Cargo Records

At The Mill

The Treecreepers is an outfit consisting of two multi-instrumentalists Ian R Watson and Pete Flood.

Each has played with a remarkable number of artists covering a multitude of styles, and they come together here with a shared love of improvised music, both melodic & rhythmic, weird & confrontational. Each track on their debut, At The Mill, was improvised in the peaceful surroundings of an old mill in Hampshire. Watson's trumpet was played through a series of delays and looping pedals in real time whilst Flood responded with his array of percussion as well as being recording engineer, producer & mixer. Birdlife became the titular theme of the album after one point during the sessions the call of a tawny owl halted proceedings whilst the mics were set up to record outside. Typically the owl refused to continue! Several days after the sessions Peter reflected on the recordings and decided to edit the longer tracks, add electronics of his own then perform the final mix. The resultant album retains the freshness of the improvised music which brought these two artists together and takes it forward into composed territory. Watson's musical history includes Spring Heel Jack, Test Department, Billy Mahonie, Bows Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats, Gallon Drunk and Lob with improv ace Lol Coxhill. Flood's musical history includes Union Wireless, Bows, The Very Tiny Little Kids and The Farmyard Animals. He currently works with Bellowhead and Tim van Eyken.

Track Listing

Nightjar
Kraw
Wryneck
Rauk
Turnstone
Auk
Whimbrel
Aku
Godwit
Kwar
Secret Spot