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Getting to know electronic duo EL-VIRA

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This is a slightly altered version of a review that I originally made in my old blog.But since my site is generating a lot of traffic, I just thought I have to add this here.Beautiful music has to be shared to the world.Thanks Loic.

EL-VIRA is a duo based in Paris and Hamburg s320x240
Germany.Loic the Frenchman(his  monicker) 
is the guy behind the music.He has a lot of  artistic credit 
on his belt(photography is also one of them).
The other half is a very pretty Russian vocalist by 
the name of Elvira ,  a stunning soprano.Lovers of Enya and Enigma

will dig this.

Project  EL-VIRA is a refreshing alternative to
 a lot of chill-out/dance music out there. . 
If there are other groups that could be on the same wavelength
then you can take Delirium and Mono.El-vira’s melodies are filled with 
Scandinavian melancholy and uplifting Euro dance style . It is transporting and
  superbly atmospheric.The production is slick and artfully crafted.

You can take Chopin and Rimsky-Korsakov,then tie them up to Faure,add a bit of acid, stir and then shake a bit of Sarah Brightman doing some glow-sticking…and you get El-Vira.

 

I wish they would go places with their lovely music.Show your
support by visiting the band’s Music Site:

Looking back:The Release of Enya’s And Winter Came

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It’s June. Months after I got Enya‘s And Winter Came .I remember walking into the store in the first week of December.

“Sorry Sir we don’t have it” The sales person told me in an apologetic voice .Must be my shocked and outraged expression. No folks, I am not going to thrash your department store just because there is no latest album by Enya.

“Whhhaaaaaatttt? You don’t have it?One of the biggest selling artist in the world and you don’t have it?What’s going on with Warner.”Suddenly several people looked my way.I smiled back reassuring them that I am not going to go crazy.

The next week I was back.The same person pointed me to the shelf containing around 10 CDs. She looked so happy and relieved. And I was jumping up and down.Several people looked at my direction again. I smiled back.I asked her to play the whole album in full blast.As always I still play it though winter  is over…and we will never have winters in the Philippines anyway.

Why Irish?

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Notice:This discussion site will give more knowledge about the Irish language:http://www.phrasebase.com/archive/irish-gaelic/index.html

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Jenny Mulve's new album Suiri

Jenny Mulve's new album Suiri

Yesterday I wrote a review about Traditional Irish music’s rising star Jenny Mulvey. Well, I got a response in my liveireland.com account and I could say I am tickled pink.

 

 

At 11:20am on 29 May 2009, Jenny Mulvey said…

Thank you so much. I have just read the review. I am so pleased. Smiling from ear to ear!! Go raibh míle maith agat! 
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At 11:17am on 29 May 2009, Jenny Mulvey said…

Thanks a million. I really appreciate it! 
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This is really a defining moment why I really want to devote my life to Irish music. Everything is just beautiful and everyone’s a family in this community. I never really find it hard to make friends with the Irish. Maybe because we share a common history…us Filipinos under the rule of Spain., The Irish under British rule. We experienced what it’s like to be oppressed and to be subjected to something that we have to do because we have no choice. But the Irish had it harder. They were forced to give up their Gaelic language because they were made to believe that speaking Gaelic is associated with poverty and being not educated.

  Reading about Ireland’s history gave me a sense of direction. It’s like uncovering a treasure box tucked somewhere in the attic. Opening it up opened my mind to something that’s telling me there is no going back. I share the same passion with my American friend Brandon. He knows how to speak Gaelic and he’s from South Carolina .He also loves everything Irish(he even owns a bodhran and tin whistle). I think Brandon also cemented my love for what I do and what I listen to.

   Yes this world can be a harsh place but magic still lives in all the right places. All you have to do is find them. And you cannot find them with all the noise. You have to be really quiet and trusting. Because like you, it needs assurance.

 

You can visit Jenny Mulvey’s Offical website here: http://www.jennymulvey.com/

Her liveireland account: http://my.liveireland.com/profile/JennyMulvey

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Clannad’s Fuaim for a rainy day

  There’s rain outside and I am listening to Fuiam(pronounced as Foom).Fuiam in English means’ Sound“.Prior to their more commercial albums, this one is like a transition period for the band. Enya also appears as contributing musician and singer.She also has a duet with lead sister Moya Brennan on An tÚll .I love the arrangements. It has this organic  freshness to it that makes it an appropriate soundtrack for rain.I have a friend in Manila who is a fan of Clannad who knows another friend who is also a fan.Yes it takes people of the same persuasions…..Ciaran Brennan makes a vocal appearance on the second track: “Mheall Sí Lena Glórthaí Mé”

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My plan of watching Angels and Demons is once again thwarted by the rain. My friends keep telling me that Ewan MacGregor as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna is awesome. Now I tried to look for the meaning of Camerlengo and it means Papal Chamberlain.

On planting Shamrocks and Being Passionate

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Passion comes in many forms. Blogging is a passion. Collecting records of Irish bands is a passion,playing an instrument, going to concerts, planting shamrocks-oh boy I could think of hundreds of lists.

I have been growing a shrub known as purple leaf shamrock (Oxalis triangularis ). Actually it is not hard to grow.It doesn’t require such high maintenance.  I tell you there is this phase in it’s cycle that’s truly weird.

It sort of dies on you. It looses it’s leaves. But don’t you panic. All you need to do is keep it and it will grow back after a week or two. I am posting a picture here so you will see it.

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More from a fellow Enya and Celtic music listener.TreeCat is our site mod at the

Unity forum. I could say that I have been blessed to have met wonderful people who share the same

passion (hence our theme for this post). TreeCat’s website is http://enyabookofdays.com/

A Splash of Orinoco Flow on Live Ireland Radio2

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Been listening to Barry Dunne of liveireland.com when the first few chords of Orinoco Flow by Enya started playing just after Westlife’s Swear it Again.It’s actually radio 2 which focuses more on contemporary Irish music. For those who are into traditional stuff, just click on radio 1.

I have been a subscriber for a year now and I always enjoy the playlist. I do frequent radio 2 for the traditional music featuring The Cheiftains and Altan etc but once in a while when one feels funky U2 or Van Morrison can be the answer.