alicia merz

New single out today x Link in bio

We’re excited to share the trailer for ROOST 2020 PDX, a short film by 350PDX’s Communications Director @tejaroxy that premieres at the Portland EcoFilm Festival @theportlandecofilmfestival on 4/30 as part of the “More Than Human” program. ROOST 2020 PDX is part love story to Portland, part natural history doc. When a filmmaker sets out in 2020 to make a documentary about Portland’s crow roost, her focus shifts as dramatic events unfold. ROOST 2020 PDX weaves together seemingly disparate threads: thousands of crows gathering to roost, empty pandemic streets, tear gas clouding protests for racial justice, federal agents occupying a city, and wildfires. Oregon Environmental Council @oeconline has an interview with filmmaker Irene Tejaratchi Hess where you can learn more. Check out: tinyurl.com/roost2020 Music in trailer: @birdsofpassagemusic . . . . . #PortlandFilm #PortlandFilmmakers #PortlandCrows #PDXCrows CrowRoost

mountain ascent at dusk • Birds of Passage x Jolanda Moletta “Inspired by drinking morning coffee in our different landscapes alongside a soundtrack by Badalamenti, this piece was created across continents through ‘countless layers of tones, whispers, and harmonies, weaving them together like threads of breath and resonance.’ These layers were then shaped through delays, reverb, and gentle distortion until they dissolved into something new, a living texture that carries both the intimacy of breath and the vastness of an unseen landscape.” - Birds of Passage (Alicia Merz, New Zealand) & Jolanda Moletta (Italy) Released as part of gentle voices, vol. 1 - a collaborative project that brings together 20 different women artists and producers from around the world, who are creating music in ambient (and ambient adjacent) spaces, in celebration of International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8. #internationalwomensday #womenofambient gentle voices, vol.1 compilation curated by @anita_tatlow & @marineeyes Released on @echoesblue & @cloud__collecting Mastered by @emilymagpiemastering Distributed by @identitymusic

When 350PDX scheduled our February Action Night, “The Dangers of Tear Gas,” we did not realize how timely the event would be. Recently, federal agents once again escalated the use of chemical munitions in Portland, including tear-gassing a peaceful, daytime march organized by labor unions on January 31. Our February Action Night will feature a short film on tear gas, a talk by City Councilor Sameer Kanal on proposed limits to chemical munitions by the City of Portland, and a panel discussion. How does tear gas impact our bodies, our environment, and the wildlife that make Portland their home? How have people worked within the judicial system to foster change? These are questions raised in “Gas me, Teddy” an 11-minute documentary that examines the deployment of tear gas during the 2020 Portland protests for Black lives and draws connections to the current situation at the Portland ICE facility. Panelists include: *Taishona Carpenter, board president of Don’t Shoot PDX *Brenna Bell, environmental attorney *Erika Maria Moseson MD, MA, Air Health Our Health *Chris Wise, protest medic *an attorney from Oregon’s ACLU This event is co‑sponsored by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. Filmmaker: @tejaroxy Music: trailer & film: @birdsofpassagemusic 350PDX Action Night: The Dangers of Tear Gas Wednesday, February 25, 6:00-8:00pm 350PDX Workshop (3639 N Mississippi Ave.) Please RSVP in our linktree as this helps us plan food and refreshments. . . . . . . . #portland #pdxfilm #teargas #portlandoregon #portlandprotest

Back into the depths

last $ needed… for music licensing and sound mix … give what you can and get your personal link to the full film preview this summer 🖤

"Ｓｏｌｓｔｉｃｅ" 🌒✨ My new single with the wonderful @birdsofpassagemusic is out today. I first discovered Alicia’s music by the lagoon at Camp @alowhum last year, and loved it all straight away. Minimal and spellbinding with ambient guitar swells and verbed-out vocal drones, it was one of my fav sets from all of Camp. So I'm happy to say that over the last few months Alicia and I have been working on this track - a slow-burning collab built on guitar and synth and her timeless vocals. So here you go - a song that sits somewhere between memory and dream! Hope you like it! 🖤

What a cute Rhynchodes ursus

one of my favourite encounters. #nativebirdsofaotearoa

It was a great privilege to sing on this Joy Division cover @memorydrawingsband @bradleyhansonphotography Find it on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp #joydivision