Animent

MUSIC

The third single of my new EP: "Docklands"

The second single of my new EP: "Spirit Worm"

"My Love Is The Moon" is the first single from my upcoming EP.

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"

I am never sure if we choose the art we like or if it chooses us. "The Second Coming" by the poet W.B. Yeats has always been significant since I heard it at college.

Maybe this change is inevitable? Maybe we need hope more than ever?

I'm certain that we are in a time of change like no other now and as I look around it's pretty much all I can see, from Pandora's hand touching the last remaining spirit of hope as all the evils are set free in the world to the potential of a new beginning.

So here we are again, tainted by the memories of the past but with a new if fragile hope. Can we make the world a better place, more free? Or do things need to deteriorate more? Do we need to wait until Iceland turns green before we, us, create a better reality? Where is our hope?

The second single from my upcoming EP was created in collaboration with the talented singer Anastasia Urban. I heard her voice and in it I could hear hope. As beautiful, simple and elegant as it is, this fragile emotion that she holds so well was perfect for Innocence Reborn.

This is a new song from my upcoming EP, deeply inspired by W.B. Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming."

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"

Theses are the opening lines of this profound work. Although written after the First World War it is as true today as it was then. Changes are coming, the institutions we know are crumbling. What have we let loose?

Essentially Solo pieces, the following tracks represent bringing the tagelharpa from a nordic style drone instrument into a more classical and meditative aspect, reflections of nature and our modern soul environment.

I am never sure if we choose the art we like or if it chooses us. "The Second Coming" by the poet W.B. Yeats has always been significant since I heard it at college. Maybe because of having grown up in Ireland as the son of a Royal Navy Commander during the times of the troubles there, or whether it was deeper than that, as it spoke to my soul.

For 6 months I buried myself in my studio and went travelling. literally and metaphorically. I met a very lovely witch in Devon who is convinced that in the making of this collection of music I was actually at the scenes of what I was describing.

This is certainly true of the title track Revelation. The execution of the Bab in Tabriz seems to be the start of the old order giving way, sped up during the world wars and now... with our technology and abilities to make wonderful things we still fight over land, ideas, and throw rocks at each other. Personally I'm sick of all of it. This EP, this collection is my response.My Guernica, if you like.

It was fitting then to meet with Anastasia, a musical artist and vocalist also troubled by what is happening. I heard her voice and in it I could hear hope. As beautiful, simple and elegant as it is, this fragile emotion that she holds so well was put to music in Innocence Reborn.

Of course things can never be the same again... innocence on its own isn't enough, You can't do anything with it but it can speak to our higher sense of self and I hope I have described at least in part some of my journey in this regard.

I didn't want this EP to be pleasant or easy listening. I wanted to grab the listeners attention and not let go. It feels important.

When recording it, the visual images were there, as if I had really journeyed somewhere, so I hope I have brought something back.

The EP Animent is a combined work of Mìchèal, previously of Broken Bird, Vicente Ribeiro of We Know a Place, and Vanessa Coelho. This was a deliberate attempt to minimize the use of words to allow the spirit and imagination of the audience to run with the imagery it contains.

It's a essentially soul journey into the four corners of the world, definitely elemental from the Forests Heart Skogarhjarta to the west influenced Vestrid. Sudor is a calling to the shores of the South & the warning of not being aware As we Sleep contined in Svo Vid Sofum. Definitely cinematic music. Inspiring.

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"The Music is surprising, the way the drums come into the music is powerful.

The music surrounds me when I listen"

Camilla Margherita Ferrari, A Tergo Lupi , on Skogarhjarta