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03 Forward – Ar Adhaigh 4​:​40 min

from Old to New by Reconciliation www.ancientmusicireland.com

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This is a more formal version of the tune which was originally composed in 1998. (see 01A – Ar Aghaigh – version 1). It is difficult today to imagine what a large army led by loud powerful instruments and bent on destruction may have sounded like. In the Gallic wars, Roman scribes reported soldiers being addled and losing reason through the sheer volume of sound created by opposing French Celtic armies. Musical instruments were still being used for this purpose at the beginning of the First World War in 1914 when German soldiers reportedly retreated in the face of an advancing British force led by Scottish great Highland pipers. Fortunately over-tracking technology allows for the creation of at least a flavour of what the real thing may have been like.

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from Old to New, released March 24, 2021
Simon O’Dwyer – trumpa créda (repeated)
Maria Cullen O’Dwyer – bodhrán (repeated)
Rod Callan – engineering, mastering, post mastering
Recorded at ‘The Works’ studio, Dublin, Ireland, May 2002

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‘Reconciliation Band’ utilise rare melodic and rhythmic instruments from both living cultural traditions and from broken traditions of the ancient world to create a distinctive music. The combinations of complex beats and tempos delivered in a modern driving dance style represent a new challenge to the accepted norms. ... more

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