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the lore of place

by TUATHA

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1.
Deirdre’s Lament for the Sons of Usnagh 02:26
2.
Sweeney the Mad 02:41
3.
Visit to the Fairy Realm of Mag Mell 02:47
4.
Columcille's Greeting to Ireland 03:59
5.
On the Flightiness of Thought 04:51

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“Irish roots music, ‘lost’ poems, and free noise improvisation”

TUATHA’s take on ancient poetry and song is “unique, bewitching and typical Irish yet also totally un-Irish ... a fierce project that will leave some open-mouthed”: www.merchantsofair.com/albums/brieviews-70

Not a “wall”, but a “mass” of sound, observes Kevin Quigley, of the inimitably Irish soundscape his ensemble have constructed, of coloured drones, piping melody, soaring strings, skittering bodhrán drum, and rhythmic pulse. These layered sounds, he suggests, “glisten and dance” to evoke “a deep reflection on the mythic in Irish connections between sound, music and poetry”. Flowing from the sombre mood of ‘Deidre’s Lament for the Sons of Usnagh’ to the almost comedic in ‘Sweeney the Mad’, TUATHA explore a sound that is challenging and yet rooted. Rhythmic hum and dissonance find an unlikely harmony with the traditional in this abrasive and fluently romantic plunge into Ireland’s history of ancient poetry and song.

In the Gaelic tradition, the 'Dindsenchas' are haiku-like poetic descriptions of place. The lore of place consciously mines this poetic form. Although rooted in the lyricism of ancient Irish poetry, this recording also hints at foreboding contemporary political dynamics, as questions of the island’s territorial integrity are brought back to the surface in ‘On the Flightiness of Thought’, a tense piece built around an anonymous, meditative poem from the 10th Century. TUATHA are unafraid to visit looming anxieties in our own time, even while stepping quite outside it, to explore a sense of mystery, and of belonging, and of notions of ancient worlds, and ancient cultures.



About TUATHA
TUATHA began in April 2019 with a radio play entitled 'The Story of the Wraith', written and performed by Warren Conlon and Kevin Quigley, which was later recorded as a live studio performance, and broadcast on Johny Brown’s Bad Punk radio show on Resonance FM (7th June 2019). From these beginnings, TUATHA evolved into a more complete expression of the original concept, as a radical ensemble that embraces folk traditions, ancient texts, and elements of the most challenging modern sound art.

For the Lore of place recordings, the strikingly confident improvisations of Jacquelyn Hynes (flute), Rebecca Davies (violin), and Robert McGlone (bodhrán drum and percussion) are built around a series of ancient poems, their traditional sound warped into something jarringly contemporary by free noise musicians Bjorn Hatleskog (strobe organ and modulation effects) and Kevin Quigley (acoustic guitar, noise, and feedback effects). This radical soundscape ebbs and sways around the gentle tones of poet James Downs and the theatrical vocals of Warren Conlon, who summon and inhabit characters from Ireland’s distant (and not so distant) past.

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released January 27, 2020

TUATHA
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JAMES DOWNS - Vocals
WARREN CONLON - Vocals

JACQUELYN HYNES - Flute
REBECCA DAVIES - Violin
KEVIN QUIGLEY - Acoustic Guitar
BJØRN HATLESKOG - Strobe Organ / Modulation
ROBERT MCGLONE - Bodhran / Percussion

a series of anonymous Irish poems

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