Michael Johnson of Facts & Arts reviews Roger Doyle’s electronic opera HERESY.
“It is an ethereal experience, loaded with beautiful soprano vocals and synthesized instrumentals…”
“This opera is not to be missed.”
The piece also includes an interview with Heresy Record’s founder & director Eric Fraad.
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Stephen Rennicks reviews A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland on his website Abstract Analogue:
“Heresy Records follow up their On The Nature of Electricity and Acoustics (2013) with another excellent compilation of Irish Electro Acoustic artists…”
“You will enjoy this collection if you are seeking music that shimmers into existence, works its magic and then disappears just as mysteriously as it arrived.”
“The composer and sound designer Vincent Doherty then helps us drift away again with the joyous ‘DriftDin’, There are so many lovely acoustic and electronic touches going on in the mix, pure ear and emotional gymnastics…”
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A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland is available from March 02 to download and stream
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Spotify have added a track from Roger Doyle‘s new Heresy Records release on their influential Classical New Releases playlist.
The track, A Material Universe, from Act II of the electronic opera HERESY is track 25 of 50 in the playlist. It features Caitríona O’Leary on vocals.
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Two new album releases, A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland, an anthology of Irish electro-acoustic music and HERESY, an electronic opera by Roger Doyle will be launched at the Irish Arts Center in New York on February 20.
Heresy label founder Eric Fraad and composer Daniel Figgis will speak at the event.
Location:
IRISH ARTS CENTER
553 West 51st Street
New York City, 10019
Date & Time:
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
5:30pm until 7pm
A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland, Heresy’s sequel to the album On the Nature of Electricity & Acoustics, which was released in 2013 to international critical acclaim, adds another chapter to the story of Irish electro-acoustic music and demonstrates the vitality, originality and progressiveness of this much lauded and vibrant scene.
Featuring works by fourteen of Ireland’s most imaginative and talented artists/ensembles, A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland presents a diversity of styles from ‘shoegaze prescience’ through ‘contemporary classical’ to Nu-Prog and ambients.
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Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf hit the road again with the legendary George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic on a 35 date tour all across the U.S.
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The Huffington Post review Bad Get Some by Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf and premiere the Dare video.
“Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf are cap-a-pie prodigiously talented. The melodies are phenomenal, the rhythms are combustible and Miss Velvet’s voice contradicts the nonexistence of the phlogiston. Bad Get Some and “Dare” blew me away.”
Isotopia/Heresy debut indie funk rock band Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf celebrate Halloween and their debut album release BAD GET SOME.
They the open for the legendary George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, NYC, on 31 October at the 2nd Annual Halloween Funkdown.
They continue to celebrate with George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic on 3 November at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC.
Billboard #1 hit, THE WEXFORD CAROLS is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services for the first time.
Featuring Caitríona O’Leary, Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens & Producer Joe Henry, THE WEXFORD CAROLS is the first recording of Ireland’s greatest Christmas music.
A collection of 17th and 18th century Irish Christmas songs, mostly lost to history until recently. They have, for the first time, been recorded together by celebrated Irish singer Caitríona O’Leary along with a cast of American and UK Grammy winners including Sir Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens and producer Joe Henry.
The all-star band features celebrated musicians from the genres of folk, trad, rock, classical and jazz including, Dónal Lunny (Bouzouki), John Smith (Guitar, Mandolin & Vocals), Greg Cohen (Double Bass), Éamonn de Barra (Flute and Whistles), Adrian Hart (Fiddle), Kate Ellis (Cello), Graham Hopkins (Drums & Vocals), Mel Mercier (Percussion).
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This piece from Long Live Vinyl features acclaimed Brooklyn pop outfit, Baby Raptors. Their debut EP Strings is released on Heresy Record’s New York-based imprint, Isotopia Records.
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RTÉ Lyric fm – Ireland’s national broadcaster to air live performance of the opera on 3rd September
In December 2017, Heresy Records will release a new opera coincidently entitled, Heresy, by composer Roger Doyle. Heresy is based on the life and works of the martyred renaissance genius, cult hero, spy, playwright and visionary philosopher, Giordano Bruno, who was burned at the stake for heresy in the year 1600 in the Campo dei Fiori in Rome.
Performed to international critical acclaim in November 2016 at Dublin’s Project Art Centre, Heresy features 5 singers and an electronic score that oscillates between a multiplicity of styles all merging into a profound and compelling musical dramatic experience.
A live performance of the opera will be broadcast on RTÉ Lyric fm at 8:00 pm GMT on Sunday September 3rd 2017. Online listeners can go to rte.ie/lyricfm and click on ‘Listen Live’.
The studio recording of Heresy, with additional compositions not heard in the live performance, will be released on Heresy Records in December 2017 and distributed worldwide by Naxos.
Baby Raptors 5 track debut EP on Isotopia Records launches June 7 at House of Yes in Brooklyn starring Baby Raptors with special guest, Yoyo star Gentry Stein.
To compliment the release, the Baby Raptors Augmented Reality Experience app is now available for iOS and Android. For exclusive Baby Raptors content – install the app on your device and aim the camera at the EPs front and back cover artwork.
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