We Who Live Under Heaven

Roger Doyle’s new album will be released on Nyahh Records on the 13th March, entitled 'We Who Live Under Heaven’ - it is a phrase from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Through software transformations, the music freezes and in some cases fossilises some mostly old recordings. The text for the track 'The Clouds Are Not Inaccessible' is from a letter written by James Joyce's daughter Lucia in the 1930's to her psychiatrist. Spoken by Mary Costelloe. The album consists of 8 immersive ambient tracks played solo by Roger on keyboards in his home studio in Co Wicklow, Ireland. Roger Doyle’s 50 year career started in 1975 with the release of his debut album ‘Ozzio No’, a collection of Musique Concrete and audio cut ups. To date he has over 30 releases ranging from compositional work, sound art, soundtracks and opera. An early pioneer of electronica, he has often been named ‘The Godfather of Irish Electronica’. His New Wave/performance group Operating Theatre started up in the 80s and has enjoyed a resurgence with reissues with the pop artist Caroline Polacheck recently covering their song Spring is coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth. Operating Theatre’s album, Rapid Eye Movement was released by Steve Stapelton’s United Daires label in 1980. In recent years Doyle has been reappraised by a younger generation of Irish based sound artists and composers. Much of his works is still in press and has enjoyed multiple re-issues. ‘We Who Live Under Heaven’ is his most recent collection of recordings.