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Urban Nature

by Mick Chillage

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Anne Jackson
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Anne Jackson I want to sit beneath a tree and read my nonfiction books, losing myself in its content while listening to your arrangement of soft music. This music has the ability to gently reset my hyper-defaulted mind. I am pleased and believe your tribute to our deceased brother Steve Brown to be very meaningful. Many thanks, Mick.
Paul Mason
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Paul Mason Mick, have you thought about performing this album along with your other piano based compositions live. I'd be on the first ferry available to come over to Dublin to see you. Here's dreaming. Favorite track: Urban Nature Pt.5.
mergendy
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mergendy listened to this for the first time recently while waiting for my first flight out of Berlin airport...well up to Mick's usual standard, and relaxed me properly during my journey through that particular aerial service area! Favorite track: Urban Nature [Part 1 - 7] CD Mix.
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    Recorded between late spring/early summer 2021 in Dublin Ireland.
    Inspired by a thriving natural habitat sitting between two urban sprawls.

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about

“Urban Nature” was recorded in late spring/early summer of 2021
and was inspired by a wonderful section of wild land known as the
“The River Dodder Valley Park” that sits between two urban locations near my home. The Dodder river springs from the Dublin mountains, the park is full of wildlife and has a path that runs through it for about 5km, which has recently been expanded.

I’ve always found it fascinating that this thriving natural habitat sits near dual carriageways, the M50 motorway, its flyovers, local shopping centres and even a cement plant nearby. There's a waterfall and a weir and remnants of the old canal system that led from the old developing Tallaght village to the heart of Dublin's city centre.

So armed with my Zoom portable recorder I gathered lots of various recordings, nature and urban sounds and they inspired me to improvise over these elements using keys, mainly virtual piano and subtle synths & effects etc. The music would sit along the lines of modern/minimal classical and perhaps inspired by Harold Budd, Brian Eno etc.

I tried to capture certain locations along this path with certain sonic aesthetics. Part 3 for example was inspired by a large electrical pylon that sits close to the river bank and its heavy cables span across the river. Birds nest nearby and I can imagine the possible electrical interference that the various animals may hear or feel so the piano part modulates and gets almost lost at times with a slightly unsettling level of interference & unnatural noise.

Ultimately I created the album to be listened to in one sitting, trying to capture a soundtrack to the 5-6km walk with the different sounds and feelings you may gather from these polar opposite environments coexisting, so the CD is mixed as one track but each piece is easily identifiable as they start and end.

The individual tracks are offered digitally and come with the purchase of the CD at bandcamp.

The album is dedicated to the memory of Steve Brown.

Mick Chillage
April 2022

credits

released April 28, 2022

All tracks, written, produced and mastered by Michael Gainford
at the Igloo Dublin Ireland 2021.

Art & Design Tony Obr

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Before & After Silence Recordings Dublin, Ireland

Before & After Silence is a platform
for Mick Chillage to release physical
media of various solo work Initially on CD.
The future may see collaborative projects & limited vinyl.

Inspired by Eno & Namlook,
the philosophy of the label is to release
material that is born from passion, inspiration
& intuition.

No preconceived concepts or
production methods are behind each body
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