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Acushla

by Kyle Preston

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Acushla is an album about the Earth. It is a collection of modern classical music devoted to understanding the role people play in maintaining or neglecting our natural environment. It is a term of endearment, Irish slang meaning pulse of my heart.

It started with a dream I desperately wanted to describe with words:

IT ADVANCED FROM OUT OF SIGHT, MOVING WITH DANGEROUS ELEGANCE. EYES UNTOUCHED BY JOY, FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF LIFELESS THINGS, CURSED THINGS. IT SCOWLED AT ME, HATING ME. CLAIMING ME AS ITS OWN.

WHEN I DIED, I ENTERED A PLACE WITHOUT FORM OR TEXTURE - AN INFINITE ABSTRACT. WARM LIGHT SWAM BETWEEN ME. GAZING THROUGH MY FALSENESS AND GUIDING ME ALONG A VERDANT MEADOW. AND THEN IT SAVED ME.

I realized I needed to write this in a language I'm more-deeply familiar with. And this collection of music is that realization.

Thank you for listening. I love you.

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released April 10, 2018

Composed and performed by Kyle Preston

Special thanks to: 8dio, Cinesamples, Native Instruments, Sonokinetic, Spitfire Audio & Olafur Arnalds. Without whom, this music couldn't possibly have reached your ears.

Even bigger special thanks to: Zack Goehner, Alistair Mann, G Douglas Davidson, Massimo Plaino & Laura Preston. Their continued support made this album possible!

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Kyle Preston Seattle, Washington

Kyle Preston's music is a symphonic brew offering sanctuary to weary souls. He crafts silence and noise into ambient tales with classical whispers.

His music has been described as “otherworldly” by the Los Angeles Times and “minimalist in instrumentation but maximal in tension and emotion” by The New Yorker.
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