Release

• Background info

  • Fusion music
  • African, celt, western dance music
  • 1999
• Instrumentation

  • African- kora, talking drum
  • Celt- hurdy gurdy, fiddle, uillean pipes, bodhran, penny whistle, accordian
  • Western - male female vocals, synthesisors, breath samples, drum machine, electric piano, shaker, tambourine
  • Playing techniques- glissando, double stopping, open and closed hi-hat
  • Effects- reverbs effects vocals on track, synthesisor drone uses filter
• Structure

  • Verse form with no chorus
• Dynamics

  • Increase and decrease with the texture
• Texture

  • Homophonic (melody dominated)
  • Layering of loops constantly changing
  • Heterophonic texture in outro - solos playing same thing with slight variation
  • Start of piece - monophonic
• Melody

  • Male and female singers ( simple repeated melody)
  • Vocalisation short phrases different languages
  • Solos- uillean pipes, whistle, hurdy gurdy
  • Glissandos, acciaccaturas
• Harmony

  • Repeated chord sequence
  • Mostly diatonic
  • Some chromatic notes
  • Some extended chords
• Rhythm

  • Syncopation
  • Triplets and sextuplets used
  • Riffs/ostinatos
  • Short phrases are looped
• Tonality

  • C minor
  • Modal feel at times
• Tempo

  • Start - free tempo/time
  • Bodhran enters- creates steady tempo
  • 4/4