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What A Year

by Patrick Lester-Rourke

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1.
What A Year 06:49
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2.
A Difficult Choice 05:21
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3.
The Strain 05:28
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4.
Viral 03:41
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5.
Isolated 03:50
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about

This Album was born out of two periods of my life. The first was the most difficult year of my life, October 2016-October 2017. The second being my experiences during the 2020 Covid-19 crises.

Oct 2016-Oct 2017 was difficult for a multitude of personal and work-related reasons. Aside from it being the year I was heavily involved in creating six albums (This includes my debut; 'Identity', Punch The Sky's 'The Grand Bazaar', Joe Broughtons Conservatoire Folk Ensemble album 'Painted') I also wrote and produced two other tracks; 'What A Year' and 'A Difficult Choice'. I have been looking for an excuse to release these ever since.

When Covid-19 hit I was in the middle of creating a brand new project which had to be put on hold. However, I still wanted to create something that might serve as a precursor to my future partnership with Lee Griffiths, Andrew Woodhead and Nathan Jones. Out of this came the remote-recorded production of 'The Strain' and 'Viral'.

Whilst producing 'The Strain' and 'Viral' I realised that it would be a perfect excuse to finally release 'What A Year' and 'A Difficult Choice'. I threw in a live-improv solo I had just recorded and thus was born this mini-album!

I feel that as a piece of work, it perfectly encapsulates how I felt back then and how I feel now. I hope you find something to enjoy and that it can help palliate your own feelings as it did mine.

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released May 14, 2020

All tracks composed by Patrick Lester-Rourke

Produced, mixed and mastered by Patrick Lester-Rourke

Track 1 performed by:
Josh Schofield - alto saxophone
Olly Chalk - piano
Daniel Farris - electric guitar
Aram Bahmaie - electric bass
Gwilym Jones - drum kit

Track 2 features samples from 'Kill The Party' by Punch The Sky.

Tracks 3 & 4 improvised and performed by:
Patrick Lester-Rourke - electric bass
Andrew Woodhead - electronics
Lee Griffiths - flute and saxophone
Nathan Jones - percussive electronics

Track 5 was improvised at 16:40 on the 12th April by Patrick Lester-Rourke

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Patrick Lester-Rourke Birmingham, UK

Patrick Lester-Rourke is a composer known for his innovative mixture of improvisation, world music, electroacoustic soundscapes and poetry.

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