Name: Hiraeth
Brand: Olan Mill

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

pre038v

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-10-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

9332727027048

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

pre038

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9332727027055

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Artist

Olan Mill

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

Preservation

The Preservation label presents Hiraeth, the fourth album from Hampshire's Olan Mill. The work of composer and instrumentalist Alex Smalley and  following on from 2012's much acclaimed 'Home', Olan Mill continues to seek a higher plane of consciousness through grand and textured composition. Variously compared to the likes of Richard Skelton, Maurice Jarre and Vangelis, where 'Home' sought to essay the life-affirming, worldly joy of travel, 'Hiraeth' is a movingly yearning work for a lost sense of place. A Welsh word with no direct translation in English, 'Hiraeth' is defined as homesickness for a home to which you cannot return. With the resonance of folk melody through lilting piano and guitar and the symphonic reach of strings and soprano voice, the deep focus of 'Hiraeth' is revealed through both intimate detail and sweeping revelations of sound. Whether through a pursuit of travel or the changing face of his native surrounds, Smalley conveys the momentum of transition through the surge and flow of his music with unerring force.

Hiraeth

Music GB