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SAMPLES:

Hated Because of Great Qualities (Blonde Redhead cover) - Cantus Firmus (2011)

Broken Windmills - Observatories (2010)

Grandpa's Hands - Observatories (2010)

Ritchie Bros. - Observatories (2010)

Maddie Mae (was a good girl) - Observatories (2010)

 

DISCOGRAPHY:


(c)2005 Ezra Goetzen
 
 

Cantus Firmus EP (2011)

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Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Music Millenium

1. Hated Because of Great Qualities (Pace, Makino, Pace)
2. New Jersey (Mark Kozelek)
3. Harmless Sparks (David Bazan)

Reed Wallsmith - alto sax
Joe Cunningham (Sly Pig) - tenor sax
Rebecca Sanborn - keyboards, piano
Keith Brush - acoustic bass
Ji Tanzer - drums

featuring:
Kyleen King, viola/violin (3)

Recorded (June 16-17, 2010) and mixed by John Wagner at SuperGiant (West Linn, Oregon)
Produced by Blue Cranes
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion Studios
Design by Dylan McConnell.

 

Oversea Orbits: Observatories Remixed (2011)

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Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Music Millenium

1. Here is You, Here is Me (Ethan Rose Remix)
2. Ritchie Bros. (Quiet Countries Remix)
3. Grandpa's Hands (Jonny Classic Remix)
4. Maddie Mae (Gavin Castleton Remix)
5. Yellow Ochre (J.P. Jenkins Remix)
6. These Are My People (Gulls Remix)
7. Broken Windmills (Doug Theriault Remix)
8. Love, Love, Love (Elders Remix)
9. Max's Critique

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Ritchie Bros. (video by Weird-Fiction)
Grandpa's Hands (video by Dennis Hitchcox)
Blue Cranes SHREDZ (video / audio by Chris Hudson & Gavin Castleton)

Limited-edition silkscreened covers by Eric Redpath at Papercut Press
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion Studios
Produced by Blue Cranes

 

Observatories (2010)

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Physical CDs available at any record store and through Amazon.

1. Grandpa's Hands (R. Wallsmith)
2. Love, Love, Love (Wayne Horvitz)
3. Ritchie Bros. (R. Wallsmith)
4. Maddie Mae (was a good girl) (J. Cunningham)
5. Broken Windmills (J. Cunningham)
6. These Are My People (J. Tanzer)
7. Yellow Ochre (R. Wallsmith)
8. Here is You, Here is Me (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith - alto sax
Joe Cunningham (Sly Pig) - tenor sax
Rebecca Sanborn - keyboards, piano
Keith Brush - acoustic bass
Ji Tanzer - drums

featuring:
Timothy Young, guitar (2,4,5,7)
Kyleen King, viola (3,4,7)
Anna Fritz, cello (3,4,7)
Marilee Hord, violin (3,4,7)
Mary Sue Tobin, alto sax (4)
Chad Hensel, bass clarinet (4)

family percussion section (8):
Alan Singley, Chris Hudson, Danny East, Frank Wall, Jenny Conlee-Drizos, Ji Tanzer, Joe Cunningham (Sly Pig), Joey Scala, Matt Berkvam, Patrick Finley, Rebecca Gates, Rebecca Sanborn, Reed Wallsmith, Sandy Church, Sandy Wallsmith, Steve Drizos, Talbott Guthrie.

choir (8): Chris Hudson, Daniel Flessas, Ji Tanzer, Joe Cunningham (Sly Pig), Rebecca Gates, Rebecca Sanborn, Sam Howard, Reed Wallsmith,

and... Max Wallsmith - vocal interludes

Recorded and mixed by Jason Powers @ Type Foundry Studios.
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Design by Dylan McConnell

 

Homing Patterns (2008)

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Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Tender Loving Empire
Music Millenium
Everyday Music

1. S.T.I.L.L. (R. Wallsmith)
2. Awesome Hawk (R. Wallsmith)
3. Seven Swans (Sufjan Stevens)
4. Crane (R. Wallsmith)
5. Dirty Bourbon (J. Cunningham)
6. X (R. Wallsmith)
7. Beware the Pneumatic Nailer
8. Early Morning (R. Wallsmith)
9. Inner Dialogue (R. Wallsmith)
10. Washington Park - Eastbound (Cunningham / Wallsmith)
11. Crane - Reprise (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith - alto sax
Joe Cunningham (Sly Pig) - tenor sax
Rebecca Sanborn - keyboards, piano
Keith Brush - acoustic bass
Ji Tanzer - drums

featuring:
Ila Cantor - guitar
Max Wallsmith - vocals (track 7)

Recorded by Jason Powers
Mixed by Gus Elg
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Design by Dylan McConnell


 

Lift Music! Flown Music! (2007)


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Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Tender Loving Empire
Music Millenium
Everyday Music

1. Returning to Portland (R. Wallsmith)
2. Aluvión / Song for Audrey (R. Wallsmith)
3. Polaris (C. Westmoreland)
4. Cristo de Palacagüina (C. Mejia Godoy)
5. Coming Up Roses (Elliott Smith)
6. Dear Howard (R. Wallsmith, words: N. Alvarado-Greenwood)
7. Greenwood (R. Wallsmith)
8. Thirty Ought Six Circus (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith -alto sax, keys, vocals
Rebecca Sanborn - keys, piano, vocals Keith Brush - acoustic / electric basses
Ji Tanzer - drums

featuring:
Nico Alvarado-Greenwood - poetry
Adam Hurst: - cello
Sadie Wallsmith - vocals
Billy Ashmun - vocals)

Recorded and mixed by R. Wallsmith
Cover design: Austin Sellers
Photography: Erica Lord

 

Blue Cranes Demo (2004)

1. Running Out (R. Wallsmith)
2. .30-06 Circus (R. Wallsmith)
3. A Nicaragua (R. Wallsmith)
4. Crane (R. Wallsmith)

(live at Tugboat, April and June 2004. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax, Johannes Haage -guitar on 3 & 4, Keith Brush - bass, Ji Tanzer - drums)

     
 

OTHER PROJECTS

 

The Reed Wallsmiths EP (2003)

1. Returning to Portland
2. .30-06 Circus
3. Greenwood
4. A Nicaragua (w/ Donnie Machado, loops)
5. Cristo de Palacagüina
6. Song for Audrey (w/ Jane, viola; Michael Papillo, bass

(R. Wallsmith - sax, piano, keys, drums, vocals, compositions except #5 written by Carlos Mejia Godoy.)
recorded on 4-track.