{"id":5903,"date":"2023-01-17T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/?post_type=product&p=5903"},"modified":"2023-01-26T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:21:46","slug":"one-day-album","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/product\/one-day-album","title":{"rendered":"One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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A unique record of ten tracks featuring instruments from pre-history, antiquity and ancient surviving musical traditions. Whilst many of the tunes are played and recorded acoustically, some include up to date electronic additions to enhance the particular sounds of the instruments. Recordings took place in Connemara, Ireland, North Wales and Hamburg Germany. The collection may be described as a further exploration of instruments and sounds evolved since the inception of the band Reconciliation in 1991. Sound Engineer and producer Rod Callan of Penylan Studios contributed hugely to this album through his great understanding of the ancient instrument collection and their musical potentials. Rod has worked with Reconciliation and Ancient Music Ireland since the early 1990s. His arrangements on some of the tracks on this album cross boundaries which results in a new inspirational sound. Evocative musical combinations are realised as a result of live concerts and previous recordings combined with techniques gained by the players in their personal careers. Particular emphasis is placed on drone rhythms and instrumental overtone as well as new drumming methods on the Irish frame drum or bodhr\u00e1n.
\nThe new vibrant sound may be described as a definitive departure from more conventional music today. Yet, strong dance rhythms are complimented by complex tone and overtone manipulation. Great walls of acoustic complexity introduce an alternative view of the essence of music both as a rhythmic stimulant and an evocative mood enhancer. The music of Reconciliation is new in the world and yet takes its influences and origins from some the oldest instruments and traditions created by humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

01 One Day 5:20 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/01-One-Day-.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

This intricate tune is the result of multifaceted instrumental multitracking around a poem describing the despair of a bumble bee who finds himself unable to escape from a greenhouse. It may be described as the most conventional of all the ten tracks on the record. For the first time Reconciliation used more modern musical instruments in the recordings. These include acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin and violin. The guitar on this track is introduced bringing the tune more into a musical mid-range and giving it a rounder soundscape. This piece is carefully constructed and arranged.<\/p>\n

Simon O\u2019Dwyer – vocals, dord \u00edseal, dord ard, adhaarc, click stones, stone whistles.
\nPhilip Conyngham – didgeridoo, vocals.
\nMaria Cullen O\u2019Dwyer – bodhr\u00e1n, tubby drum, vocals.
\nRod Callan – acoustic guitar, jaws harp, bass guitar.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Callan, Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer, Cullen O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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02 Politicos 2:22 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/02-Politicos.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

Politicos was recorded acoustically in a farmhouse in Connemara, West of Ireland. The idea was to explore the combinations which could be achieved through alternating a didgeridoo with a newly revived and developed ancient Irish singing method in a conversation. Phil Conyngham played his most precious didgeridoo which was given to him by a traditional maker in Catherine, Australia. The vocal called cron\u00e1n is an experimental recreation of a throat singing tradition that was practiced in Ireland for thousands of years and only died out in the 19th Century. To do this, Simon O\u2019Dwyer referred to written and oral descriptions as far back as the time of Christ and the overtone singing methods in countries such as Nepal and Tuva. The tune is named after the gabbling that goes on among politicians.<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – didgeridoo.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer – cron\u00e1n (throat singing), click stones.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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03 Slug Love 3:49 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03-Slug-Love.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

The unmatched piece is so called as band member Philip Conyngham has a particular love for slugs! This tune consists of an in-depth exploration of the use of instrumental and vocal tone and overtone manipulation to achieve an entirely new sound. \u2018Slug Love\u2019 goes into a complex world of acoustic interaction that almost defies the accepted rules of music.<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – didgeridoo, dord \u00edseal.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer-\u00a0 dord \u00edseal, dord ard, cron\u00e1n (throat singing).
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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04 Yippadee 2:30 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/04-Yippadee.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

This fast ripping jazzy piece of music is based around an up-beat playing method developed on the bodhr\u00e1n (Irish frame drum). Using a particularly heavy ebony two ended stick which was made by the late Dessy Seary of Wicklow, the player creates a fast rolling beat which may be compared to the gallop of a horse. Accompanied by bodhr\u00e1n played with the hand, a driving percussion makes the perfect foil for the introduction of a distinctive complex didgeridoo style, fast and furious that only this player can generate. The tune was recorded acoustically in one take.<\/p>\n

Maria Cullen O\u2019Dwyer – bodhr\u00e1n (goat skin played with two ended ebony stick).
\nPhilip Conyngham – didgeridoo.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer – bodhr\u00e1n (ginet skin, played with the hand).
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer, Cullen O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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05 Breath Under Stone 6:28 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/05-Breath-Under-Stone.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

\u2018Breath Under Stone\u2019 was composed to reflect the mood of the mountains of the West of Ireland in high Summer. Recorded both in studio and in the open air, the sound reflects the depth of life and the continuous rhythm of nature. Rod Callan who recorded and mixed several of the tunes on this record, composed and added a complimentary guitar tune to \u2018Breath Under Stone\u2019. Rod also named this piece. A local robin who conveniently sang that day was included and his descendants continue to be paid royalty in the form of bird seed!<\/p>\n

Simon O\u2019Dwyer – dord \u00edseal, dord ard (bronze trumpets).
\nPhilip Conyngham – dord \u00edseal, didgeridoo.
\nRod Callan – acoustic guitar, bass guitar.
\nLocal Robin – vocal.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Callan, Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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06 Standing Alone 4:10 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/06-Standing-Alone.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

\u2018Standing Alone\u2019 could be considered to be one of the quirkiest covers ever made of the song Blue Moon originally written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. This version includes an eerie vocal and a variety of bronze horns, trumpets and bodhr\u00e1n. The piece rolls along with an inevitable optimism that is both energising and evocative. One particular inimitable sound is created by didgeridoo crossed with a kazoo whilst a rounded pumping all-encompassing rhythm is delivered on bodhr\u00e1n. The addition of a polka played on a tin whistle sends this piece into a realm of its own!<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – dord \u00edseal, didgeridoo, buzz didgeridoo.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer – dord \u00edseal, dord ard, vocals, sea shell.
\nRod Callan – acoustic guitar, bass guitar.
\nMaria Cullen O\u2019Dwyer – whistle, bodhr\u00e1n.
\nLuke Day – mandolin, fiddle.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – Callan, Conyngham, O\u2019Dwyer, Cullen O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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07 Hocket 2:30 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/07-Hocket.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

This multi-level piece is influenced by hockety style horn bands from West Africa. The bodhr\u00e1n used is one of the last made by the late Charlie Byrne of Thurles. It is fitted with two goat skins back to back and is so designed to give a whooshing sound. Also featured is an Early Medieval melody reed horn from Co. Mayo, West of Ireland. It is interesting to note that all the instruments with the one exception of a pair of Aboriginal Australian clap sticks have their origins in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Simon O\u2019Dwyer – dord ard, adharc, bodhr\u00e1n, mayophone (early medieval reed instrument).
\nPhilip Conyngham – dord \u00edseal, clap sticks.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – O\u2019Dwyer, Conyngham.<\/p>\n

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08 Purnolulu 6:13 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/08-Purnolulu.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

Purnolulu is a fascinating exploration of combinations of didgeridoo, dord \u00edseal (bass bronze horn), and piano strings that build a deeply evocative sound landscape. Using advanced effects, a rich tapestry of mood is generated as the tune moves through a complex creation of tone and harmony.<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – didgeridoo, dord \u00edseal, dord ard, percussion.
\nS\u00f6ener Ramert – piano strings.
\nRecorded at Madusa Studio, Keil Germany 2019.
\nComposition – Conyngham.<\/p>\n

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09 Black Rock 4:44 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/09-Pan-Rap.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

The title \u2018Black Rock\u2019 is inspired by the heavy rolling beat implemented on bodhr\u00e1n which is enhanced by deep cron\u00e1n (throat singing). This piece of music features the experimental side of the acoustic instruments. The bodhr\u00e1n or single frame drum is played in a way that reveals all the power and drive of a \u2018full kit\u2019.<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – didgeridoo.
\nMaria Cullen O\u2019Dwyer – bodhr\u00e1n.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer – cron\u00e1n (throat singing), fipple whistle.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2011.
\nComposition – O\u2019Dwyer, Conyngham, Cullen O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

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10 The Monster 3:37 min<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/www.ancientmusicireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10-The-Monster.mp3\"][\/audio]\n

This tune creates an image of swimming and diving in Lough Ness and then meeting with the legendary monster! But rather than it being the expected ferocious creature, the monster turns out to be a gentle giant that sings with the visiting diver.<\/p>\n

Philip Conyngham – didgeridoo.
\nSimon O\u2019Dwyer – didgeridoo.
\nRecorded at Ancient Music Ireland, West of Ireland 2010.
\nComposition – O\u2019Dwyer, Conyngham.<\/p>\n

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Sound Engineer\/ Post Mastering Ireland\/Wales – Rod Callan, Mark Warden.
\nSound Engineer Germany – S\u00f6ener Ramert. Philip Conyngham.
\nFinal Post Mastering Germany \u2013 Haulke Albrecht.
\nProduction Rod Callan, Simon O\u2019Dwyer, Philip Conyngham, Maria Cullen O\u2019Dwyer.
\nArrangement Rod Callan, Simon O\u2019Dwyer, Philip Conyngham.<\/p>\n

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