Soul Weaver, by Taras Bulba

Soul Weaver

by Taras Bulba

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musicjunkie For me perhaps the record of the year, in every case top three.... ;)
Again an outstanding and genre expanding longplayer.

Justin Meggitt Remarkable. An astonishing piece of work. Thanks.

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1.	Fishcat Mother 08:08	buy track
2.	The Moon On The Tides 04:50	buy track
3.	Goatfoot On Owl hill 03:33	buy track
4.	Tethered On The Wheel 09:09	buy track
5.	Sun And Steel 05:28	buy track
6.	Catch A Falling Star 13:43	buy track
7.	The Blistering Of Summer Heat 06:09	buy track

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Soul-Weaver was recorded between February and April of 2020. The album is a sharp contrast to the Taras Bulba debut. Whereas ‘One’ was a laid back psilocybic novelty travelogue; Soul-weaver is more guitar driven dream like psychedelia, mixing 60’s garage rock, shoegaze, bucolic west coast acid folk and ambient feedback. The album builds on song structures instead of drifting instrumentals prevalent on our debut and is an indication of the path I want to go musically. Constructing the album in such a short time and under lockdown restrictions changed the way the album took shape. There were no drum sessions between myself and Jon due to the social distance rule and therefore percussion had to be constructed from drum machines or ‘found’ from previous sessions and cannibalised. So, in some ways this is more a solo record (Jon has never heard the songs). It is a guitar album whereas ‘One’ was a rhythm/percussion focused recording.

Lyrically it draws on (quite accidentally) the writings of Dion Fortune, particularly her novel ‘The Sea Priestess’ which I read 12 months before. It never even came into mind until I started draughting the lyrics and things started popping up that had very strong comparisons to that novel. That’s the subconscious mind I suppose and also living next to the Irish sea which is literally at the top of my street. I can see it and smell the salt on the air everyday. I’m lucky really for that. I took it all for granted up until the last year or two. The recording has a bit of a watery, dreamy feel too and it’s also haunted.

It’s haunted by a good soul though; with electric blue eyes.

Early March I recorded the track ‘Sun and Steel’ and I could hear a female vocal on it. I needed to record
a vocal and my sister in law always fancied herself as a bit of a singer. I thought she could weave some magic on it. I text her at 9:26am, it was a Thursday morning. She never replied.

This is for you Susie (1971 – 2020) eternally in our hearts.

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released August 10, 2020

Fred Laird - all instruments and vocals
Jon Blacow _ Drums on tracks 2 / 3 / 4 and 6

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empty house is the solo work of Blackpool based musician Fred Laird. Formed in March 2021, empty house is an ambient project that fuses electronics and found sounds with Asian instruments. The concept of the music is to create a dreamlike or meditative atmosphere for meditation, yoga, martial arts or just sat on the sofa staring at the drifting clouds from your living room window. ... more

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