''Something of Time'' is a studio album by

Nightnoise Nightnoise was a music ensemble active from 1984 to 1997. Their original blend of Irish traditional music, Celtic music, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians. They released seven albums on the Windham Hill ...

. The album was released by

Windham Hill Records Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The label was ...

(WD-1057) in 1987.

Track listing

# "Timewinds" by Billy Oskay (3:47) # "Perchance to Dream" (

Billy Oskay Billy Oskay is an American violinist and record producer. Biography Billy Oskay was born and raised in Kingston, New York, where he first learned to play the violin at the age seven. In 1970, he began studying under Eugen Prokop at the Internation ...

Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (; 7 October 1951 – 7 July 2006) was an Irish singer, guitarist, composer, and producer who was a major influence on Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century. He is remembered for his innovativ ...

) – 4:56 # "The

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and the

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" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – 4:34 # "On the Deep" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (4:05) # "Hourglass" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (6:05) # "Shadows on a Dancefloor" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (3:53) # "Wiggy Wiggy" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (4:22) # "Tundra Summer" (Oskay) – (4:49) # "Aprés-Midi" (

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) – (3:54) # "Something of Time" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (3:04) # "Toys Not Ties" ( Brian Dunning) – (3:59) # "I Still Remember" (Oskay) – (3:45)

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# "One for the Lad" (M. Ó Domhnaill) – (4:12)

Credits

* Billy Oskay – violin, viola, piano, harmonium, producer, engineer, mixing, digital editing and assembly *

– guitar, whistle, piano, harmonium, synthesizer, vocals, producer *

– harmonium, harpsichord, synthesizer * Brian Dunning – flute, alto flute, panpipes * Stewart Whitmore – digital editing and assembly *

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and ...

– mastering * Ian Matthews – mixing * Howard Johnston – mixing * John F. Cooper – photography * Anne Robinson – design

Notes

Recorded at Nightnoise Studio, Portland, Oregon in 1985 and 1986. Track 7 is called "Wiggy Wiggy" ''A State Of Being'' on the LP sleeve back, but only the liner notes on the CD release. Track 11 is called "Toys Not Ties" ''An Adult's Lament'' on the LP sleeve back, but only the liner notes on the CD release. Track 12 is called "One For The Lad" ''For Tich Richardson R.I.P.'' in the liner notes only. Tich Richardson was a member of

Boys of the Lough The Boys of the Lough is a Scottish-Irish Celtic music band active since the 1970s. Early years Their first album, called ''Boys of the Lough'' (1972) consisted of Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute), Dick Gaughan (vocals and guitar) and ...

. He died in an auto accident in Scotland in 1984.

References

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