The BBC Sleeping Forecast. Soothing music for a calm night’s rest

'CAIRN' the new album is out now!

A unique collaboration of sight, sound and the past, being, reminiscences of Scotland.

It is a living memory. It is a collection of new music set to archival recordings of those who once lived in the Scottish Highlands and Islands discussing moments of childhood, folklore and people. It is a celebration of the more intricate moments of Scottish and Gaelic culture and a thank you to all it has given so far.

It is not just an album, it is not just a film. We are in the living rooms, we are in the kitchens and around the firesides drinking tea with these people from across time and getting to know them. My music is the radio playing in the corner and the emotions echoing through our minds.

They shall be our companions, our grandparents and our teachers. They had lived a whole life, let us offer them a chance for resurrection, let them tell you a story.

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Listen: https://ffm.to/blaircoron
Buy: https://blaircoron.bandcamp.com/releases
Companion film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG2o0r32Lrk
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Credits:

Original Music: Blair Coron
Mixing: Luigi Pasquini / Dystopia Glasgow
Mastering: Mattie Foulds / Caribou Recording

Musicians: Blair Coron, Charlie Grey, Laetitia Pannetier, Rhona Macfarlane & Rachel Wilson
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Archival materials kindly provided by: The School Of Scottish Studies, Tobar an Dualchais, Canna House / National Trust for Scotland
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Funded by: Creative Scotland

Birdsong On Canna, Midsummer 1951, 4.15am

Juliette Lemoine's debut album 'Soaring', released 21st January 2023.

"This music celebrates the theme of freedom, exploring the complex and nuanced emotions experienced after recovery from a serious illness. I hope that listeners can connect with the music and reflect on their own experiences of freedom and restrictions, and what this means to them."

Cello: Juliette Lemoine
Piano: Fergus McCreadie
Tenor Saxophone: Matt Carmichael
Fiddle: Charlie Stewart

All music written by Juliette Lemoine

Recorded and mixed at Solas Studios April 2022 by Gus Stirrat
Mastered by Chris Waite
Photo by Camille Lemoine

03 Twilight In A City Park

Timeless World

In Waiting

Selma's Last Song

The Forest

A short piece played using Spitfire's Labs Soft/Piano, written during the Corona Virus lockdown in the UK. With everyone indoors, the quietness outside allows us to hear the natural world in a way that perhaps passed us by previously. Life has slowed down, giving us time to take stock of friends and family, and of our work/life balance.
Will we give nature the space to breathe when we return to "normal" life after the lockdown ends? This is the opportunity for us to change our habits for the better.
Could this be the sound of a brighter future?

#labscommunity #labssoftpiano

The BBC Sleeping Forecast. Soothing music for a calm night’s rest

Keith Adsley