Ari Picker | guitar/vocals Emma Nadeau | french horn/vox/bells/accordion
Drew Anagnost | cello
Leah Gibson | cello
Jenavieve Varga | violin
Mark Daumen | tuba/bass/bells
Lost in the Trees is a folk orchestra from Chapel Hill, NC, led by composer and songwriter Ari Picker. Initially a bedroom recording
project, Lost in the Trees has grown from a solo effort to a full symphonic band, sometimes numbering over a dozen members. After
releasing his self-titled album on Trekky Records, Ari attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA, further
immersing himself in the historic realm of classical composition. While in Boston, Ari assembled a small group of players to help
him record Time Taunts Me, an EP of giant orchestral pop songs, released in 2007 on Trekky Records. The short album received
some generous acclaim from national critics, but as Ari hurried to finish school, he was unable to tour in support of the music.
After finally moving back to North Carolina, Ari began writing a new album and assembling a cast of musicians from
the Trekky Records Collective and the University of North Carolina Orchestra program. Now with a vast and supportive team behind him,
Ari was able to complete his most affecting and powerful album to date, All Alone In An Empty House. The album was released
in a single three-format package in September of 2008, containing a vinyl record, a CD and an MP3 download. The compositions benefited
from a dedicated live backing band, complete with full string section, horn section, accordion, mandolin, glockenspiels and more.
In February 2010, Lost in the Trees signed to Los Angeles based Anti- Records, who will be releasing a new and enhanced version
of All Alone In An Empty House, which has been reworked by acclaimed North Carolina producer Scott Solter (The Mountain Goats,
Spoon, St. Vincent). The new album will be released worldwide in the Fall of 2010.
Trekky Records will release a new, LP version of Time Taunts Me on vinyl in early 2011. Fans of the EP will be
treated to remastered versions of the original songs, as well as new unreleased songs that turn this little EP into a big old LP.
All Alone in an Empty House will be re-released worldwide, in concert with Anti- Records. The new version has been re-worked, re-recorded and re-mixed by audio genius Scott Solter. The album will be available on LP and CD on August 10, 2010.
All Alone In An Empty House
All Alone in an Empty House was released in 2008 as a limited run of vinyl/CD/MP3 packages. This edition is now out of print.
Fireplace
Time Taunts Me was released as an EP on CD in 2007. In 2010, Trekky will release an expanded LP version with new recordings and new, unreleased songs.
Tall Trees
Lost in the Trees is Picker's first effort under the name Lost in the Trees.
It is dark and beautiful but somehow remains in the realm of pop. The instrumentation is
astounding. The pianos, strings and saws ache with the somber wonder of Christmas.
All Alone in an Empty House will be re-released worldwide, in concert with Anti- Records. The new version has been re-worked, re-recorded and re-mixed by audio genius Scott Solter. The album will be available on LP and CD on August 10, 2010.
All Alone in an Empty House was released in 2008 as a limited run of vinyl/CD/MP3 packages. This edition is now out of print.
Time Taunts Me was released as an EP on CD in 2007. In 2010, Trekky will release an expanded LP version with new recordings and new, unreleased songs.
Lost in the Trees is Picker's first effort under the name Lost in the Trees.
It is dark and beautiful but somehow remains in the realm of pop. The instrumentation is
astounding. The pianos, strings and saws ache with the somber wonder of Christmas.
