1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 2: It be. 4 00:00:14,253 --> 00:00:17,133 Speaker 1: Col Loco. Well, I'm pond the. 5 00:00:18,973 --> 00:00:21,893 Speaker 2: Fuse like this role is irn. 6 00:00:23,573 --> 00:00:29,493 Speaker 1: Don't let it le, don't ruin us here, fuse. 7 00:00:29,213 --> 00:00:37,293 Speaker 2: Like this war is irn. Waken of defainer for. 8 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:41,413 Speaker 1: Someone you say they get us now. 9 00:00:44,733 --> 00:00:50,413 Speaker 3: Preaching a defining loaded lest someone the faith they get 10 00:00:50,493 --> 00:00:51,773 Speaker 3: us now? All right? 11 00:00:51,973 --> 00:00:53,893 Speaker 4: This is interesting, isn't it. 12 00:00:54,693 --> 00:00:58,813 Speaker 3: Song's called Adorning as an just as the day is 13 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:04,093 Speaker 3: dawning a dawning. The album is also called Adorning. It's 14 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:09,333 Speaker 3: by Oliver Arnold's and Hell and James Irwin has been listening. 15 00:01:09,653 --> 00:01:10,733 Speaker 3: Good morning, James. 16 00:01:10,813 --> 00:01:15,333 Speaker 2: Kidda Jack, Oh yeah, I just gives me goosebumps. This 17 00:01:15,613 --> 00:01:16,573 Speaker 2: particularly that song. 18 00:01:16,773 --> 00:01:17,653 Speaker 4: Yeah. 19 00:01:17,693 --> 00:01:20,493 Speaker 2: And today I'm gonna take our audience in a sort 20 00:01:20,493 --> 00:01:24,213 Speaker 2: of a journey into ambient and neo classical electronic music. 21 00:01:24,573 --> 00:01:28,013 Speaker 2: And before you raise another my brown Yeah, don't worry. 22 00:01:28,013 --> 00:01:29,933 Speaker 2: There's no sentence candles here, Jack. We're not going to 23 00:01:29,973 --> 00:01:31,893 Speaker 2: We're not gonna get out the Himalayan salt lamps and 24 00:01:31,893 --> 00:01:35,573 Speaker 2: no Lulu lemons are required. This is not day spa music. 25 00:01:35,613 --> 00:01:38,853 Speaker 2: It's soul music, but not the James Brown kind. It's 26 00:01:39,573 --> 00:01:42,293 Speaker 2: the kind of music that makes your soul, you know, warm, 27 00:01:42,293 --> 00:01:44,733 Speaker 2: It sneaks up on you when the world's really quiet, 28 00:01:44,933 --> 00:01:46,933 Speaker 2: and I was kind of thinking, I was thinking this morning, 29 00:01:47,013 --> 00:01:49,813 Speaker 2: how do I actually introduce our audience to this this 30 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:52,333 Speaker 2: genre of music? How do I describe it? And it's 31 00:01:52,333 --> 00:01:54,453 Speaker 2: probably a little bit like how I heard you before 32 00:01:54,493 --> 00:01:57,333 Speaker 2: talking about the taj Mahal early in the morning. When 33 00:01:57,693 --> 00:01:59,653 Speaker 2: I was laying in bed this morning, awake, just sort 34 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:02,293 Speaker 2: of around six am, the world outside is just starting 35 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:04,653 Speaker 2: to stir the light, and the light started sort of 36 00:02:04,693 --> 00:02:07,253 Speaker 2: creeping through the cracks and the curtain, and it slowly 37 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:10,413 Speaker 2: turns your room to gold, and everything's kind of felt 38 00:02:10,453 --> 00:02:14,133 Speaker 2: really cozy, And to me, that's exactly what this album 39 00:02:14,213 --> 00:02:18,333 Speaker 2: Adawning sounds like. Now. It's a collaboration between Olifer and 40 00:02:18,413 --> 00:02:22,333 Speaker 2: Alves and Talos, and Olifer is an Icelandic composer who's 41 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:26,093 Speaker 2: mastered the art of Melancholy's done a lot of incredible music, 42 00:02:26,173 --> 00:02:28,693 Speaker 2: and Taralos not as so well known. He was an 43 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:31,493 Speaker 2: Irish singer. He's an Irish singer whose voice feels like 44 00:02:31,533 --> 00:02:34,053 Speaker 2: it's echoing off as sort of like a distant cliff 45 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:38,093 Speaker 2: as we just heard. Now this album was already appearing 46 00:02:38,133 --> 00:02:41,733 Speaker 2: on early album of the year's lists. I know that, 47 00:02:41,813 --> 00:02:45,373 Speaker 2: you know that's subjective. It carries a lot of atmosphere 48 00:02:45,453 --> 00:02:48,573 Speaker 2: with it. It carries memory, but this album also carries 49 00:02:48,613 --> 00:02:50,893 Speaker 2: great loss and grief, so I'm going to tell you 50 00:02:50,933 --> 00:02:55,853 Speaker 2: about that shortly. Musically, there's sort of delicate, delicate piano throughout. 51 00:02:55,933 --> 00:03:00,213 Speaker 2: It's really hesitant piano playing. It kind of tiptoes around 52 00:03:00,253 --> 00:03:05,933 Speaker 2: Talos's layered, ghostly vocals, and there's really sweet, beautiful electronic texture. 53 00:03:06,093 --> 00:03:08,293 Speaker 2: But it's subtle. It's not like it's not banging at 54 00:03:08,293 --> 00:03:13,493 Speaker 2: the club. It's really light, you know, subtle pulses and swells. 55 00:03:13,613 --> 00:03:16,853 Speaker 2: Nothing is really overwhelming. It's kind of this album's all 56 00:03:16,893 --> 00:03:19,253 Speaker 2: about restraint, but there's a whole lot of space in it. 57 00:03:19,413 --> 00:03:21,453 Speaker 2: So the first time I heard it, actually I was 58 00:03:21,493 --> 00:03:24,213 Speaker 2: I was walking up behind Wellington Zoo just after sunrise, 59 00:03:24,453 --> 00:03:26,573 Speaker 2: and I had my black labrador trotting beside me, and 60 00:03:26,613 --> 00:03:28,933 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure there was a pea whacker pea wocka 61 00:03:28,973 --> 00:03:32,493 Speaker 2: waka dancing alongside with us, and the streets were super quiet, 62 00:03:32,493 --> 00:03:34,893 Speaker 2: you know that sort of five forty five am. The 63 00:03:35,013 --> 00:03:37,773 Speaker 2: year had that early spring chill, and this music it 64 00:03:37,813 --> 00:03:40,373 Speaker 2: didn't kind of didn't grab me for my attention, just 65 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:42,693 Speaker 2: kind of settled in in the background, wrapping around me, 66 00:03:43,013 --> 00:03:44,973 Speaker 2: and it kind of waits. It was kind of like 67 00:03:45,013 --> 00:03:47,573 Speaker 2: it was waiting for me to realize the magnitude of it. 68 00:03:48,053 --> 00:03:52,253 Speaker 2: So Talos known as Owen French, he actually passed away 69 00:03:52,253 --> 00:03:54,893 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four before the album was even finished. 70 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:58,133 Speaker 2: So it's really hard to talk about this album Dawning 71 00:03:58,173 --> 00:04:00,333 Speaker 2: without feeling the weight of that. You can hear it 72 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:02,733 Speaker 2: all in the spaces between the notes a lot. Like 73 00:04:02,733 --> 00:04:06,733 Speaker 2: I said last week with Tweety, this piano pet that 74 00:04:06,773 --> 00:04:10,413 Speaker 2: you can hear creaking and and things groaning in the room, 75 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:12,973 Speaker 2: and I always adore that kind of sound in the background. 76 00:04:13,013 --> 00:04:15,733 Speaker 2: There's there's quite eight to this album, something that's kind 77 00:04:15,733 --> 00:04:18,453 Speaker 2: of slipping out of your reach. Now. These two met 78 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:21,413 Speaker 2: during a residency and Cork so rest assured. I imagine 79 00:04:21,413 --> 00:04:23,253 Speaker 2: there was a lot of Guinnesses in their first meeting 80 00:04:24,373 --> 00:04:27,373 Speaker 2: and they decided to make music together. And when Owen 81 00:04:27,413 --> 00:04:30,213 Speaker 2: became seriously ill, they both knew that this was gonna 82 00:04:30,213 --> 00:04:33,533 Speaker 2: be their first and last collaboration. So Adorning is going 83 00:04:33,613 --> 00:04:35,813 Speaker 2: to be his final work. It's gonna be his closing 84 00:04:35,853 --> 00:04:38,573 Speaker 2: message to the world, and that kind of got me thinking, 85 00:04:38,613 --> 00:04:40,853 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know this book, Eric Winer's book, 86 00:04:41,093 --> 00:04:44,293 Speaker 2: The Geography of Genius, you know when when you get 87 00:04:45,453 --> 00:04:49,333 Speaker 2: really talented people come together and the creative dial completely 88 00:04:49,373 --> 00:04:53,493 Speaker 2: shifts seismically, you know, like bringing out the very best 89 00:04:53,533 --> 00:04:55,333 Speaker 2: of each other. So you know, if I was throwing 90 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:58,213 Speaker 2: out names, you know, maybe Elton John and Bernie Torpen, 91 00:04:59,093 --> 00:05:02,933 Speaker 2: definitely Lennon and McCartney. I personally think Nick Cave and 92 00:05:02,973 --> 00:05:05,013 Speaker 2: Warren Allis. I think Warren Allis has just made Nick 93 00:05:05,053 --> 00:05:09,893 Speaker 2: Cave just sing. In the twenty years, this project became 94 00:05:09,933 --> 00:05:13,853 Speaker 2: a kind of preservation. It's kind of capturing something fragile 95 00:05:13,893 --> 00:05:16,493 Speaker 2: and beautiful before it kind of slipped away. And every 96 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:19,973 Speaker 2: note is very intentional, and every note feels really sacred 97 00:05:20,013 --> 00:05:21,613 Speaker 2: when you're listening to it. You know, I know I'm 98 00:05:21,613 --> 00:05:24,093 Speaker 2: throwing around a whole lot of words, but Adorning just 99 00:05:24,253 --> 00:05:27,253 Speaker 2: isn't an album. It's a man's final offering to the world. 100 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:30,493 Speaker 2: It's a quiet act of holding on even as his 101 00:05:30,533 --> 00:05:33,493 Speaker 2: life was letting go. So it was actually finished after 102 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:36,533 Speaker 2: he passed away, and there's so much care and detail 103 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:39,053 Speaker 2: in it. It's really emotional this album once you know 104 00:05:39,133 --> 00:05:42,533 Speaker 2: the story, but it's not mournful. It's like a gentle farewell. 105 00:05:42,613 --> 00:05:45,053 Speaker 2: It's again. It's a bit like that creeping light I 106 00:05:45,053 --> 00:05:47,613 Speaker 2: said at the start, behind the curtain, just coming in 107 00:05:47,653 --> 00:05:50,573 Speaker 2: and just kind of lingering in a room. There's eight tracks. 108 00:05:51,453 --> 00:05:55,213 Speaker 2: Each one glows. It's twenty nine minutes, Jack. You know, 109 00:05:55,573 --> 00:05:57,973 Speaker 2: I always love music that makes you feel like a place, 110 00:05:58,453 --> 00:06:00,533 Speaker 2: and adorning feels like a place that you go to 111 00:06:00,533 --> 00:06:03,933 Speaker 2: to reset. You know, when we're soft and gentle isn't weak, 112 00:06:04,053 --> 00:06:07,813 Speaker 2: That stillness is healing and oh my days, you know. 113 00:06:07,813 --> 00:06:09,333 Speaker 2: I would say give it a listen, not while you're 114 00:06:09,373 --> 00:06:11,573 Speaker 2: rushing around, but maybe when the sky is doing that 115 00:06:11,573 --> 00:06:13,333 Speaker 2: pink blue thing it does late in the day, early 116 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:15,333 Speaker 2: in the morning. Let it n't fold, Let it breathe, 117 00:06:15,653 --> 00:06:18,253 Speaker 2: because music doesn't just fill a room, it can change 118 00:06:18,293 --> 00:06:20,093 Speaker 2: the ear around you. I love this album. 119 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,973 Speaker 4: That sounds great, Jays, So what did you give it? 120 00:06:22,333 --> 00:06:24,733 Speaker 2: Well, look, I want to give it a ten. I'm 121 00:06:24,773 --> 00:06:27,093 Speaker 2: going to give it a very hard nine. Okay, it's 122 00:06:27,133 --> 00:06:27,813 Speaker 2: twenty nine minutes. 123 00:06:27,813 --> 00:06:28,333 Speaker 4: It's beautiful. 124 00:06:28,333 --> 00:06:30,253 Speaker 2: There's not going to be another. It deserves a ten. 125 00:06:30,373 --> 00:06:32,213 Speaker 2: I would say go and listen to it. It's Onnold 126 00:06:32,293 --> 00:06:33,653 Speaker 2: streaming SUPERB. 127 00:06:33,853 --> 00:06:36,173 Speaker 4: Love it. Thank you so much, James. So the album 128 00:06:36,293 --> 00:06:40,773 Speaker 4: is Adawning. It's by Oliver Arnold and Talos. We'll make 129 00:06:40,813 --> 00:06:43,213 Speaker 4: sure that the details of the album are up on 130 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,653 Speaker 4: the news Talk's he'db website, because I know those names 131 00:06:45,693 --> 00:06:49,133 Speaker 4: can be a bit tricky, but A Dawning is the 132 00:06:49,133 --> 00:06:50,693 Speaker 4: one you want to search if you've got the streaming 133 00:06:50,733 --> 00:06:52,253 Speaker 4: platforms up and you'll be able to listen to it 134 00:06:52,293 --> 00:06:54,693 Speaker 4: at home. We will pick another song from the album 135 00:06:54,693 --> 00:06:56,413 Speaker 4: and play you that in a couple of minutes. It's 136 00:06:56,453 --> 00:06:57,373 Speaker 4: eight minutes to twelve. 137 00:06:59,053 --> 00:07:02,133 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live 138 00:07:02,213 --> 00:07:05,053 Speaker 1: to news Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or 139 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:07,013 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on it Heard Radio