Corpus/Mimesis - April 11th 2025

An experimental composer from Ireland, Stephen Roddy proves equally adept at crushing soundscapes as he does mysterious melodies.

Bandcamp New & Notable, March 2022.

Corpus/Mimesis is a visceral sonic interpretation of the work of Jean-Luc Nancy which lodges itself permanently in the listeners subconscious. It emerged from a collaboration between AMAE, Pier Giorgio De Pinto and Jean-Luc Nancy for which the artist produced a series of compositions and installations between 2014 and 2022. Featured prominently here is the voice of Jean-Luc Nancy reading aloud his fifty-eight indices on the body, a series on short reflections on the body that explore themes of rhythm, noise, cycles, discontinuities, overlapping harmonies and, critically: the voice, as they relate to the body. Each index is enfolded in a unique soundworld that both reflects and elaborates upon Nancy’s statements, embodying the rich layers of meaning that inhere in his work through the medium of sound.

Cassettes available April 11th: Fiadh Productions
Digital downloads here: My Bandcamp

Liner notes provided below:

Stardust Sonata

Stardust Sonata released on June 21st 2024 on cassette through Fiadh Productions. It is both a tribute and lament to David Bowie in ritual ambient form. The six tracks feature ambient soundscapes informed by Bowie’s work with Eno & Fripp on the first two installments of the Berlin trilogy: Low (1977) and Heroes (1977). Stardust Sonata forgoes traditional rhythm and percussion opting instead to play on the lamenting aspects of Low and Heroes, allowing a sense of rhythm to emerge naturally from the materials. Each piece uses digital analogues of classic tape manipulation methods, along with the biting distortion processes, granularisation and buffer processing, cavernous reverbs, and powerful time-stretching techniques to transform fully improvised electric guitar performances into fully realised pieces.

Cassettes available here: Fiadh Productions
Digital downloads here: My Bandcamp

Liner notes provided below:

https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/stardust-sonata

From Dreams to Living Things II: Brawling Sparrows Brilliant Moon

From Dreams to Living Things II: Brawling Sparrows Brilliant Moon is the second compilation from Fiadh following on from last year’s From Dreams to Living Things. The compilation features tracks from over 50 Fiadh artists and bands including my own track Connemara Chaos which originally appeared on Jupiter. All proceeds from the record will be donated to Heartstone Sanctuary a vegan organic animal sanctuary in the North West of Ireland.

Cover Art by Mairead McGuinness.
Read more about the release on Ghost Cult.
Get the album through Fiadh Productions.

You can sample some of the tracks below:

Leviathan - Physical & Digital Release 2023

Leviathan was released in October 2023 on Fiadh Productions.

Listen Here:

You can listen to the album above and read about the concepts explored in Leviathan in the liner notes booklet below. It contains a detailed overview of the album along with in-depth notes on each track. There is also a limited supply of tapes available through Ratti Incantati .

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