Rosarium, by Daniel O'Sullivan

Rosarium

by Daniel O'Sullivan

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James Bradley wonderful new record, and a source of deep comfort and reassurance. "Light Is Heavy" is an uplifting highlight (albeit could do with a 10 minute long extended edit!) Favorite track: Light Is Heavy.

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	1.	The Lights That Guard The World 02:33
	2.	A Rose Coloured In 03:07
	3.	Haniel 02:04
	4.	The Violet Panoply 04:08
	5.	For Ari 02:34
	6.	Waterbearer 03:45
	7.	For Ivy 02:58
	8.	Light Is Heavy 03:07
	9.	Argentile 03:16
	10.	Dora & Azalia 05:28
	11.	Celestograph 02:31

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Rosarium is the third solo album by English composer, Daniel O’Sullivan. After releasing two albums of experimental songwriting (VELD, 2017; Folly, 2019) and four instrumental collections for the KPM Music Library, O’Sullivan has devoted the past five years to composing a suite of chamber music for the Belgian classical ensemble Echo Collective. The result is a mosaic of self-possessed, elegantly latticed arrangements for strings, woodwinds, piano, harp, choir, and percussion, sculpted with a deep emphasis on texture and counterpoint.

Drawing on a period of solitude, introspection, dream journaling and the insight of raising young children, the influences on this music can be felt more as an internalised elegy rather than musical ancestry. The title of the work is an homage to the mystery schools from Greco-Roman antiquity to modern day psychedelic research and ethnobotany.

There is an opaque sonic lineage at work here as meticulous intervals and shapes are dreamt and sought, mirroring elements of high renaissance music, the late orchestral suites of Duke Ellington, modern sacred music, village green minimalism and hauntological English wyrd. Rosarium is a hybrid music and a new benchmark for O’Sullivan who has diligently scouted musical treasures for over two decades.

Rosarium was recorded at Decca/Jet Studios in Brussels and engineered by Timothy Lewis aka Thighpaulsandra of Spiritualized, Coil, etc. Alongside Echo Collective the ensemble on Rosarium is augmented by American multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick, English vocalist Astrud Steehouder, and poems read by O’Sullivan’s daughter Ivy. Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis, London.

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released July 14, 2023

Composed by Daniel O'Sullivan

Performed by Daniel O'Sullivan, Peter Broderick, Astrud Steehouder and Echo Collective

Peter Broderick • Voice and Bass Synthesizer
Margaret Hermant • Violin and Harp
Yann Lecollaire • Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Neil Leiter • Viola
Annemie Osborne • Cello
Daniel O'Sullivan • Voice, Piano, Drums, Bass and Flute
Ivy O'Sullivan • Narration
Astrud Steehouder • Voice
Thighpaulsandra • Modular Synthesizer

Recorded at Jet Studios, Brussels
Mixed by Thighpaulsandra at Aerial Studios, Carmarthenshire
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Cover illustration by Jenny Hirons
Photography by Lewis Hayward
Design and layout by Mark Titchner
Published by Mute Song

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