Acushla

~ Release by Kyle Preston (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Acushla is an album about the Earth. It is a collection of modern classical music devoted to understanding the role people play in maintaining or neglecting our natural environment. It is a term of endearment, Irish slang meaning pulse of my heart.

It started with a dream I desperately wanted to describe with words:

IT ADVANCED FROM OUT OF SIGHT, MOVING WITH DANGEROUS ELEGANCE. EYES UNTOUCHED BY JOY, FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF LIFELESS THINGS, CURSED THINGS. IT SCOWLED AT ME, HATING ME. CLAIMING ME AS ITS OWN.

WHEN I DIED, I ENTERED A PLACE WITHOUT FORM OR TEXTURE - AN INFINITE ABSTRACT. WARM LIGHT SWAM BETWEEN ME. GAZING THROUGH MY FALSENESS AND GUIDING ME ALONG A VERDANT MEADOW. AND THEN IT SAVED ME.

I realized I needed to write this in a language I'm more-deeply familiar with. And this collection of music is that realization.

Annotation last modified on 2018-02-27 05:46 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Solar Winds I
2:21
2Solar Winds II
3:24
3Portrait of a Planet
5:33
4Erosion Layers
2:50
5Signs of Life
1:41
6Nomads
3:49
7Spinning Core
2:10
8Drifting Continents
4:23
9Seismic Waves
1:55
10We Have Each Other and That's Enough
4:14