{"title":"Ailís Ní Ríain","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ailis-ni-riain-the-last-time-i-died-fdrapo","title":"Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Time I Died\u003c\/em\u003e is the first full-length album from the Irish composer \u003cstrong\u003eAili­s Na­ Ri­ain\u003c\/strong\u003e. The latest in NMC's Debut Disc series features a group of musically diverse artists performing a rich selection of Na­ Ri­ain's chamber and small-scale works, the \"theatre, intimacy, and nuance\" of which has occupied the composer over much of the previous 20 years of her career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the Irish Times as \"a significant talent\", Ni­ Ri­ain's music has been performed across Europe and further afield in Brazil, Japan, and the USA. One of the principle ideas explored in her work is communication with others, something which she has a unique perspective on as she is deaf\/hard of hearing. Whilst this has sometimes placed her in challenging situations regarding verbal communication, her hearing differences have also heightened and enhanced how she relates to sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Time I Died\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of a composer harnessing this unique experience of the sonic world to explore a huge range of substantial themes including consciousness, relationships, reality, and death. Focal points on the album include \"Revelling\/Reckoning,\" a two-movement work for wind quintet and percussion, which aims to reflect the contradictory nature of existence, heard here in a recording by the New London Chamber Ensemble and another musician who has embraced her hearing challenges in her artistry, the iconic percussionist \u003cstrong\u003eEvelyn Glennie\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContradiction also lies at the heart of \"Hiding Out 'Neath the Everything\" for violin and recorded altered piano, which explores the internal and external aspects of consciousness in this recording featuring violinist \u003cstrong\u003eDarragh Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e. Soberado, a toy piano work that reflects on experiences of sobriety, really exemplifies Ni­ Ri­ain's distinct approach to instrumentation in this recording by \u003cstrong\u003eXenia Pestova Bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing \u003cstrong\u003eTim Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e on cimbalom and \u003cstrong\u003eTom McKinney\u003c\/strong\u003e on guitar, \"Thank You\" is a movement from Ni­ Ri­ain's 2010 music-theatre work Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, which combines music, sign language, poetry, and animation, aiming to \"enable a deaf audience and 'disable' a hearing audience so that they might 'receive' the work equally\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NMC Recordings","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50394101055819,"sku":"2052491","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._27039064_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726432461"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/ailis-ni-riain.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}