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Claudia Schwab: Amber Sands
Amber Sands own label CDCS88 (CD, UK, 26 April 2014) |
Produced by Claudia Schwab and Brian McDonagh;
Recorded and mixed by Brian McDonagh at the Magic Room, Cairns Hill, Sligo;
Mastered by Bernie Becker, Pasadena, CA;
Additional recordings: Matteo Allodoli, Ravenna (track 8),
Nico Raschke at Hansahaus Studios, Bonn (track 2),
Claudia Schwab (samples on track 6);
Artwork, design and photography by Lisa Cannon (cover based on photo by Peter Crann), Julia Wesely, Brian Hanlon
Musicians
Claudia Schwab: fiddles, vocals, harmonium, heartbeat, claps, chimes, bike breaks;
Marti Tärn: electric bass, claps;
Éamonn Cagley: djembe, snare, congas, cymbals, wooden blocks, shaker, whistle, claps;
Seamie O’Dowd: guitars [1, 3, 5, 8],
fiddle [10];
Seanan Brennan: bouzuoki [9],
guitar [9];
Cathy Jordan: bodhrán [4],
vocals [4],
gate [6],
footsteps [60];
Brian McDonagh: mandola [1, 5],
organ [8];
Ciro Montanari: tabla [8];
Rick Epping: harmonica [5];
Rodney Lancashire: concertina [5];
Dee Armstrong: fiddle [10];
Linda Deelinde, Resi Haertel: vocals [2];
Jeffrey Weeter: remix of [11]
Tracks
- Jodlfunk: Da Alma Zua (4.28)
- 3er Jodl (1.34)
- Like Lisa (6.23)
- As She Went Down to the River (6.43)
- Tune from the Base / The Curious Sheep of San Lorenzo / Larry Redican’s (5.59)
- Sunday at Home (4.19)
- Alap to Austrindia (5.17)
- Austrindia / Swedish Harmony (4.41)
- Currybbean (5.42)
- Little Fiddle Trio (3.12)
- Jodlfunk (Remix) (3.31)
All music composed and arranged by Claudia Scwab except
Track 2 trad. Austrian;
Track 5c trad. Irish;
Track 11 Jack Weeter;
Track 6 includes two manipulated samples by Väsen (Nitti Pomfritti) and Broadlahn (Liesl)
> Folk Music > Records > Claudia Schwab: Attic Mornings
Claudia Schwab: Attic Mornings
Attic Mornings own label (CD, UK, 12 February 2017) |
Produced by Claudia Schwab and Brian McDonagh;
Recorded and mixed by Brian McDoagk at the Magic Room, Sligo;
Mastered by Bernie Becker, Pasadena, CA, and Brian McDonagh (tracks 7-9);
Additional recordings by Ernst Gottschmann at Living Room Production, Altaussee (harp on track 2, 7);
Electronics on track 6: Claudia’s home recordings altered and remixed by Irene Buckley;
Home recordings by Wolfgang Schwab, Anna Schwab, Sophie Meier-Rastl,
Sebastian Rastl, Lisa-Katharina Hörzer (yodels on track 1);
Sound samples on tracks 4, 8 by Claudia Schwab;
Artwork: Barra Cassidy: “The Return” (altered photography);
Photography by Peter Crann;
Design and layout: OG Design
Musicians
Claudia Schwab (Austria): violin, vocals, compositions;
Marti Tärn (Estonia): bass,
piano [7, 10],
vocals [11];
Stefan Hedborg (Sweden): drums and percussion,
vocals [11];
Hannah James (UK): accordion,
foot percussion [1],
backing vocals [1, 11]
with
Lisa-Katharina Hörzer: harp [2, 7],
yodelling [1];
Seamie O’Dowd: fiddle and guitar [2];
Matthias Schriefl: flugelhorn [7, 9];
Brian McDonagh: mandola [6];
Irene Buckley: electronics [6];
Leonard Barry: whistle [2];
Cathy Jordan: bodhrán [2];
Wolfgang Schwab,
Anna Schwab,
Sebastian Rastl,
Sophie Meier-Rastl: yodelling [1]
Tracks
- Hampi (3.09)
- Für Papa / Fireside Landler (8.21)
- Zwiefoch in Bulgaria (4.58)
- Morning Pages (1.42)
- Cathy’s Waltz (4.26)
- Evening in the East (7.09)
- The Song That Called Me Out of Here (4.32)
- Chai (2.29)
- Autumn Jig (4.06)
- One Day (6.17)
- Pleasant Days (3.14)
All music composed by Claudia Schwab (except for Aidan O’ Rourke’s Hazy Hill reel on track 7), with immeasurable contributions of all the musicians involved