* Edition of 250. LP housed in hand screen printed front and reverse sleeve * Arianne Churchman and Benedict Drew present The Tree Of The Left Hand on Folklore Tapes, a mystical journey through folk magic and theory fiction exploring tree folklore. Through harmonium, analogue synths and layered vocals, they create a dream world where everything is reversed, recorded at the haunted Suffolk bungalow of artist Mary Potter.

The Tree of the Left Hand begins at the Tree itself, where through mycelium networks the tree draws up its nutrients - nutrients that are sounds, flashes of musique concrète, minimalism and traditional song, forming a shared network that lurks deep in the stories of the wood. The tree sings an everlasting circle song and presents us with leaves, but leaves shaped like we have never seen before, leaves shaped like left hands that form an archway through which we must pass. Through a tapestry of harmonium, analogue synthesisers, acoustic instruments and layered voice, we enter this new world of the left hand and its visions. This world represents a dream space where everything is reversed and nothing is quite as we know it. We venture through this dream, inhaling its new scent and air, unfolding new dream sequences, new histories, visions and possibilities of being.

The album was recorded whilst on artistic retreat at Britten Pears Arts in Suffolk, in the haunted bungalow once belonging to artist Mary Potter, with later recordings made in London, and then remotely across Kent and London, with the tree always singing in the background. This unique setting adds an ethereal quality to the work, where the boundaries between the natural and supernatural blur into a cohesive sonic narrative.

Churchman and Drew have crafted something truly special here, an exploration that sits at the intersection of experimental music, folklore studies, and speculative fiction. The Tree of the Left Hand invites listeners into a world where ancient wisdom meets contemporary sound art, where traditional songs echo through synthesized landscapes, and where the very act of listening becomes a form of magical practice.