This EP is an ode to Ireland and my inescapable place within it. Each piece includes various traditional instrumentation and/ or rhythmic devices. It was created to melodically mend the cultural dissonance I’ve felt from living abroad for so long. Ach níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin! 

Is óid í an EP seo d'Éirinn agus mo shuíomh féin inti, cuid de m'fhéiniúlacht nach féidir liom a sheachaint. Tá gnéithe ionstraimithe is rithime den cheol traidisiúnta Gaelach i ngach píosa den saothar seo. Cruthaíodh é le leigheas séiseach a chur ar an díshondas cultúrtha a mhothaigh mé agus mé i gcéin ar feadh i bhfad. Neartaíonn sé an nós nach bhfuil aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin!

Cover photo: Erik Contreras Mencinger
Mastered by: David Chaim Cohen @ Xexify — http://xexify.com 
Sean nós sample in ‘cosúil le ubh gan salann’: ‘Cúirt Bhaile Nua’, sung by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin
Music Video -- https://youtu.be/nj3XntUr0SM

fáilte an aingil

Combination of classical and traditional Irish instrumentation such as the fiddle (violin), cello and bodhrán - all personally recorded.  

bean feasa

The 'fáilte an aingil' prayer (the Hail Mary) is the only mantra included in Catholicism, said 50 times in a single rosary. This track replicates a pseudo-psychedelic process in repeating this prayer 50 times in Irish. Sometimes doubled or tripled, the prayer becomes increasingly distorted. Thus, this piece represents the comfort found in repetition, regardless of how strange things may get.

Traditional sean nós singing - 'Cúirt Bhaile Nua' performed by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin.

cosúil le ubh gan salann

is maith liom Timbaland

6/8 piece inspired by Irish traditional jigs - trouble comes in threes ;)

fáilte an aingil

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