Luzhny's Layer, by Kilian O'Kelly

Luzhny's Layer

by Kilian O'Kelly

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1.	Intro 02:13	buy track
2.	The Common Denominator 03:44	buy track
3.	Hands On The Wheel, Eyes On The Screen 02:22	buy track
4.	The Heel 03:11	buy track
5.	Les Mouches I 01:12	buy track
6.	Chill Time In The Crater 01:27	buy track
7.	New Programming 02:12	buy track
8.	Signal From The Outer 02:18	buy track
9.	Les Mouches II 01:18	buy track
10.	Yellow Pages 01:39	buy track
11.	A First Look Outside 01:00	buy track
12.	Dry Season 01:55	buy track
13.	Everything Is Past Tense Now 00:50	buy track
14.	Swells 02:01	buy track
15.	Les Mouches III 01:18	buy track
16.	Sing To Me My Friends I'm Dying 00:37	buy track
17.	Reprise 01:36	buy track
18.	Harm Would Come To He Who Harmed You 01:14	buy track
19.	Tube Food, Last Reserves 00:52	buy track

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Luzhny’s Layer - Central Tones 002

Luzhny’s Layer is the debut release from composer Kilian O’Kelly, recent PhD in Composition graduate from Maynooth University and most widely known as guitarist and songwriter in Silverbacks.

The 19-track cassette comprises meditations by O’Kelly on the world around him, from childhoodcmemories of memorising the coloured keys on his piano to an overarching theme of isolation and
disconnect.

“My goal was to play with the listener’s perception of time, as music has always been about escapism for me” explains O’Kelly. “The simplicity and bareness of the arrangements in Luzhny’s Layer allow the listener to find the spaces between the sounds and contribute to the experience of letting go in their own way.”

Alternating between his more recognisable guitar workouts (think Sonic Youth/Glenn Branca) and a wider, classical instrument palette, O’Kelly weaves his own inimitable sonic world, at times plaintive, others caustic. Motifs in pieces like ‘New Programming’ unravel and decay as it unfolds, mantra-like in it’s execution. Others like ‘Harm Would Come To He Who Harmed You’ wouldn’t sound out of place on a lo-fi country record, all menacing licks and ambient hiss.

It’s a testament to O’Kelly that he can unite these seemingly disparate musical tributaries into a steady, melodic flow.

Les Mouches tracks: reworks of a workshop recording with the Robinson Panoramic Quartet

A First Look Outside: rework of a workshop recording with the Clarion Horn Trio

Artwork by Cameron Taylor

C & P under exclusive licence to Central Tones

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released November 6, 2020

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Kilian O'Kelly Dublin, Ireland

Kilian O'Kelly (b. 1992) is an Irish composer living in Dublin.

Kilian writes and plays guitar for the band Silverbacks.

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