Solas

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:42:05
Personnel: Talitha MacKenzie (vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion); Ross MacKenzie (spoken vocals); Chris Birkett (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming); Ian Plested (vocals); Ian McKinna (guitar, bass, percussion, programming, background vocals); Moray Rumney (fiddle, background vocals); Gavin Marwick (fiddle); Gary Spacey-Foote (flute); Richard Allan (saxophone); Mike Nolan (piano, keyboards); Gary West (pipe drone); Jim Walker (drums); Dave Aitch (percussion); Alasdair Macleod (clarsach, background vocals); Thursa Sanderson, Zoe Capernaros, Jenny Haswell, Karen Berger, Dolfin, Jan Fairley, Rachel Harrison (background vocals). Producers: Iain McKinna, Chris Birkett, Talitha MacKenzie. Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland and CB Sound, London England. Personnel: Talitha MacKenzie (vocals, piano, keyboards); Chris Birkett (vocals, keyboards, percussion, programming); Ian Plested (vocals); Lain McKinna (guitar, drums, background vocals); Moray Rumney, Gavin Marwick (fiddle); Gary Spacey-Foote (flute); Dave Aitch (pipe, vibraphone, drums, congas, cymbals, dumbek, tambourine, timbales, caxixi, chimes); Gary West (pipe); Richard Allan (saxophone); Mike Nolan (piano, keyboards); Jim Walker (drums); Jenny Haswell, Thursa Sanderson, Dolfyn, Jan Fairley, Karen Berger, Zoe Capernaros, Rachel Harrison (background vocals). Recording information: Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland. Unknown Contributor Role: Alasdair Macleod. Arrangers: Chris Birkett; Lain McKinna; Dave Aitch; Talitha MacKenzie. Starting from a multilayered treatment of a Hebridean waulking song nestled in electronics, this solo release by the Mouth Music alumnus keeps getting better -- until the halfway point, when the disc doesn't so much run out of steam as abandons its smarts. The best cuts show how the eccentricities and earthiness of Celtic music lend themselves to various traditional and avant-garde marriages, like "Sein O," which embeds a clipped-syllable puirt-a-beul lyric in a bogle rhythm introduced by a hair-raising sample of Huun Huur Tu's Tuvan throat singing. But the ode to positive thinking "Owen's Boat" belongs in a TV movie, and "Chi mi na Morbheanan/JFK" uses St. Jack soundbites about fighting tyranny without a trace of irony -- hallowing our descent into Southeast Asia. Decent songs do follow... ~ Bob Tarte
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)