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Lawry Joseph Tilbury (born 1980), formerly known as Birdengine, is an English musician and singer-songwriter from Dorset.〔(Birdengine website. ), Retrieved 19 September 2010.〕 ==Career== In 2005, Tilbury released his debut EP ''Birdengine'', a collection of experimental tape melodies, on the now defunct Scottish label Benbecula Records. The self-produced EP was hailed as "the first relevant work of freak-folktronica" by Stylus Magazine.〔Bryan Berge, Stylus magazine, November 2005, p. 68.〕〔(Birdengine EP on Bleep ) website. Retrieved 8 April 2009.〕〔Phonica Records, Dec Newsletter, 2005, p. 14.〕〔Ron Schepper, (‘Birdengine EP Review’ ), Textura. Retrieved 19 September 2010.〕 An animated music video for the track ''Thoughts of A Falling Glass Man'' was created by BAFTA winning production company Sherbet.〔(Sherbet produces Birdengine "Thoughts of A Falling Glass Man" Music Video ), MVWire website. Retrieved 19 September 2010.〕〔("Thoughts on a Falling Glass Man" ), BBC Film Network website. Retrieved 8 April 2009.〕〔Sherbet Animates a Birdengine, Televisual Magazine, Dec 2005.〕 Another EP ''Early 4-track recordings'' (2006) was released on Benbecula, with several reviewers noting Tilbury's "natural talent for story telling".〔Everett True, 'Birdengine – Birdengine EP', Careless Talk Costs Lives, Dec 2005, p. 80.〕〔(Birdengine EP Reviews ), Benbecula Records website. Retrieved 12 July 2010.〕 In 2007, Independent label Drift Records released ''I Fed Thee Rabbit Water'', a mini-album of wandering folk songs which garnered Tilbury praise for his stark nylon guitar playing,〔Jason Walnut, (Birdengine "I Fed Thee Rabbit Water" (Drift 2007) ), Americana UK website. Retrieved 8 April 2009.〕 and deadpan humour "There's not likely to be a more arresting opening couplet to an album this year":〔Andy Gill, (An Exclusive preview of next months album releases ), The Independent website. Retrieved 8 April 2009.〕 :''I spent the Summer cutting Heads off Dogs,'' :''I spent the Winter trying to sew them back on''〔Birdengine, "I Fed Thee Rabbit Water" CD, Drift, 2007.〕 :''- Heads Off Dogs, I Fed Thee Rabbit Water'' He has been noted in his local newspaper for his distinct combination of unusual falsetto harmonies,〔Mark Dishman (15 May 2009) (The Great Escape: Birdengine, The Basement, Brighton, 14 May ), The Argus Newspaper. Retrieved 21 November 2015.〕 2009 saw Tilbury self-release, then quickly disappear, an EP of new material titled ''Black Dictaphone'' through the Birdengine MySpace page, though re-worked versions of some songs would eventually appear on later releases. Tilbury spent the next year at producer David Ringland's〔Lawry Tilbury, (Birdengine Album Finished ), Tumblr blog. Retrieved 19 September 2010.〕 home studio in Hove, recording songs to a 16 track reel-to-reel tape player. These sessions culminated in the debut full-length LP ''The Crooked Mile'' and a later EP ''I Like Totally Do Not Understand Or Whatever'', released in 2011 by Lynch(ed) Recording〔(Lynch(ed) Recordings ) website. Retrieved 19 September 2010.〕 and A Beard of Snails Records〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://abeardofsnails.com/discography.html )〕 respectively. ''The Crooked Mile'' garnered widely positive reviews, and was described by Uncut as "...like a waltz for the dead – the results are unmistakable and unsettling.",〔(), Birdengine Blog. Retrieved 4 March 2012.〕 and by The Quietus as "Outsider Music, riddled with themes of alienation and a sense of not belonging; an outcast even among the freaks". In a 2012 interview Tilbury stated he is working on "what will likely be my last album as Birdengine",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://jaitoutlutoutvutoutbu.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/jai-interviewe-birdengine.html )〕 indicating a collaborative project to be a new beginning. In April 2015 Tilbury announced via his Tumbler blog 〔Lawry Tilbury, (), Tumblr blog. Retrieved 15 April 2015〕 that Birdengine is 'no more', hinting towards other creative mediums. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birdengine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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