The Unseen Stream

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The Unseen Stream
Studio album by Troy Donockley
Released	10 August 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Celtic rock
Length	47:41
Label	Alliance Records
Troy Donockley chronology
The Unseen Stream (1998) The Pursuit of Illusion (2003)

The Unseen Stream is a album by Troy Donockley. This was his first solo outing and was released in 1998.

This recording shows Troy as a multi-skilled wood player. His main instrument is the Uilleann Pipes adding also Low Whistles, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Keys, Cittern and Mandolin, and he has composed most of the tracks. Although a solo recording he includes guests Irish fiddler Nollaig Casey, piano player , his Iona colleagues Joanne Hogg (voice), Terl Bryant (percussion) and Tim Harries (bass), the and Duncan Rayson on the Rochdale Town Hall Organ. The piece draws on Irish Orchestral works, folk, rock, jazz, Scandinavian symphonies and New Age stylistically. The music is mostly expressions of Troy's experience, particularly inspired by natural beauty of the coast.

Personnel[]

Musicians in order of appearance[]

• Troy Donockley - Uillean Pipes, Low Whistles, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Keys, Cittern and Mandolin, Tin Whistles, Vocals
• Terl Bryant - Percussion (Cymbals, Gong, Bodhrans, Bells, Various Drums)
• - Organ
• Nollaig Casey - Fiddle
• - Oboe
• - Strings
• Martin Burgess - Violin
• - Violin
• - Viola
• - Cello
• - Grand Piano
• Tim Harries - Bass
• Joanne Hogg - Vocals
• Nick Holland - Voice
• - Harp
• Andy Duncan - Percussion (Djembe, Darabuka), Voices

Additional credits[]

• Produced by Troy Donockley and
• Recorded at Gemini Studios, Ipswich; Warterworld, Yorkshire; Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire; Cannibal Studios, Dublin
• Engineered by
• Organ recorded on location at Rochdale Town Hall
• Design and Photography by
• Troy Photograph by
• Remastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Masters 2005
• Music composed and arranged by Troy Donockley except "Air" (traditional; arranged by Troy Donockley) and "Finlandia" (Sibelius; arranged by Troy Donockley)

Track listing[]

1. "Wild Black Coast" - 3:23
2. "Sights" - 3:10
3. "Air" - 5:00
4. "Yearl" - 14:14
5. "Carousel" - 4:55
6. "Tunnels" - 9:52
7. "Finlandia" - 3:45
8. "Death of Rainbows" - 3:16

Total time - 47:41

Release Details[]

• 1998, UK, Alliance Records 1901162, Release Date 10 August 1998, CD
• 2005, UK, Lantern Music and SGO Music Publishing Ltd. LNTNCD2, Remastered, CD