Birds of Passage is an ambient, minimalist

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

solo project of the poet and singer-songwriter Alicia MerzSecret Thirteen: Birds Of Passage – Winter Lady
Birds of Passage was formed in 2010 and is used as a monicker for the artist. Birds of Passage is signed to

Denovali Records Denovali Records is an independent record label founded in 2005. The program of Denovali covers ambient, electronica, experimental, drone, jazz, modern composition & sound art. Since 2007 Denovali curates and organizes international music festi ...

and went on tour throughout Europe, after the release of the debut album ''Without the World''. Immediately after the

2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...

, she curated the release of a compilation called ''Tomorrow's Conversations'' with the participation of many other artists with proceeds donated to relief efforts for the earthquake victims.

Discography

;Albums *2010: ''Garden of Secrets'' (

Future Records Future Records was a music imprint, based in London, England. It was founded in 2009. The label was closed in 2012. History In 2009, it was announced that Gary Barlow had been given his own music label, Future, by Universal as a reward for ma ...

) *2011: ''Without the World'' (

) *2011: ''Dear and Unfamiliar'' (credited to Birds of Passage and Leonardo Rosado) (

) *2012: ''Winter Lady'' (

) *2013: ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon '' (with Gareth Munday) (

) *2013: ''Taxidermy of Unicorns'' (co-release with Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, and Aloonaluna) ( Watery Starve Records) *2014: ''This Kindly Slumber'' (

) *2018: ''The Death of Our Invention'' (

) *2021: ''The Last Garden'' (

) ;EPs *2011: ''I Was All You Are'' ( Heat Death Records & Cooper Cult Records) *2012: ''Highwaymen in Midnight Masks''

References

External links

Denovali Records pageHeat Death Records BandcampCooper Cult Records Bandcamp
New Zealand experimental musical groups Denovali Records artists Ambient music groups Musical groups established in 2010 2010 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-band-stub