Andrew Wasylyk -The Paralian (Vinyl LP)
Label: Athens Of The North
Cat No: AOTNLP028
In 2018, Andrew was extended a residency invite from arts centre and historic house, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland to create new music for their restored, 19th century, Erard Grecian harp.
During Wasylyk's five-month sojourn he created melodies and progressions echoing the building's unique relationship with the looming North Sea horizon. Using not only the harp, but the house's original grand piano, Andrew explored the Angus landscape and beyond, gathering field recordings on trips to neighbouring Seaton Cliffs and Bell Rock Lighthouse (the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse).
Winter slipped into spring, and harp-led compositions gave way to an ambitious third, full-length album, exploring a range of themes utilising a broad palette of instrumentation, including flugelhorn, euphonium, oboe, string trio, vintage synthesisers, drones and upright piano.
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Daylight
A1 Through The Field Beyond The Trees Lies The Ocean
A2 Greendrive #2
A3 Journey To Inchscape
A4 (Welter) In The Haar
A5 Dreamt The Breakers Spill
Dusk
B1 Flight Of The Cormorant
B2 Westway Nocturne
B3 Mariner's Hymn
B4 Adrift Below A Constellation
B5 Unsurfacing