comes in only one format: a multimedia collection of a vinyl record, compact disc and digital download.

Fireplace

Time Taunts Me is in some ways a "best of" compilation of Ari's songwriting. We see new versions of old songs, totally filled in with full orchestral arrangements and vocals. A sharp, mature, hi-fi alternative to the scary pop of Lost in the Trees.

Tall Trees

Lost in the Trees is Picker's first effort under the name Lost in the Trees. It is dark and beautiful but somehow remains in the realm of pop. The instrumentation is astounding. The pianos, strings and saws ache with the somber wonder of Christmas.

Dismantling Christmas

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