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Credits

Real World Records
UK: September 1997
US: 21 October 1997

produced by Michael Brook
recorded at Hybrid Studios
Michael Brook is represented worldwide by Opium (Arts) Ltd.

A Real World Design
Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin
Photography: Steve Pyke
Translations and track notes: Iarla Ó Lionáird

All artwork copyright the respective creators. Used without permission.

Tracks

1. Seacht (Seven)
   (lyrics Iarla Ó Lionáird; music traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird, Michael Brook, and Ingmar King)
   6'17
• Iarla O Lionaird: lead vocals
• Michael Brook: loops
• Ingmar Kiang: original string samples
• produced by Ingmar King and Michael Brook
2. Aililiu Na Gamhna (Calling Home the Calves)
   (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird)
   4'29
• Iarla Ó Lionáird: lead vocals
• produced by Michael Brook
3. Caoineadh Na dTri Mhuire (Lament at Calvary)
   (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird and Michael Brook)
   7'40
• Iarla Ó Lionáird: lead vocals
• Michael Brook: loops, sruti box
• Mark Summer: cello
• produced by Michael Brook
4. Abha (River)
   (lyrics by Sean O Croinin and Dombnall O Liathain; music traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird and Michael Brook)
   6'28
• Iarla Ó Lionáird: lead vocals
• produced by Michael Brook
• Dombhnall O Liathain, Maighread bn Ui Lionaird, Deaglan Tallon: river voices
• vocals and ambient sounds recorded in Cuil Aodha, Co Cork
5. Aoibhinn Cronan (The Humming of the Bees)
   (lyrics traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird; music by Peadar O Riada, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird, Michael Brook, and Ingmar King)
   5'07
• Iarla Ó Lionáird: lead vocals
• Michael Brook: loops, samples, programming
• Ingmar Kiang: loops, samples, programming
• Jason Lewis: drums
• produced by Ingmar King and Michael Brook
6. Loch Lein
   (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird)
   2'27
• Iarla Ó Lionáird: lead vocals
• produced by Michael Brook
7. Cuir A Choladh an Seanduine (The Old Man Rocking the Cradle)
   (lyrics traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird ; music traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird and Michael Brook)
   3'21
• Iarla Ó Lionáird : lead vocals
• Michael Brook: loops, programming
• produced by Michael Brook
8. An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy)
   (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird )
   5'39
• Iarla Ó Lionáird : lead vocals
• produced by Michael Brook
• sample included: "In Continuum" from the album Flow Goes the Universe, Laraaji
9. Bean Dubh an Ghleanna (The Dark Woman of the Glenn)
   (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird )
   7'49
• Iarla Ó Lionáird : lead vocals
• produced by Michael Brook
• ambient sounds recorded at Gort na Scairte, West Cork
10. Aisling Gheal (Bright Vision)
    (traditional, arr. Iarla Ó Lionáird and Peadar O Riada)
    4'43
• Iarla Ó Lionáird : lead vocals
• produced by Peadar O Riada

total duration: 54'04

Notes

Brook performed with Iarla Ó Lionáird at the Festival de MÔsica Visual de Lanzarote (Lanzarote Festival of Visual Music) in October 1997. The official site has an article and some portraits of the pair, in Spanish.

"Aoibhinn Cronan" is included in Real World Notes 5.

excerpt from the official album site:

"[Michael Brook is] one of the first producers I've met who shared my vision, which was not to soften or sentimentalise the music but draw deeper from the heart - to take what is within and bring it to the surface. Everyone else seems to want to tart up the raw, ancient stuff to make it palatable. Michael, who comes from an experimental rock'n'roll background, didn't want to do that, and observing this ultra-modern musician getting to grips with a deep, ancient approach was amazing."

-Iarla Ó Lionáird

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