We want everyone who enjoys The Hearach to connect with us here in the Isle of Harris. One of the ways we can help you do this is through beautiful objects, audio, and a quiet sense of ceremony.

For this audio piece we have collaborated with Fraser MacBeath, an audiovisual artist from the Isle of Lewis. 

Fraser creates work which combines elements of sound art and ambient music and focuses on themes of memory, culture, and the relationship between tradition and modernity. 

Fraser spent much of 2023 with us at the distillery, traveling around Harris, getting to meet local people and exploring hidden corners of our community with his recording equipment.

The resulting piece of experimental work weaves past and present, the noises of the natural world, and the musings and music of the men and women who call this place their home.

We hope you'll be able to put life on pause when you can, pour a dram of our whisky, and press play on this specially created immersive soundscape...

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RECORDED IN THE ISLE OF HARRIS FROM JANUARY - JULY 2023

Featuring...

Fiona Langley, clarsach harp, Rhenigidale.

Jillian MacLennan, voice, tour guide at Isle of Harris Distillery.

Donald John Mackay, Harris Tweed weaver, loom sounds, Luskentyre.

Claire Wilson School of Dance, ambient noise, Isle of Harris.

Pupils and tutors, singing, Fèis Eilean na Hearadh 2023.

Iain ‘Tosh’ Macintosh and Neil Mackay, voices, 'Taigh Mo Shenar', Tarbert.

Lewis Mackenzie, voice, naturalist and kelp diver, North Harris Eagle Observatory.

Isla Scott, Ellie-Ceit Johnson, and Anna Macleod, singing, St Clements' church, Rodel.

Roddy Macleod, former lighthouse keeper, voice, Scalpay.

Katie Macinnes, fiddle, Crossbost.

Seilebost / Scarista / Scalpay / Rhenigidale / Leverburgh / Tarbert / The Clisham / Leverburgh / The Golden Road / Drinishader.

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Immersive stereo audio recording. Best enjoyed with high quality headphones or audio equipment.

Mixed and mastered by Scott Jones and Fraser MacBeath © 2023

The Hearach Ceremony

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