Year Of the Flood DVD
RUNRIG
BEAT THE DRUM FESTIVAL, DRUMNADROCHIT, LOCH NESS, 2007
Tracklisting:
1. Intro 2. Year Of The Flood 3. Pride Of The Summer 4.
Road Trip 5. Proterra 6. The Ocean Road 7. An Toll Dubh 8.
Sona 9.The Engine Room 10. Every River 11. A Reiteach 12.
In Scandinavia 13. Clash Of The Ash 14. Skye 15. Hearts Of
Olden Glory 16. Something’s Got Too Give 17. Protect
And Survive 18. On The Edge BONUS: This Day- Alook Back
(4:22) Photo Images-Backstage/Main Event (4:58)
Runrig and Ridge Records are delighted to announce the
release of Year Of The Flood, the long awaited DVD of the
Beat The Drum concert, filmed at Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness
on 18 August 2007. Year Of The Flood will bring back many
memories of an unforgettable day when a sell-out audience
of 18,000 people gathered to celebrate the band’s
flagship event of Highland Year Of Culture 2007. It was to
prove to be the wettest day for the area in living memory.
A day of music and celebration – a day of relentless
deluge - an event that none present would ever forget!
The film attempts to capture it all, just as it was –
the mud, the rain, the music, the Highlands, and
ultimately, the ‘never say die’ spirit of a
remarkable audience that saw it through to the end, as only
a Runrig audience could.
PLAYING TIME: 1 HR 50 min.
Proterra
RUNRIG
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The Proterra
project has been undertaken in the light of both
recognising Runrig's 30th anniversary year, and of defining
where the band now stand musically and culturally. The
initial remit for the project was that of a cinematic and
loose thematic approach, veering away somewhat from the
usual song based album.
To help gel this aspiration, the band brought on board the
services of the Brazil based Scottish musician, Paul
Mounsey. Paul has a keen command of the Gaelic musical
mosaic and has integrated elements of this tradition into
his own dance and groove based albums. Having already
worked with the band on the track, Running to the Light, on
the Stamping Ground album, it was decided to take the
relationship a stage further.
The Latin title Proterra, (for the land) was taken from the
Celtic myth or legend that traced the origin of the Clan
Donald clan crest. The crest is that of an upright severed
arm, and the motto reads Per Mara, Per Terras (by land and
sea.) In the legend two sons of the chief were given the
opportunity to become successor to the chief and Lord of
the Isles. The isles being virgin territory that the clan
was now claiming, and this new Lordship would be the start
of a dynasty. The decision rested on a rowing race between
the two sons and their respective oarsmen. The victor would
be the one to first touch the new land. The galleys rowed
neck and neck until close to the shore, when one brother
pulled slightly ahead and was going on to claim his prize.
Before he touched the land, the other brother drew his
sword, severed off his own arm and threw it onto the land.
He then became the eventual victor.
The story within the album became a metaphor for the
struggle that the Scottish Celtic peoples have experienced
from the dawn of recorded history to the present day for
the land on which they live. The story is a universal one,
as the elements of land and sea are pivotal for the
survival of any maritime civilisation. Paul Mounsey is
closely associated with displaced landless peoples in South
America, and his own music has reflected this.
As well as new material from Calum and Rory, Bruce has
contributed a song and collaborated with Malcolm and Rory
and Calum on others. There is an instrumental from Malcolm
and the album ends with another instrumental Angels from
the Ashes, written by Runrig founder member, Blair Douglas.
One of two tracks on the CD inspired by the events of 9/11,
the other being the song There's a Need.
Again with a view to the 30th year, Paul Mounsey went back
to the band's seminal Recovery album and re-arranged two
tracks, The Old Boys and An Toll Dubh to fit the mood and
atmosphere of the Proterra project.
The album could be viewed as the new Recovery, it contains
13 tracks, at times firmly rooted in the Runrig tradition
and at times going somewhere musically new and
experimental. Throughout, it is always true to the
spiritual heart of the band.
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