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Nobilis Humilis

from Deep Dead Blue by ANÚNA

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    Elvis Costello writes :

    “As director of the 1995 Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre I was able to seek out and collaborate with the Brodsky Quartet, Fretwork, the Jazz Passengers and Deborah Harry, Donal Lunny, Anúna, Composer's Ensemble, Marc Ribot, June Tabor, Steve Nieve, The Fairfield Four, Jeff Buckley, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller.

    Guitar player and composer Bill Frisell and I also put together a short program of his transcriptions of some of my songs, together with tunes such as "Weird Nightmare" and "Gigi." We ended the set with some words that I had set to music that Bill had sent to me. The result was “Deep Dead Blue”. Our first public appearance together was recorded and later issued under that title on a limited-edition CD by Nonesuch Records.

    Michael McGlynn is a remarkable composer and leader of the choral group Anúna. He has also been a good friend and a fine teacher in helping me overcome my reluctance to master musical notation. This allowed me to work more freely on The Juliet Letters and subsequent "written" compositions.

    Most of Michael's pieces draw on Irish early-Christian and pre-Christian texts as well as traditional airs and lyrical themes. These sources are recast in Michael's beautiful and startling music. It was therefore something of a departure for him to arrange "Deep Dead Blue" for the group. As Bill Frisell and I are yet to complete another composition, it is great to hear the transformation brought about by this choral rendition of our solitary song.”

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    Years ago, on seeing Anúna perform at The Project Arts Centre, something drew me to their music - something quite indefinable. Whether it was the fact that they took chances with their material and their style I don't know, but I became a fan, and to this day have remained one.

    This album, while following many of the cues which prompted their earlier output, is by far their most accomplished record yet. Its material ranges from the title track, a joint composition of Elvis Costello and avant-gardist Bill Frisell, to readings of Irish traditional songs like 'Sliabh Geal gCua'. There are, of course, an infinity of experiences in-between. From the off the album emotionally engages the listener, solo voice or layered vocal, ancient Latin or English text, or modern lyric drawing one in to the very core of the music. That, I think, is what distinguishes Anúna's music from the rest - the tight connection to the heart and beyond. Mind you, it's not music to be flirted with; It demands a reciprocal commitment from the listener, which, if given, will not go unrewarded.

    This is beautiful, beautiful music and deserves the widest audience."

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from Deep Dead Blue, released November 1, 1996

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"...thrilling, life-affirming..."
"...enchanting sonic tapestry..."
"...a place where the heavens meet the horizon..."

Falling into no category easily, Anúna remain at the fringe of contemporary music after over a quarter of a century of life. Timeless, ancient and simultaneously relevant to this world.
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