GAN FOCAL by MARK WILKINS

GAN FOCAL (Irish for Wordless) is an album of instrumental tunes by Cork composer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Wilkins.

'Many of these pieces were written back in the Noughties and have recently been dusted down and remastered. The music is a crucible of musical styles I've been drawn to at different stages; roots, Irish,ambient,jazz, contemporary,rock, Middle-Eastern and folk. The musicians who aided and abetted me are amongst the finest I've had the good fortune to play with over the years. We also had a lot of fun. Hope you like the tunes.'

Tracklist

1.	Blues for Kali	3:47

2.	Haunted	5:23

3.	Radio Rickshaw	3:41

4.	Vandeville	7:49

5.	Hang the Hardware	5:15

6.	Box Camera	4:21

7.	Terrence of Arabia	4:54

8.	Fix Bayonets	7:07

9.	Blatherskite	4:59

Credits

released July 3, 2020

Mark Wilkins: Guitars, Basses, Percussion, Bodhrán, Keyboards,Vocals
Trevor Kiely: Drums, Percussion, Hammered Dulcimer
Stella Rodrigues: Violin (tracks 1,2,3,7,8)
Annette Buckley: Vocals (tracks 3 & 8)
Christelle Moisan: Wooden Flute (track 2)
Colm O'Flynn: Bowed Sitar, Hammered Dulcimer (track 9)
David Jeffrey: Alto Saxophone ( track 4)

Tracks 1,2,7,8,9 were recorded by Justin Forbes.
Tracks 3,4,5,6 were recorded by Trevor Kiely & Mark Wilkins.

Originally mastered by Finny Corcoran in 2010.

Remastered by Cormac O'Connor at Maple Rooms Studio in 2020.

Cover design by Garry Corby and Mark Wilkins.

Photo by Dave Linehan.

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