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01. OLAN MILL - Neutrino
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02. OLAN MILL - Echo of Tomorrow
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03. OLAN MILL - Cultivator
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04. OLAN MILL - Nature for Equal Rights
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05. OLAN MILL - Soft Furnishings
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ARTIST
MILL, OLAN
TITLE
Hiraeth
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
PRESERVATION
CATALOG #
PRE 038CD
PRE 038CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/15/2013
The Preservation label presents
Hiraeth
, the fourth album from Hampshire, UK's
Olan Mill
. The work of composer and instrumentalist
Alex Smalley
and following on from 2012's much-acclaimed
Home
, Olan Mill continues to seek a higher plane of consciousness through grand and textured composition. Variously compared to the likes of
Richard Skelton
,
Maurice Jarre
and
Vangelis
, where
Home
sought to essay the life-affirming, worldly joy of travel,
Hiraeth
is a movingly yearning work for a lost sense of place. A Welsh word with no direct translation in English,
Hiraeth
is defined as homesickness for a home to which you cannot return. This is a beautiful meditation on nature irretrievably lost over time and as The Liminal wrote on
Home
: "Smalley can rightly be added to the list of successful composers who've managed to not only be inspired by nature, but accurately communicate it as well." With the resonance of folk melody through lilting piano and guitar and the symphonic reach of strings and soprano voice, the deep focus of
Hiraeth
is revealed through both intimate detail and sweeping revelations of sound. Whether through a pursuit of travel or the changing face of his native surrounds, Smalley conveys the momentum of transition through the surge and flow of his music with unerring force.
Hiraeth
is released in both vinyl and CD editions with each having different cover art.
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