WHAT

  • De-centering the human

  • Fecund ceremonies of Earth

  • Restoring Kinship

  • Honoring Mystery

WHO

Fletcher Tucker (born 1983) is an interdisciplinary artist and practitioner of kincentric earth-based skills and philosophies, residing on the unceded Esselen lands now known as Big Sur, California. Since 2005, Tucker has released eight full-length albums of music, under various project names, on labels based in Germany, Sweden, Japan, and the United States. Tuckers’ most recent works, Cold Spring (Gnome Life, 2017) and Unlit Trail (Adagio830, 2021), represent his most sophisticated and critically lauded albums to date: 

“Seven tracks that move between breathless drones, dreary neo-folk prayers and adorations of the woodland and its seen and unseen dwellers... conjuring chillingly seductive atmospheres… simultaneously majestic and terrifying.” – THE WIRE (review of Unlit Trail)

"Tucker sinks into the redwoods and roots out something ancient and always. [A] truly incredible record." – NPR (review of Cold Spring)

Tucker is the founder of the analog record label Gnome Life Records––which has released over forty works of experimental and ambient music, outsider folk, and spoken word by West Coast artists since 2005. In addition to his artistic work, Tucker is the co-founder of Wildtender, an organization dedicated to helping people cultivate intimacy with the more-than-human world. Tucker is also teaching faculty at the Esalen Institute and the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

DISCOGRAPHY

  • 2021 • “Reflections: Gnome Life Artists & Friends Cover Each Other” • Cassette/Digital • Gnome Life Records

  • 2021 • "Unlit Trail" • Fletcher Tucker • LP/Cassette • ADAGIO830

  • 2019 • "Myddyng" • Fletcher Tucker • Digital EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2018 • "Womb of Light" • Fletcher Tucker • 7" EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2017 • "Cold Spring" • Fletcher Tucker • LP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2013 • "Offering" • Bird By Snow • Japanese CD version • Rondade

  • 2012 • "Offering" • Bird By Snow • LP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2011 • "Subtle Body" • Bird By Snow • Cassette EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2011 • "Native Tongue" • Yurt • Cassette • Gnome Life Records

  • 2010 • "Afterbirth" • Bird By Snow • EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2010 • "Common Wealth" • Bird By Snow • LP/CD • Gnome Life Records

  • 2010 • "One White Flag" • Bird By Snow • EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2010 • "Songbread/Another Ocean" • Bird By Snow • Swedish Cassette version • Kaligrammofon

  • 2009 • "Songbread/Another Ocean" • Bird By Snow • LP/CD • Gnome Life Records

  • 2008 • "Sky" • Bird By Snow • Swedish CD version • Kning Disk

  • 2007 • "Sky" • Bird By Snow • LP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2006 • "Industrial Collapse" • Bird By Snow • 7" EP • Gnome Life Records

  • 2005 • "Antlers and the Sun and All the Things that Grow Old and Pass Away" • Bird By Snow • LP • Gnome Life Records

PRODUCTION & PERFORMANCE DISCOGRAPHY

  • Performer/Producer • "Sweep the Temple" • Fountainsun

  • Performer • "Explains" • Little Wings

  • Performer/Producer • "Music Today" • Fountainsun

  • Performer/Producer • "Made it Rain" • Little Wings

  • Producer • "The Measure of Mystery" • Daniel Higgs

  • Performer • "Eternal" • Sean Smith