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The Best of 365 (2020)

by Aidan O'Rourke

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Iorram (2021), 365 Complete Works 29, 365 Complete Works 30, 365 Complete Works 28, 365 Complete Works 27, 365 Complete Works 25, 365 Complete Works 26, 365 Complete Works 24, and 30 more. , and , .

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Scottish fiddler, composer and producer Aidan O’Rourke (Lau) releases the final instalment of his vast 30 (digital) album project “365" in December 2020 and to celebrate Reveal are issuing a physical deluxe Double CD with 365 story booklet.

The beautifully sparse and emotive Best of 365 collection (recorded with Mercury Prize nominee Kit Downes (ECM) as part of the Scottish New Music Award winning 365 project) is bold, tender, full of old truths and distilled modern wit, 365 is built on the beauty of the miniature. It’s a collaboration between artists steeped in tradition but constantly breaking new ground.

In 2013, James Robertson – one of Scotland’s leading authors – wrote a short story every day for a year. It became an enchanting, roaming collection of fairytales and memories and provocations; that was only the beginning.

Aidan O’Rourke wrote a tune every day in response to the stories. The result is a major new body of 365 tunes – a significant addition to the Scottish traditional music canon. Aidan’s playing and writing are renowned for deep lyricism and off-kilter twists, here paired with kaleidoscopic harmonies of Kit Downes on harmonium and piano.

Praise for 365:

SCOTTISH NEW MUSIC AWARD WINNER 2020

‘An interesting exercise in music responding to James Robertson’s short stories, inspiring some beautiful nuggets from O’Rourke and piano/harmonium player Kit Downes’
THE GUARDIAN

‘365 is a huge undertaking by an obviously dedicated artist determined to realise an ambitious vision. Sky-high quality and a strong sense of artistic progression - an excellent piece of work’
ALBUM OF THE MONTH : FOLKRADIO.CO.UK

'It's as if Debussy and Ravel were orchestrating Scottish Folk - truly beautiful'
**** SONGLINES

’Stories become music with the same succinct, meaningful style’
THE SCOTSMAN

‘Exquisite fiddle and thoughtful arrangements on a whole heap of intriguing new music - O’Rourke has significantly raised the bar’
LIVING TRADITION

‘A huge range of textures - new and unusual - you have to admire O’Rourke as a composer for being so prolific without resorting to repetition or minor variation’
LONDON JAZZ NEWS

‘The musicianship is exquisite and each track weaves its tale with ease and creates little sparks of magic along the way - challenging, inspiring and ultimately hugely rewarding, a triumph’
BLUES AND ROOTS RADIO

‘Sometimes the tightest parameters inspire the best work’
THE FOUNTAIN

’An interesting, and more importantly, successful experimentation in the relationship between literature and music’
BRIGHT YOUNG FOLK

credits

released October 30, 2020

Produced by Aidan O’Rourke
Artwork by Dalziel + Scullion
Sequence by Tom Rose
Recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds at Caribou Recordings
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios

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Aidan O'Rourke Edinburgh, UK

Aidan O’Rourke: Fiddler, composer, producer, curator. One third of the trio Lau. Multiform solo projects and collaborations. Pioneering new sounds in Scottish traditional music.

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