After searching for the musical roots of her native Mexico on her previous album "A Separate reality", singer, composer and sonic innovator Alquimia (al-kee-mia), goes in search of the musical traditions of her adopted country the United Kingdom on her album "Angaelic Voices".
The term "Angaelic" invented by Alquimia aims to combine the Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon traditions with the symbolism of the Christian choir of angels.
Singing in various languages including Gaelic, Latin, English and Catalan, she also uses her voice to create multilayered choirs of complex textures, harmonies and counterpoints.
On "Angaelic Voices" Alquimia combines songs such as "Angaelica" and "Maghera" in a traditional folk-rooted secular style, with others in Latin/ Gaelic reminiscent of church music, such as "Laudé Mysterium", "Santé Morla", or "Stella Mundis".
Celtic Music:
Ancient Celtic and Gaelic musical traditions were influenced rather than being overwhelmed by the coming of the Latin language under the Roman invasion, and later of Christianity. In the same way that Roman Catholicism incorporated rather than competing with Pagan traditions with Christmas celebrated near the Winter Solstice, and the decorated trees symbolising fertility becoming the Christmas tree musicians and poets of Northern Europe often added Latin to their native Gaelic, Catalan or Breton, creating music which incorporated both languages.
| 01 |
Magdine 7.30  |
| 02 |
Bem' an Perdut 6.40 |
| 03 |
Angaelica 6.33 |
| 04 |
Stella Mundis 4.14 |
| 05 |
Maghera 5.47 |
| 06 |
She Moved Through The Fair 4.34 |
| 07 |
Adara 4.53 |
| 08 |
Laude Mysterium 5.28 |
| 09 |
Sante Morla 5.31 |
| 10 |
Venus 3.56 |
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