Drowning and what comes Afterwards (or My Time Underwater
Michael Denis Ó Callaghan
cmntx–005Drowning and what comes Afterwards (or My Time Underwater) is the debut double album from Michael Denis Ó Callaghan on Cmntx Records.
The dual titles reflect two different states of suffering: the time within suffering (My Time Underwater) and the challenge of understanding suffering and moving forward (Drowning and what comes Afterwards).
This album is dedicated to Ahmed and everyone who knows pain and loss while trying to find a way forward.
Liner Notes by Nyokabi Kariũki:
"Michael and I have often talked about water, particularly about writing music about water, so listening to this record on a rainy Tuesday afternoon felt, in a way — like an inside joke (perhaps between me, Michael and nature) was forming. Really, the titles of the album already weakened me before I started to listen; and as I did, I felt the floaty worlds, painted by careful words or haunting strings or lone trumpet melodies, subsume me.
There is a quietness, I feel, that exists when you hear sounds of water in the ears, and this record felt like water was next to you; nudging you along, enveloping you, pacing your body’s heartbeat against gently oscillating ripples. I suggest listening on a quiet morning, perhaps on a Tuesday, when the rain is there to give you a little giggle with us; and to pull you gently into the waves, too."
track list
My Time Underwater (Prelude)
My Time Underwater
Drowning and what comes Afterwards
when god lets my body be
The Pool
in a field south of the river Blackwater (quite overgrown)
Sequestered
Innisfree
submerged; flooded (Drowning reprise)
Offerings
Lady of the Island
for Charlotte
Nonspecific Sadness
Movement II (Minuet and Chorale)
gently toss
for Ahmed (Finale)
Postlude
artists
Michael Denis Ò Callaghancredits
Michael Denis Ó Callaghan - trumpet, vocals, electronics, percussion*
Alex Ring Gray - electronics (9, 10, 16)*
Angie Rosado - oboe (12)
Blake Opper - tenor saxophone (4, 8) alto clarinet (4, 5, 8)
Colin Walters - alto saxophone (4, 7, 8), flute (4, 8)
Dan Langa - electronics (1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
Dmitry Glivinskiy - piano (12)
Dorothy Carlos - cello (4, 5, 9, 12) electric cello (5)
Evan O. Adams - electric guitar (4, 8, 9, 11*, 14)
Harper Randolph - viola (4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15)
Hannah Donnelly - flute (12)
Joe O’Callaghan - spoken word (16)
Julien Monick - electric keyboards (3, 5, 7, 13, 14 17), electronics (17)
Laura Reyes - bassoon (4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15)
Nate Giordano - double bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12), electric bass (7, 14)
Owen Bologna - electric guitar (3, 5, 7, 13, 14)
Sam Beckwith - clarinet (12)
Samantha Lake - tuba (5, 8, 9)
Seth Fox - flute (3)*
Steven McArdle - drumset (3, 4, 7, 13, 14)
Tyler Campbell - percussion (5, 8, 12, 15)
Yaz Lancaster - violin (4, 7, 8, 9, 12)
Engineered by Alex Ring Gray* and Musicians
Mixed by Dan Langa, except:
Track 12, "for Charlotte" mixed by Toshi Tsuruoka
Mastered by Toshi Tsuruoka at Ecotone Lab
Photography by Stratøs
Design by Alex Ring Gray
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All Compositions and Lyrics by Michael Denis Ó Callaghan
© 2022 Michaelocmusic (ASCAP)
except:
Track 1 "My Time Underwater" and track 16 "for Ahmed (Finale) which contain the poem "Lazarus" by Joe O'Callaghan
Track 4 "when god lets my body be" which contains the poem of the same title by E.E. Cummings
Track 8 "Innisfree" which contains the poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W.B. Yeats
Track 11 "Lady of the Island"
Music and lyrics by Graham Nash
Originally recorded by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
© 1969 Nash Notes (BMI)
Track 15 "gently toss" which contains the poem "265" by Emily Dickinson
Track 17, "Postlude" co-composed by Julien Monick
© Julien Monick (ASCAP)
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℗ 2022 Michael Denis O’ Callaghan / Cmntx Records LLC