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Se​ò​mar​-​cridhe

from Tairm by WHɎTE

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    The hotly-anticipated second album from award-winning band WHɎTE, following the release of their “absorbing” debut album ‘Fairich’ in 2016 (fRoots).

    WHɎTE infuse Gaelic song – original and traditional – with the newest techniques in electronica.

    With an interpretation and direction described as being “important for Scottish music in general and Gaelic in particular” (Alun Woodward, Chemikal Underground Records), WHɎTE’s unique sound has been described as “achingly beautiful” (fRoots), “moody and alluring” (Songlines) and “wonderfully evocative” (Scots Whay Hae!).

    The duo comprises electronic composer, musician and Scottish Album of the Year-longlisted Ross Whyte (Aberdeenshire) and Gaelic singer, songwriter and twice-nominated Hands Up for Trad Gaelic Singer of the Year Alasdair C. Whyte (Isle of Mull).

    The album’s title, ‘Tairm’, is a Gaelic word which can be translated as ‘echo’ or ‘gathering summons’. ‘Tairm’ features a collection of original Gaelic songs, new arrangements of traditional Gaelic songs and instrumental works.

    The band represented Alba/Scotland with the first single from this second album, ‘Tairm’, at the Liet International 2018 XXL international new song competition in Friesland.

    ‘Cionran’, an original Gaelic song from the band’s debut album ‘Fairich’, received the 2017 Hands Up for Trad/Creative Scotland Nòs Ùr Songwriting Award.

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lyrics

Seòmar-cridhe (‘heart-chamber’)

an seòmar
dh’fhosgail thu an seòmar
ghabh thu steach don t-seòmar
is rug thu air mo chridh’

a’ bhuille
dh’fhairich mi do bhuille
dh’aonaich ar buille
ach shad thu bhuat do dhìls’

’s mi bha maol
mhealladh mi lem ghaol
mhealladh mi lem ghaol

an teine Samhna
is dà chnò a bha còmhla
losgadh bonn ri bonn
losgadh bonn ri bonn

do chnò-sa
a leum an dara taobh
na samhla air ar gaol
na samhla air ar gaol

*****

an gaol bha maoth
a dh’fhàs na chochall chaomh
a spiol thu le do thnùth

an gaol tha caoch
bha faoisgneach corrach faoin
à beàrnan thig mòr-bhrùchd

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the chamber
you opened the chamber
you burst in
and you grabbed my heart

the heartbeat / the blow
I felt your heartbeat and I felt you strike your blow
we beat in time
but you threw it all away

I was so naive
I was blinded by my love
blinded my love

in the Halloween hearth
the two nuts placed together
roasting side by side
roasting side by side

your nut
it sprang away from mine
a symbol of our love
a symbol of our love

*****

the love which was sweet
which ripened and grew in its tender cocoon
which you split with your envy / malice

the love which is empty and hollow
which was ripe, passionate, precarious and futile
from the smallest break comes the biggest outpour

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from Tairm, released May 19, 2019

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WHYTE Glasgow, UK

WHɎTE’s unique blend of electronica and Gaelic song has been winning them plaudits at home and abroad since the band’s inception in 2016.

The duo comprises electronic composer, musician and Scottish Album of the Year-longlisted Ross Whyte (Aberdeenshire) and Gaelic singer, songwriter and twice-nominated Hands Up for Trad Gaelic Singer of the Year Alasdair C. Whyte (Isle of Mull).
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