Tresco Sound, by Full of Noises

Tresco Sound

by Full of Noises

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A beautifully-designed package reflecting the colours of Tresco, with cover artwork by Bryher artist Richard Pearce. The double album is released with a booklet of original poems which accompany the music. Original illustrations by Ebby Tremain.

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1.	Intro - The Abbey Garden, Birdsong, Whistle 01:38		buy track
2.	The Abbey Garden 05:47		buy track
3.	Interlude - Appletree Bay, Waves 00:29		buy track
4.	Appletree Bay 05:39		buy track
5.	Castles 05:23		buy track
6.	Interlude - Cromwell's Castle, Wind, Harmonica 01:16		buy track
7.	Piper's Hole 03:04		buy track
8.	Interlude - Piper's Hole, Whistle 01:27		buy track
9.	Interlude - Underwater, Hydrophone 01:42		buy track
10.	Sea Garden 04:26		buy track
11.	Interlude - Piano, Tresco Church 00:44		buy track
12.	Flying Boat 04:56		buy track
13.	Valhalla 04:10		buy track
14.	Coda - Back in the Garden 01:50		buy track
15.	(Ambient Remix) Island Soul Soundscape 59:16	info	buy track

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This two CD album is a highly personal musical reflection of the island of Tresco, Isles of Scilly: a place with a unique and colourful human history twisting back through the centuries; a place set in a jewelled seascape of otherworldly beauty; a place with a soundscape so pristine that sea, wind and birds are usually all there is to hear. The music was composed and recorded on Tresco, surrounded by all of this…

The first CD takes the listener on an aural journey around the island, combining field recordings of the natural sounds of Tresco with original music inspired by specific places and the stories they have to tell. Some of the music was recorded on location within the evocative acoustic spaces of the island - Cromwell’s Castle, Piper’s Hole, The Abbey Garden…

The second CD was conceived as a sixty minute ambient track - Island Soul Soundscape. It uses subtle electronic techniques to transform the sonic world of Tresco Sound into a glowing collage of slow-moving harmonies and textures, with the character and stillness of the island at it’s very core. It is designed to distill the soul-healing power of Scilly into a meditative musical form.

The music is accompanied by a booklet of original poems inspired by places on Tresco.

For those who find their truest sense of home here on this island, the Tresco Sound double album represents an evocation of a place that can be summoned at will; a way of transporting the listener instantly back to an extraordinary speck of granite and sand in the wide Atlantic Ocean; and a gateway to the emotions that the island inspires.

The composer, Piers Lewin, lives on Scilly and has worked over the years on the elusive task of setting the islands to music. Tresco Sound is the result of nearly a decade of being fascinated and inspired.

May 2019

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released May 26, 2019

Produced by John Elliott
Mastered by Tim Debney at Fluid Mastering
Cover painting by Richard Pearce
Cover drawing by Ebby Tremain
Photography by James Darling
Design by Monitor
Manufactured by DMS
Performed by Alison D’Souza (viola), John Elliott (vocals), Mary Lowth (harp), Piers Lewin (woodwind and piano) and Tom Dyson (piano tracks 3 and 6)

Thank you to: Tresco Estate, Tom Matthews, Rachel Young, Simon and Mary Lowth

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Full of Noises is dedicated to original music inspired by the Isles of Scilly - that beautiful sub-tropical archipelago scattered in the Atlantic Ocean 28 miles south west off Land's End. All the music is recorded on the tiny island of St Agnes.
"Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises" (Shakespeare). ... more

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