Tree63 is back after seven years

AFTER a seven-year hiatus, internationally-renowned South African rock band, Tree63, has announced the launch of a ‘Kickstarter’ campaign for its fans to participate in the recording and promotion of its seventh full-length album, slated for release this winter.

The band was revived at a series of reunion events last year in South Africa – John Ellis (vocals and guitar), Darryl Swart (drums) and Daniel Ornellas (bass) reformed the trio, and are now working on new music.

While Tree63 has been on hiatus, John moved back to South Africa from the US and released a solo album, Daniel has been living in Nashville, touring and producing, and Darryl started a recording studio in Canada.

“We’ve stayed in touch over the years and stayed friends, and even though we’ve all ventured into other musical projects since, there hasn’t been anything like the special experience of playing as Tree63,” said John.

Daniel said, when they got together to play a few dates in South Africa in April last year, they talked about making new music. He said John had songs he’d written since, so they decided to go to Nashville and record a new album.

Formed in 1996, the three-piece band first came to international attention with the release of their second album, ’63’ (Survivor Records) in 1999, followed by the 2001 self-titled release from US-based InPop Records, which sparked the radio hits Treasure and Look What You’ve Done. Picking up a Dove Award that year for ‘Rock Album of the Year’, the band went on to record four more critically-acclaimed albums and release numerous radio singles.

“The music industry has changed in a lot of ways since our last album, and we now have the opportunity to independently release our own record,” said Darryl. “However, without a record label behind us, we also don’t have the money they would usually give us to make a record. But, we don’t want to cut corners, we want to make something we and our fans can be proud of and enjoy,” he added.

Inviting fans to participate in the process, Tree63’s ‘Kickstarter’ campaign has a myriad of support offers, which include not only exclusive access to updates and other content from the band, but autographed CDs, signed guitar picks and drumsticks, T-shirts, posters, and even exclusives like handwritten lyrics and a Skype call, phonecall or Google+ Hangout with the band.

Click on this link to ‘Kickstarter’: https://kck.st/1Kpo351.