Dual Aura

A story unfolds...

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Welcome to Traveller’s Tales – a journey of discovery.

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On this album you will hear the sounds of music as language – learning one language from another,  finding voices in common to share joy and conversation. Speaking of the love of nature, the mystery of the unknown, and the loss of homeland.

 

The folk music of Scotland and the British Isles sets the scene as our wanderer from the South is met by a strange traveller from the North… who in turn reveals the musical tongue of their native Denmark.

 

Before long a common language is found – the music of the baroque, and from there ensues a journey together. But to where are they heading? A robin accompanies them on the road, now and then speaking its voice and at night entering their uncertain dreams…

 

First through Brittany, an encounter with an ancient Celtic culture, its folk music and a fantasia on its people and landscape.

 

And then further south, their travels spent in discussion and learning of the other – sometimes harmonious, sometimes in dispute. A dialogue, courtesy of Telemann.

 

Time away from one’s home is marked by longing, ‘hjemve’ – we hear a song for the ‘Spring Frost’, when the long Danish winter gives way to new life.

And then, our travellers reach an end to their journey – Australia.

 

Heat and vastness unsettling to a foreigner, but with moments of great stillness and beauty. The robin accompanies them still, met by a myriad of hidden voices in the bush.

 

Time is slow here. An unease speaks through the ancient land – the native culture tragically displaced. Work is hard and the land is tough, yet a new life beckons.

 

The fiddle laments, sings, dances. Ultimately solace is found in this place now, one brimming with life and vibrancy in the heat of the day.

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Performers:

 

Monica Schmidt Andersen – recorders (all tracks)

Ben Dollman – violin / viola (all tracks)

Padma Newsome - Harmonium, Timples Canarios, Guitar, Keyboard (all Newsome tracks)

 

Sound engineering and mastering: Thomas Grubb www.manomusica.com

 

Mixes for Newsome tracks created by:

Padma Newsome www.padmanewsome.com

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Art design: Karen De Nardi www.denardicreativedesign.com

 

Recorded: Move Studios, Melbourne, Australia, October 2018

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Released: 2019 by Dual Aura and Gateway Music