New album : "SÁILE"
Diarmuid Johnson and Alain Genty
CD out coming 2025 june 7th
Sáile is a selection of sixteen poems in Irish, Welsh and English by Diarmuid Johnson set in haunting soundscapes by composer Alain Genty and enhanced with the subtle rhythms of fretless bass and accompanying instruments.The album grew out of work written on the tiny island of Inishnee in Connemara in March 2021 to become a journey across open seas and over the boundless oceans of the mind. We invite you to travel with us over these unmapped waters.
all translations, notes and informations on :
poèmes : Diarmuid Johnson (sauf 4 : Llywarch Hen)
musique et arrangements : Alain Genty
sauf :
3 : Alain Genty et Joanne McIver
5, 9, 12, 13 : Alain Genty et traditionnel
14 : Alain Genty et Nicolas Giraud
production et mixage : Alain Genty
mastering : François Roulin
Enregistrements voix de Diarmuid : Renoar Hadri (Bruxelles) et Yacine Azeggagh (La Feuillée)
enregistrement instruments : Alain Genty
Diarmuid Johnson : poèmes, voix, flûte traversière en bois (5, 12, 13)
Alain Genty : basse fretless, guitares, claviers, percussions, electronics
avec la participation de :
Joanne McIver : voix (3, 6, 8, 11), small pipe (1, 8)
et :
Christophe Saunière : harpe (5, 6, 7, 13, 15)
Nicolas Giraud : trompette (14)
Jean-Michel Veillon : flûtes-biseaux (6)
Jacky Molard : ensemble de cordes (10)
Michel Aumont : clarinette basse (7)
Johnny Doherty : violon (9)