Track 4 of track trail for Aidan O'Rourke's 'Imprint'. http://revealrecords.co.uk/aidan-orourke-imprint-ep-series-2-0/

The Cabrach

From EP Imprint
http://revealrecords.co.uk/aidan-orourke-imprint-ep-series-2-0/

Wolf Monk

AIDAN O’ROURKE (Lau) & KIT DOWNES (Trokya/Squarepusher) 
Fiddle - Aidan O’Rourke / Harmonium/piano - Kit Downes
Written by Aidan O’Rourke (Reveal Publishing 2016)
Arranged Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes
Recorded by Mattie Foulds at Caribou Studio, Edinburgh
Mixed by Alex Killpartrick


At The Interval, As The Applause Dies Away

A track inspired by James Robertson's story from 17th April entitled The Painter

Aidan O'Rourke and Kit Downes - Every Morning She Steps Out Of The Back Door (Demo version)

A track inspired by James Robertson's short story Hotel from his collection 365. This story is from 30th March.

Aidan O'Rourke and Kit Downes - Do People Still Do This (Demo version)

CAPE REINGA

Our Dancing Made Us Laugh

Track from 365 Volume 2 - released August 2019

Aidan O'Rourke - I Met Him Only Once

A track from 365: Volume 2 released August 2019

Aidan O'Rourke - The Film Was Preceded By A Warning That It Contained Some Moderate Violence

Aidan O'Rourke (Lau) new album 'Hotline'
ORDER NOW FROM REVEAL-STORE.COM
RELEASED JULY 1st 2013
All music written and arranged by Aidan O'Rourke (Reveal Publishing Ltd)
As played by:
Aidan O'Rourke - Fiddle/Loops
Phil Bancroft - Sax
Paul Harrison - Piano/Synths
Catriona McKay - Harp
Martin O'Neill - Bodhran/Percussion

Gallanach Bay

Aidan O'Rourke (Lau and Kan) new album 'Hotline' 
PRE ORDER NOW FROM REVEAL-STORE.COM
RELEASED JULY 1st 2013
All music written and arranged by Aidan O'Rourke 
As played by: 
Aidan O'Rourke - Fiddle/Loops
Phil Bancroft - Sax
Paul Harrison - Piano/Synths
Catriona McKay - Harp
Martin O'Neill - Bodhran/Percussion

TAT-1

Opening track of Kan's debut album Sleeper.
Lori by Aidan O'Rourke
One Two Three by Ian Stephenson and Jim Goodwin

Kan - One Two Three

Opening Track of Aidan O'Rourke's debut album Sirius.
This music was originally commissioned by Celtic Connections Festival in 2003 as part of the New Voices series. A lovely full-sounding album of great themes and gorgeous playing.
Aidan writes.." Burning the brightest star in the sky, Sirius has been used for centuries as a key navigational tool for travellers. As a travelling musician it is often difficult to appreciate what you are experiencing on the road. The people I meet and the places I visit often merge together as a tour progresses. In writing this music I took the time to reflect on my experiences and to appreciate the people, the places and the many adventures. I've been travelling and touring since I was 15, which is half my life. In the midst of these journeys , one thing has remained constant: Sirius. To me, Sirius represents home.
Musicians:
Aidan O’Rourke – fiddle
Harald Haugaard – fiddle
Charlie McKerron – fiddle
Gordon Gunn – fiddle
Luke Daniels – melodeon
Brian Finnegan – flute, whistles
Phil Bancroft – tenor saxophone (soprano sax on track 3)
Fraser Fifield – soprano saxophone
Colin Steele – trumpet
Marc Clement – guitar
Foss Paterson – piano
Ewan Vernal – double bass
Mattie Foulds - drums

Aidan O'Rourke Falun Fine (Outbound)

Taken from Aidan O'Rourke's second 'solo' record An Tobar.
Inspired by The Isle of Mull, it’s geography, music and people, Aidan has written a new work to celebrate the tenth anniversary of An Tobar, The Tobermory Arts Centre

An Tobar was recorded by some of the finest musicians in Scotland.

Aidan O'Rourke-Fiddle
Phil Bancroft-Tenor Saxophone
Martin Green- Accordion/Electronics
Catriona McKay-Scottish Harp
Martin O'Neil- Bodhran and Percussion

With poetry specially written for the project by award-winning writer Aonghas MacNeacail, the music reflects on the origins of communities and settlements on Mull and the effect of modern times on the island. The work was composed during a residency in Tobermory, where Aidan used the late Martyn Bennett’s old studio in An Tobar which Martyn used to call The Well.





Aidan O'Rourke - Sea

Track taken from Lau's latest record Race The Loser.

"Modern folk music's most innovative band Lau return with their third album 'Race The Loser'. The trio's captivating live and studio performances have seen Lau pick up three consecutive BBC Folk Awards for Best Group (2008-2010).Produced by Tucker Martine (Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Laura Viers, R.E.M.) Brilliant musicians, thrilling performers, free-thinking visionaries and all-round good chaps as well…small wonder Lau are regarded as the epicentre of the new folk boom . And they've got shelves groaning with awards, a forest's worth of ecstatic reviews and breathless plaudits from excited audiences in various outposts of the world ringing in their ears to prove it..."


Lau - Far From Portland

AIDAN O'ROURKE

Aidan O’Rourke is a fiddler, composer, producer and curator. With his trio Lau, in multiple solo projects and in collaborations, he has pioneered a new sound in folk music and redefined traditional forms.

His roots are in Scottish and Irish folk music. He grew up in an Irish family in Argyll and studied fiddle in the West Highland tradition. By 14 he was touring with The Caledonia Ramblers; in 1998 he joined Blazin’ Fiddles; in 2010 he formed the quartet Kan with whistle player Brian Finnegan; in 2016 he formed a duo with the jazz pianist Kit Downes; in 2017 he joined the legendary Donal Lunny's new collective The Atlantic Arc Orchestra.

Lau came together in 2006 and their debut album set a precedent for new politically-charged folk music that expands the form and experiments with sound while staying rooted in tradition. Four further studio albums followed, plus a couple of live albums and a 2017 retrospective charting the band’s first decade. Lau collaborators include Karine Polwart, Fred Frith, Anais Mitchell, Joan as Police Woman, John Parish, Adem, Jack Bruce, Trilok Gurtu, Brian Irvine and the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The band have made multiple tours of the US and Japan and won Best Group at the BBC 2 Folk Awards an unprecedented four times.

As a solo artist, Aidan is always looking for new ways to articulate the tradition. He has released four solo albums – Sirius (2006), An Tobar (2008), Hotline (2013) and 365: Vol 1 (2018) – as well as the experimental EPs Music For Exhibition and Film (2015) and Imprint (2016). He was named Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2014.

As a composer, Aidan threads his heritage into diverse settings. He is a three-time winner of the PRSF New Music Biennial commission at the Southbank Centre; other commissioners include the Scottish Ensemble, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sage Gateshead, Celtic Connections, the Tolbooth in Stirling, An Tobar, Cottier Chamber Project and Capella Nova. In 2017 he wrote the official music for the opening of the Queensferry Crossing.

As a curator, Aidan has co-directed multiple editions of the Lau-Land festival featuring eclectic lineups, one-off collaborations and workshops. Other curations include Lucky Middlemass’s Tavern, recreating a hub of Edinburgh enlightenment music and debate.

As a teacher, Aidan is a regular tutor at Newcastle University and University of Limerick, and holds fiddle classes as part of Lau-Land.

As a producer, Aidan's interests are in stripping back to bare elements and appreciating the real qualities of instruments and voices – letting the nuances of the tune be at the forefront. In 2018 he produced Brighde Chaimbeul's debut album The Reeling.

His latest project is the immense tune-cycle 365. Aidan wrote a tune every day for a year in response to a short story collection by James Robertson. The result is a major new body of 365 tunes – a significant addition to the Scottish traditional music canon. Aidan’s fiddle tunes are sparse and emotive; his playing is renowned for its lyricism, here paired with bold harmonies from Kit Downes on harmonium and piano, guitarist Sorren Maclean and harpist Esther Swift. 365: Vol 1 was released in May 2018. 365: Volume 2 will be released in August 2019.

“Few contemporary musicians in any category can match either his artistic ambitions or his achievements in bringing them to fruition” (The Scotsman)

“O’Rourke’s music – both his writing and playing – is unfailingly strong and imaginative” (The List)

“Lau are a remarkable band - exquisite and hypnotic, musicianship at its best” (The Guardian)

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