Last recorded day is a series of non sequential sonic x rays of grieving and loss.
A seamless symbiosis of oceanic, tectonic Ur music and texts and melodies sleepwalking between past and present...at the point of letting go.
Last recorded day explores the tension between prepared and random elements and the site specific experience of recording such material in a space designated as 'spiritual' or 'sanctified'.
One death is every death. And as the point of release, time becomes elastic...The past and present momentarily co existing. All points of memory and reminiscence overlapping and blurring, overwhelming the mourner.
Last recorded day attempts to trap that weightless, stateless point in the arc of loss.
Recorded live at Cloonclare Parish Church (C of I) Manorhamilton.
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credits
released April 1, 2015
John Daly..guitars/pre recorded material/field recordings/mix/edit
Declan Drohan..vocals/texts/vocal melodies/concept
Eileen Gillen..text on 'An account of Death'
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