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Madre, Protégenos
Digipak CD
27.11.2006, Equilibrium
Music [ EQM009 ]
01. Madre, Protégenos (5:02) [
download .mp3 clip]
02. O Efeito do Verão (5:35) | 03. Learpholl [
download full track ]
04. Anathema Maranatha | 05. Believe [
download .mp3 clip]
06. Ultreia | 07. Goodbye Johnny Dear | 08. Fé, Esperanza,
Amor
09. Beyond the Morning
Recorded during 2005/2006 at The Barn, County Longford, Republic
of Ireland
Additional recording at Fragile Studios, Athens*
Engineered by Michael Cronin, Duncan Patterson & Vangelis
Yalamas*
Mixed by Duncan Patterson
Mastered by Karl Odlum
All songs written & arranged by Duncan Patterson (Copyright
Control-MCPS)
except 'Goodbye Johnny Dear' (traditional / Johnny Patterson)
Translation help and phonetics by Anna Luiza Alencar, Brenda
Luque, and Vangelis Yalamas
Cover art by Xanthippi Savvaidou
Layout by Nuno Roberto and João Monteiro
Press-release:
One can arguably class Íon as Patterson's most
personal creation to date - a creation which he has fathered
on his own, and one through which he taps deeper into his spiritual
identity and heritage. This musical entity which Patterson has
named after the Gaelic word for 'pure' - a word which
accurately pins down the project's mindset - seems to elude
strict categorization, and even the apparently all-encompassing
definition of World Music falls short in defining the ethereal
moods that "Madre, Protégenos", Íon's debut album,
comes to reveal.
Though fairly minimalist in its overall approach, the album's
true wealth stems from its various layered soundscapes and the
introspective ambiance that they recreate. These provide the
lighter toned and dreamier elements of the album with an ominous
and melancholic shade - much like a sense of hopeful longing
for piece of mind haunted by memories and nostalgia. Having
Irish mysticism and an exotic Mediterranean backdrop as its
essential cornerstones, the project has slowly evolved into
an international venture, stretching over continents and oceans.
"Madre, Protégenos" collects a rich array of influences
that come to shape into a unique multi-textured body of work,
based around smooth acoustic instrumentation (where acoustic
guitar and various percussions take a leading role, alongside
occasional harp, flute or viola arrangements), discreet keyboard
elements, and remarkable voices.
The patterns that fuse into "Madre, Protégenos" come
not only from the varied instrumentation that musicians from
Greece, Ireland, Mexico or Australia have added to the recordings.
The album's unique diversity is equally produced by several
female singers from Italy, Greece and Mexico who contributed
to the album. Their appearances come to add pieces of each of
their country's colours and dialects to the blissful lead interpretation
of Russian muse Emily Saaen, in an eclectic musical quest
which feeds not only on each of its characters ethnic heritage,
but especially on their own spiritual recollections and experiences.
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