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