Great write up re our new EP - FireDance by Sean Laffey of Irish Music Magazine. COSCÁN Firedance 4 Tracks EP, 17 Minutes Coscán CD 3 coscan.net Coscán are no strangers to IMM, we have been following the progress of this county Meath quartet for a number of years now and at every turn their musical imaginations have expanded. This EP is a taster of a much larger work in progress, a work, which will celebrate the heritage and mythology of their native county. Firedance the EP is made up of 4 tracks, three of which would be handy in any radio station, coming at three and a half minutes or less they are ideal for the modern time limited radio show. Cnogba The Cradle is a mesmeric jig with the fiddle and whistle to the fore, Reel Around the Sun/Dowth Reel is chance for the fiddle to take centre stage, as it plays over a synth drone, the Dowth Reel kicks in with the guitar and whistle changing the pace and angle of attack. The Apostles Stone, is a bright piece with the fiddle and the synth running in strings mode, it brings a full orchestral sound to the closing number on the album. The third track on the disc, The Flame of Slane is a programmatic piece, assembled from four elements, Draiocht’s Dia, Bealtaine Fires, March of the King of Tara and the title composition Firedance. The first selection Draiocht’s Dia is held by a lonely whistle which is joined by an equally plaintive synth and then the fun begins, with a steady bodhrán and whistle interlude on March of the King of Tara, which seagues effortlessly into Firedance, a composition burning full of energy, the guitar, prominent in the mix, kicking the work along. As a sampler for things to come, this is an upbeat collection of original work, grounded in a landscape and lore that Coscán truly loves. Seán Laffey
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:58:27 +0000
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