Things That Happened At Sea: A Short Story in Several Parts

by Eimear Reidy

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1.	Prelude 05:42	buy track
2.	II 01:52	buy track
3.	III 05:12	buy track
4.	IV 01:52	buy track
5.	V 02:44	buy track
6.	VI 04:16	buy track
7.	VII 03:27	buy track
8.	Postlude 02:27	buy track
9.	A Something in a Summer's Day 10:24	buy track

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Originally released on limited cassette by Hypnagogic Tapes

Debut release from Cork based composer and cellist Eimear Reidy. Eimear wrote and recorded these 8 short cello pieces during a stay at Cill Rialaig in county Kerry in the West of Ireland. A number of small stone cottages rest upon the cliff top looking out onto the Atlantic ocean below. Once a deserted famine village, Cill Rialaig now acts as an artist residency and retreat for writers and musicians. It was here where Eimear would sit down in the evenings to compose this suite for solo cello, while the wind and rain would tap at her door before falling back into the ocean

"Her intensely lyrical use of the instrument shines through, gentle bows of the strings summoning soft groans and shivering luminescence. It’s almost animistic at times, as though she’s captured the sound the instrument makes as it hums to itself in private. The opening plucks and strums of ‘Prelude’ come in like a series of shudders, while ‘III’s’ fluttering tones conjure images of staring out to sea, which may be prescient as this tape was recorded in a famine village turned artist’s retreat atop cliffs in County Kerry. The mood switches between ghostly spaces and forlorn laments, but most rewarding is the gap left for the imagination. Reidy’s vivid playing leaves behind a tantalising mystery which pushes you into piecing together the story alluded to in the title"
- Daryl Worthington, The Quietus

"A soundtrack for a planet being born....Eimear Reidy channels a timeless spirit on this sonic narrative, conjuring the rawest emotions before splitting them into infinite, ancient elements. This music feels like something that’s existed within us for millennia, but only now has someone been able to tap into its visceral nature and extract it for all the world to hear. Exquisite."
-Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis

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released February 16, 2022

Eimear Reidy-Cello
Mastered by John Hannon
Photo-Peter Prendergast

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