Name: Mesmereyes by Dougie Mathieson
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Another home recording from the 1990s, using an Atari ST computer & sequencer and MIDI sound modules from the period

Touches of Terry Riley in C there Dougie :-)

A sound poem for The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney.  Recorded at the archaelogical site in July 2022, it incorporates the voices of volunteer diggers and students from around the world, and academic staff from The University of the Highlands and Islands. https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/
With sincere thanks to the team.


Music
Soaring		Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Brodgar Noodle 1	Dougie Mathieson
Brodgar Noodle 2	Dougie Mathieson
Round Things		Dougie Mathieson
Alto Recorder		Suzy Angus

Soft Howling Wind courtesy of Zapsplat.

Words by kind permission from The Ness of Brodgar, Digging Deeper (Mark Edmonds, Nick Card and Roy Towers)

Especial thanks to Nick Card and Anne Mitchell, and to the volunteers at the Ness of Brodgar Archaelogical Site 2022.

Image courtesy of theorkneynews.com

Sounds of The Ness

Soundscape of the beautiful Barony Mill in Orkney, and of Ali who takes us through the mill.  Recorded in July 2022. The mill features the only working water wheel in Orkney, and it's the only one in the world milling bere.

With grateful thanks to Alister Harcus and all at Barony Mill.

Sound recording and post production : Suzy Angus

Music
Harp, Andean pipe and guitar : composed and played by Dougie Mathieson

Enter the Maze and Pale Rider : Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Image courtesy of Barony Mill.

Barony Mill,  Orkney

Traditional song extracted from a live home recording - Dougie Mathieson - Keyboards, Mags Macfarlane - Vocals 

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New song I wrote today recorded on an 8 track in my livingroom.

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A collaboration of ideas between 2 x local Edinburgh musicians, recorded in a bedroom in Leith.  

Martina Cannon, drums, rhythm guitar, keys, vocals, harmonica
Jason Kyrone, lead guitar, drums, keys

Produced by Jason Kyrone

Hey Hey baby - collaboration with Jason Kyrone (original)

Trying to be positive. Also trying to be a bit more literary rather than literal. May or may not have succeeded, but I think I wrote a fine tune.

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Another home recording from the 1990s, using an Atari ST computer & sequencer and MIDI sound modules from the period

Mesmereyes

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I have been dabbling in music over the past four decades, sometimes playing in bands, and composing solo at others. A few noodlings for your perusal...

Mesmereyes

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