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NYAHH 027CD
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$21.50
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RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2026
A blackbird at dawn inspired a living score: Natalia Beylis' work, Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees, is a 52-minute longform journey about land stewardship grown from the sounds and textures of a single field in Leitrim, Ireland. This recording captures the piece as it existed on Friday 12 December 2025. Largely known for her solo instrumental work and her sound collage work, Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees marks her first piece written for an ensemble. Developed with and performed by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (Viola), Eimear Reidy (Cello), Tóla Custy (Fiddle), Ultan O'Brien (Viola), and Willie Stewart (Percussion) with Natalia conducting. The acoustic music in this recording is the sound of a field and the sky full of life from dawn till dusk. Each note and pause evokes the rhythms of growth, decay and regeneration, inviting audiences to hear the land and its inhabitants as active participants in the music. With this instrumental piece, Natalia hopes to highlight issues around land guardianship that personally affect both her and the land where she lives. Specifically, issues related to the detrimental effects of monocultural commercial forestry. Through strings and percussion Around Here, The Birds Plant The Trees captures this interplay between personal stewardship, natural agency, and industrial impact. The rustle of beetles in the hedgerow, the squeak of a leaning Sitka spruce, a lone curlew's call -- these became the pulse and melody of the composition. Birds, squirrels, wind, and human hands act as co-composers, inspiring a shifting soundworld of oaks, saplings, and human heartbeats. This is a piece about listening to the land, its past and possible futures, and your own place within it.
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NYAHH 008LP
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Following on from their critically acclaimed first release Whose Woods These Are, NYAHH Records and Eiderdown Records are thrilled to announce the second album by cellist Eimear Reidy and keys player Natalia Beylis. The album was recorded at St Georges Church, Carrick On Shannon, Leitrim in a cold early January with a William Telford Organ. Built in 1846, it is reputed to be the second oldest organ in Ireland. The album features two long tracks. "Pour Upon The Sky" is a story told by the two voices of cello and organ. Influenced by the rhetorical style of 18th century vocal music, the inspiration for this piece came naturally to Eimear who has a background in early music and has performed alongside the organ in a variety of settings from chamber works to Bach's larger orchestral works such as St Matthew Passion. In 18th century music, the cello and organ perform a role as continuo players. Traditionally the cello and organ are both intertwined and interdependent, playing the bass line and harmonies together and providing a foundation for the rest of the ensemble while soloists come in and out. In "Pour Upon The Sky," Eimear and Natalia play within and without of this traditional form. Freed from the need to hold the solid ground for an ensemble, the cello and organ playfully explore the space as they pass the role of solo and continuo back and forth. "The Whistling Dust" is a slow steady study of the microscopic flutters of the organs and the organ. The heart of the Telford rattles and breathes as the cello dances in and out. When Natalia and Eimear began working on these pieces in the cold January, the Telford, which seemed like it had been sitting quietly for quite some time, shook and trembled as its insides were awoken. "The Whistling Dust" speaks to the moment when the instrument moved alive, every opened stop knob of the pipes bringing the feel of the microsounds of the machine closer and closer as the cello offers utterances of encouragement.
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NYAHH 024LP
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Sum Variations features two long form studies of Josephine's song "The Sum Of Us All" from 2013. These were recorded in Spain and Morocco, respectively, in collaboration with two different ensembles. These two variations offer a glimpse into the early exploration of the song, which became later embedded in Foster's song cycle, "Godmother" (made into an electric solo album released by Fire Records in 2021). Side A recorded live in the village of Joujouka, Ahl-Srif mountains, Morocco, 2012. Side B recorded and mixed by Gyda Valtysdottir, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, 2012.
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NYAHH 021CD
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$48.00
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RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025
4CD set separated into four categories: Drones and Tapes, Ensembles, Synthesizers and Vocals. This wild and wonderful set came about from a meeting between Nyahh Records boss Willie Stewart and Bill Perrine, author of Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental and Irrelevant Music From 1970's San Diego. The two were chatting over email when Bill happened to mention that he had access to the archive at the University of California, San Diego which contained a large collection of unreleased work by many of the artists and musicians mentioned in his book. They decided to collaborate on a compilation album, which soon turned into a 4-disc set. Featuring Robert Turman, David Dunn, Warren Burt, Ernie Morgan, Harry Partch, Allen Strange, Pauline Oliveros, Reinhard Berg, Citizen's Band, Joseph Julian, KIVA, Dary John Mizelle, Diamanda Galás, Joji Yuasa, Alexina Louie, Kenneth Gaburo, Peter Gordon, Kathy Acker, David Gamper, Robert MacDougall, and Frank McCarty.
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NYAHH 010CD
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Nyahh Records presents this compilation of singers, which has been on the back boiler for some time! Inspired by the song collecting of Alan Lomax, this compilation brings together two generations of singers from all across the island of Ireland. Some of the songs previously appear on albums, but the rest were recorded by the singer themselves on their phones to give the song a real and raw effect that brings an authentic feel and immediacy to the songs. A long-standing tradition in Irish culture, singing has taken place in pubs and private homes all over the country since the 13th Century and has been a way to share and keep the music alive, passing it down to younger generations. It is considered to be an aural tradition, as a lot of these songs would not have been written down. Featuring Conor O'Kane, Aoife Hammond, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Michael Frank Ó Confhaola, Méabh Meir, Rosie Stewart, Ruth Clinton, Fionnuala Maxwell, Nell Ní Chroinin, and Thomas McCarthy.
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