WILD ONES by peirson ross

WILD ONES is a dedication album to wildlife and to those living the "wild life". It marries art, music and design for the greater social good. The project began in Peirson's New York apartment in the spring of 2012. When the original analogue recordings were water-damaged in the flood caused by hurricane Sandy, Peirson re-recorded the songs digitally while paper cutting the Inuit style artwork.

Armed with scissors, Japanese linen paper, one roll of reflective tape, a portable recording rig and an irrepressible urge to create, Peirson spent months in solitude re-recording the record while cutting and pasting his Canadian animals on the walls around him. Although Peirson initially referred to his paper-cutting as naive kindergarten catharsis, gallery curators and art critics alike have since praised his work as the most modern representation of nature on the art scene today. While Peirson's designs have a contemporary feel, the source of inspiration was born out of the simple desire to recreate and celebrate reminders of home by imagining the natural world in a small urban work space. "The more time that I spend working in different cities, the more I feel the need to surround myself with reminders of home. I mean I love travelling but I think I might have subconsciously made Wild Ones to pay tribute to Canada because I missed it. The best way I found to recconnect with my roots in the wilderness while working in the city was by cutting and pasting images of nature, animals and the wild spaces we used to share when I was a young kid. So far, Wild Ones has given me a new found appreciation for the land I grew up in and helped to curb that feeling of homesickness".

WILD ONES is also Peirson’s first attempt at playing all of the 20+ instruments himself including; cello, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica, percussion, dramnyen (Tibetan guitar), banjo, lap steel slide, melodica, beat-boxing, bass recorder, piano, bells, baritone ukulele, jaw harp, accordion, singing bowl & vocals.

Although this is Peirson’s sixth studio album, it is his first self-produced work to date. Initially, these songs were supposed to remain unreleased and act as guide tracks for the eventual live-off-the-floor band recording but after much encouragement from band mates and friends, he agreed to release the songs in their original form. The sixteen songs and animal designs are represented by ten provinces, three territories, three oceans and the wild ones that reside within these fragile Canadian habitats.

WILD ONES is a dedication album not only for endangered species and their natural habitats at risk but also for the independent thinkers who have fought to preserve their wild sub-culture, rituals, values and essential spirit that was born out of our natural world. This is for the wild ones.

A portion of proceeds from Wild Ones merchandise will be donated to grassroots organizations.

The remastered version of Wild Ones will be available on iTunes in early 2016. Worldwide digital release date TBA.

Blues written in a meadow.

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