Kenny John - Dragon Voices: The Giant Celtic Horns of Ancient Europe (EMAP, Vol. 3) (2016) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Kenny John
- Title: Dragon Voices: The Giant Celtic Horns of Ancient Europe (EMAP, Vol. 3)
- Year Of Release: 2016
- Label: Delphian
- Genre: World; Folk; Celtic
- Quality: 24-bit/48kHz FLAC & booklet
- Total Time: 1:06:42
- Total Size: 585 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
People of Celtic culture all over ancient Europe were fascinated by lip reed instruments, and made great horns and trumpets in many forms - including the carnyx, a two-metre-long bronze trumpet surmounted by a stylised animal head. One of these was found at Deskford, Scotland, in 1816 and reconstructed in the early 1990s; it is joined here by the magnificent Tintignac carnyx, discovered in southern France in 2004 and reconstructed specially for the current project. A new reconstruction has also been made of the Loughnashade horn from Ireland, with its exquisite decorated bell disc.
Recent developments in music archaeology have vastly increased our knowledge and understanding of both the physical construction of these instruments and their likely playing techniques. John Kenny has specialised in their performance for a quarter of a century, and his newly created music explores the voices of these instruments in solo, duo and ensemble textures, drawing upon Celtic mythical characters, echoes of ancient ritual in modern society, and impressions of real places in Ireland, Scotland and France.
Review
"The classical record label Delphian is releasing a series of albums as a tie-in with the project, beginning with works of ancient Scottish music in May...
"The project, half funded by the European Union, with the rest coming from an assortment of institutions and state agencies, covers the Paleolithic Era to around A.D. 1000 and the Dark Ages. Calling on the skills of archaeologists, philologists, acousticians, metal workers and others, it has brought back to life instruments ranging from ancient bagpipes to 30,000-year-old vulture- bone flutes...
"Mr. Kenny, influenced by that striking head, initially played the carnyx as a war instrument. But he soon realized it "was just like a human."
"If you shout all the time, you lose your voice," he said. "So I decided to explore its other voices. And the minute I did, I realized it could produce the most enormous amount of colors - far more than a trumpet or trombone." That range is evident on his album for Delphian, due out in September, a record that at some points sounds like a dragon awakening, at others like avant-garde jazz." --Alex Marshall, nytimes.com, April 8, 2016
Tracklist:
01. Kenny John - Liadain & Cuirithir (3:00)
02. Kenny John - Dance of Herne (2:21)
03. Kenny John - Forest Camp (3:02)
04. Kenny John - The Hunt (1:07)
05. Kenny John - After the Hunt (6:43)
06. Kenny John - Calanais (2:26)
07. Kenny John - The Shaman (1:56)
08. Kenny John - Ships in the Night (3:11)
09. Kenny John - Shaman 2 (3:20)
10. Kenny John - Cú Chulainn (2:21)
11. Kenny John - Ocean Stone (6:58)
12. Kenny John - Invocation (2:48)
13. Kenny John - Shaman 3 (1:22)
14. Kenny John - Gaels and Gauls [Tintignac duo, Loughnashade duo, Shamanic drum]: Gaels & Gauls (2:20)
15. Kenny John - Dragon Voices (3:35)
16. Kenny John - Tintignac Lament (3:48)
17. Kenny John - Danse sacrale (2:09)
18. Kenny John - Cailleachan (3:31)
19. Kenny John - Cave of Shells (2:13)
20. Kenny John - Mór-ríoghain (3:13)
21. Kenny John - Loughnashade Lament (5:18)
Recent developments in music archaeology have vastly increased our knowledge and understanding of both the physical construction of these instruments and their likely playing techniques. John Kenny has specialised in their performance for a quarter of a century, and his newly created music explores the voices of these instruments in solo, duo and ensemble textures, drawing upon Celtic mythical characters, echoes of ancient ritual in modern society, and impressions of real places in Ireland, Scotland and France.
Review
"The classical record label Delphian is releasing a series of albums as a tie-in with the project, beginning with works of ancient Scottish music in May...
"The project, half funded by the European Union, with the rest coming from an assortment of institutions and state agencies, covers the Paleolithic Era to around A.D. 1000 and the Dark Ages. Calling on the skills of archaeologists, philologists, acousticians, metal workers and others, it has brought back to life instruments ranging from ancient bagpipes to 30,000-year-old vulture- bone flutes...
"Mr. Kenny, influenced by that striking head, initially played the carnyx as a war instrument. But he soon realized it "was just like a human."
"If you shout all the time, you lose your voice," he said. "So I decided to explore its other voices. And the minute I did, I realized it could produce the most enormous amount of colors - far more than a trumpet or trombone." That range is evident on his album for Delphian, due out in September, a record that at some points sounds like a dragon awakening, at others like avant-garde jazz." --Alex Marshall, nytimes.com, April 8, 2016
Tracklist:
01. Kenny John - Liadain & Cuirithir (3:00)
02. Kenny John - Dance of Herne (2:21)
03. Kenny John - Forest Camp (3:02)
04. Kenny John - The Hunt (1:07)
05. Kenny John - After the Hunt (6:43)
06. Kenny John - Calanais (2:26)
07. Kenny John - The Shaman (1:56)
08. Kenny John - Ships in the Night (3:11)
09. Kenny John - Shaman 2 (3:20)
10. Kenny John - Cú Chulainn (2:21)
11. Kenny John - Ocean Stone (6:58)
12. Kenny John - Invocation (2:48)
13. Kenny John - Shaman 3 (1:22)
14. Kenny John - Gaels and Gauls [Tintignac duo, Loughnashade duo, Shamanic drum]: Gaels & Gauls (2:20)
15. Kenny John - Dragon Voices (3:35)
16. Kenny John - Tintignac Lament (3:48)
17. Kenny John - Danse sacrale (2:09)
18. Kenny John - Cailleachan (3:31)
19. Kenny John - Cave of Shells (2:13)
20. Kenny John - Mór-ríoghain (3:13)
21. Kenny John - Loughnashade Lament (5:18)
Year 2016 | World | Folk | Celtic | HD & Vinyl
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