Aer by Carol Anne McGowan
The beginnings of this album were constructed during the pandemic lockdowns, the initial drafts being recorded straight into a laptop microphone as no other instruments were close hand during this time.
Each song started off as an improvisation, passing notes grasped in mid air, transient phrases conjured from unknown origins, the songs grew layer by layer, slowly formulating themselves into compositions.
Linguistically, the voicings are more akin to poetic sound-images or gestures of speech, rather than being confined to any particular semantic meaning.
Some lyrics appear in Latin and some are more closely related to Glosolalia; improvised articulations of words or speech-like sounds.
The intention lay always in the translation of emotion, over any correct or definable language.
This album grew from an experiment in using only the voice as instrument; to see what possibilities could be created from within the perimeters of the human body, through the shaping and vibration of one of life's essential elements; air.
Dedicated to Eddie O'Kane.
Tracklist
| 1. | A Flicker in the Dark | 3:00 |
| 2. | A Movement of Light | 2:18 |
| 3. | Damnatio Memoriae | 2:20 |
| 4. | Act of Conversion | 5:12 |
| 5. | A Movement in Time | 3:28 |
| 6. | Apocrypha | 3:18 |
| 7. | The Persistence of Vision | 3:25 |
| 8. | Act of Divination | 1:40 |
| 9. | Aithēr | 1:32 |
Credits
written, recorded and performed by Carol Anne McGowan
mixed and mastered by Seán MacErlaine
