Gilmore, Caimin - BlackGate

Irish double bassist, Caimin Gilmore - who can be heard performing with the likes of Shahzad Ismaily, Crash Ensemble, s t a r g a z e , The Staves, Sam Amidon, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Aaron Dessner (The National), Ye Vagabonds, and Phoebe Bridgers, among many others - releases his debut record: 'BlackGate'

Each track on 'BlackGate' is designated simply as either a Movement or a Segue, which “serve as episodes that capture the rise and fall of lived emotion—rushing, yielding, brisk and bright, heavy and halting—mirroring life’s rhythms.”

Gilmore pushes his trio to the far ends of their sonic spectrum: The light bouncing rhythms of MVE I are dissolved into a solid wall of noise, the meditative harp in MVE II is met by screeching bowed strings, MVE III adds a Yamaha DX7 into the mix, adding ghostly echoes mirrored in the harp, and MVE IV’s haunting opening renders itself into a lush and pulsing sound world.