These are recordings of trees I made around Southern California in the Spring of 2006 and most were done at the Los Angeles Arboretum on a single afternoon. I went to the arboretum several times that spring, drawn by the surreality of the setting and the chance to wander off and get lost in a stand of trees with no two quite alike. The Arboretum tracks here are from the eucalyptus forest and several different palm trees. There's also a recording made on a rainy day in the hills behind my old house in Castaic and a recording of a tree in the San Gabriel Mountains. Every time I record a new tree I am captivated with all of the different textures it creates. No two trees sound the same. (jen boyd)