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Sunwise is the third solo album by pipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul. It is a cycle, representing winter’s advancement. The end comes with Hogmanay and, then, St Finan’s night: 9 January. Three of the eight tracks are composed by Chaimbeul (one of these, though, incorporates a traditional song). The remainder are traditional. There is a mix of instrumentals and performances with vocals: spoken and sung. It’s mostly just Chaimbeul, but there are a few other contributors: the voice of her father, that of her brother, a few uilleann pipe players on one track and, on another, saxophonist Colin Stetson. Nonetheless this, unlike her previous album Carry Them With Us, feels solo. It is very sparse.
By uniting an elevated level of forcefulness with minimalism, Sunwise is – manifestly – noteworthy. While repeated listens don’t decrease the impact, it's not all about the intensity. There are contrasts, like that of day giving way to night, like that of entering a warm interior after being blasted by wind. This many layered album is the product of a deft creativity: a distinctive vision which marks out Brìghde Chaimbeul as a singular sonic auteur.
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So much of modern life is instant. You look at something online and within microseconds you are being served up dozens of adds for similar items. Everything is connected and yet we so often feel disconnected as things blur around us. So, when an artist creates something that slows the world and allows you to feel rooted for a while it is enchanting, and Brìghde Chaimbeul’s new album Sunwise is such a project. Chaimbeul is an award-winning Scottish small pipes player who not only utilises “tradition, folklore and mystery“ but also takes us into an experimental soundscape that allows the pipes to drift into myriad sonic worlds.
“This record follows the embrace of wintertime: the closing in of darkness, the cold, the pull to turn inward. But also the customs of the season and gathering for a ceilidh; songs and stories told round the fire: where the boundaries between reality and imagination begin to blur.”
The opening drone of ‘Dùsgadh/Waking’ works as a way of tuning us into the album. Its elongated notes stretch time, slowly building like a zen overture that draws us into the album’s world. It’s like a tuning fork making sure we…