#niteworks

[bttrflyblu]

Niteworks — John Riley (feat. Beth Malcolm)

[herbal-kitchen]

💪 Geceyi Güçlü Bitirin, Güne Enerjik Başlayın!

[notquiteaghost]

gaelic folk techno. you want to listen to this.

[nextwavefutures]

May you ‘fare well’ in 2025

One of the highlights of the career of the Scots dance-folk band Niteworks was being invited to do the music for the Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations in 2020, the year of COVID-19. Niteworks, from Skye, disbanded earlier this year with a final series of concerts in London and Scotland (I reviewed them here). (Photo: Copyright Underbelly, 2020) Hogmanay, at the very end of the year, is a much…

[pekasairroc]

15

15 - current earworm song?

Honestly it’s this (NB there’s some flashing in the video):

Just saw them in concert and I love the band so much…

[evanhereonearth]

As a person who lives in the US and thinks Gaelic is a beautiful language and would love to learn - and also as a person who has ADHD and drops most projects she starts and can't be bothered with a daily dose of Duolingo - any advice for slowly digesting it?

I'm wondering if I should just plug into some Gaelic music and start there as far as enjoying the music and then translating lyrics as I grow curious. Something slow and simple in that regard that applies to simply daily interests. 'Cause I know an actual language learning program is just not going to happen for me.

My first thought is to say to indeed start listening to Gaelic any way you can--Gaelic music (I'll put a list below of different styles!), Gaelic podcasts, Gaelic media. Let your ears learn its rhythms.

Our brains are built to learn language by immersion; we're not actually born with the infrastructure for Duolingo. ;) But we've all learned a language from absolute zero to fluency with our first languages, and that engineering of brain structure in there doesn't vanish, just gets inhibited by our adult fear of sounding daft.

There are also a few really good podcasts for learners. An Litir Bheag is a great one, and Speak Gaelic is also a great resource for just hearing the language spoken with some English explanation, but music and conversational listening are great ways to give your brain's scaffolding something to build on. And do it a lot, as much as you can. Just as much as you can bear it, honestly. ADHD brains are excellent with pattern recognition; you very well might start picking out meanings and phrases when you least expect it.

As far as lyrics translations go, I'd look for ones the artists themselves (or other actual speakers have translated). My other big piece of advice is to never, ever, EVER trust Google translate or--god forbid--AI. It's crap. It will set you wrong every time.

Also, one thing I did when I was learning was get children's books. Many of them have audio editions available online on SoundCloud, and they're excellent for grasping sentence structure and flow.

Another method I used was Gabriel Wyner's Fluent Forever method, which may or may not be useful for you, but it is a method of learning a language without translating it through your native language, using the inbuilt language acquisition structure we have already.

I hope that's helpful at all! Lists below!

Music:

Traditional

Sian, a trio of women who sing songs written by women

Mànran, a full band that does some instrumental, some Gaelic songs, and a handful of songs in English

Julie Fowlis, an absolute legend in Gaelic song you might have heard on the soundtrack to Brave (singing in English, though!)

Maighread Stiùbhart, another absolute legend and one of the first Gaelic singers whose music I listened to

Gillebrìde MacIlleMhaoil, a wonderful bàrd and singer from Uist who both writes his own songs and sings traditional songs

Dàimh, trad tunes and Gaelic singing

Gaelictronica

Inyal, somewhat low-key electronic music, really lovely (they also are finishing up their second album; I happen to be working on a project with one of their members as we speak)

Elephant Sessions, heavy on the electronica, little less heavy on the Gaelic but a lot of fun

Niteworks, pure craic, upbeat, lots of pipes and electronica and lots of Gaelic

WHYTE, one of my close friend's and a pal's band, ambient and full of emotion, combo of traditional songs and ones written by my friend

Rock and Other

Runrig, an absolute staple who skyrocketed to fame from Uist in the 80s and are never far from the playlist even now

Tidelines, trad rock ish? They sing in both English and Gaelic

Trail West, similar and with an absolutely rabid following. Seonaidh's great craic, too--I got to sing with him recently at a charity gig

Capercaille, another classic, just celebrated forty years (!!!) and Karen Matheson's voice is just an absolute belter

Joy Dunlop, another legend of Gaelic song and close pal of mine, mostly sings traditional style songs but with a modern twist at times!

Resources:

LearnGaelic.scot: lots of resources for learners at all levels, including a mahoosive dictionary that has sound files for over 70,000 words and phrases

Speak Gaelic: heaps of resources here as well, also my friend Joy's face front and centre, since she's the main presenter, heh

An Litir Bheag podcast: excellent stuff meant for learners at beginner to intermediate levels

Mo bheannachd ort agus gur math a thèid leat!

[mydignityisinflames]

rules: spell out your url with song titles and tag that many people

Thanks for the tag @grapehyasynth! This was really fun but oh my god why do I have to have so many i's in my username 😭

Moment's Silence - Hozier

You've got the Love - Florence + The Machine

Dignity - Deacon Blue

I am not a Robot - MARINA

Guru mise tha go Èislein - Niteworks

Nocturn - Kate Bush

I'll Be Good - Jaymes Young

This is the Life- Amy MacDonald

Yas U Kno - Atomic

Intro - The XX

Shake it Out - Florence + The Machine

I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross

None the Wiser - Chris Wood

Full Circle - Half Moon Run

Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

Air Fàir an La - Niteworks

Machrivanish - Duncan Chisholm

Electric Feel - MGMT

Soldi - Mahmood

I can't think of that many people to tag so tagging in @sflow-er @scatteredpiecesofme @frogprincesnowglobe @glimmeringdreams @crownedwille @eviebakes and anyone else who wants to do it!

[llyfrenfys]

Cymblr, do you have any Welsh music reccomendations?

I've tried and tried, but a lot of popular Welsh music just isn't in the genres I like. Could you help a guy out?

I like Llwytha'r Gwn by Candelas, but haven't found any more music which is more rock, synth, prog, metal, rap, goth or electro rock. There's this really good Scottish Gaelic synth-traditional band called Niteworks which I love. But I don't know of anything like that in Welsh.

Help plîs! Diolch

[blasphemme]

tagged by @creaturecannibal <3

8 different albums by 8 different artists!!

metropolis, pt. 2: scenes from a memory — dream theater

visions — grimes

grace — jeff buckley

a’ ghrian — niteworks

she wants revenge — she wants revenge

smoke and mirrors (deluxe edition) — imagine dragons

let the dancers inherit the party — (british) sea power

warhammer 40,000: darktide (original soundtrack) — jesper kyd

tagging @goblinparty @goosefeathered @6honey6blood6 @baltears @galgannet and @fleurafae , and anyone else who likes playing tag games!!

[scotianostra]

April 30th 1891 saw the formation of An Comunn Gaidhealach a vehicle for the preservation and development of the Gaelic language.

Founded in Oban, it has supported the teaching, learning and use of the Gaelic language and the study and cultivation of Gaelic literature, history, music and art for over 100 years.

Through the organisation and running of the Royal National Mòd and a network of provincial Mòds across Scotland, An Comunn Gaidhealach furthers the aims of supporting and developing all aspects of the Gaelic language, culture, history and heritage at local, national and international levels.

This year the Royal National Mòd returns to the Aryll town where it all started in 1890 with one of the biggest shake ups in its history. Choir competitions are among the most popular events and this year we coud see some modern songs included for the first time, albeit translated into Gaelic of course. It has suggested possible genres could include barbershop and songs from musicals. men could potentially sing in a women’s choir, and singers would finally be encouraged to dance on stage. All very radical for the society.

Some modern music has already been a feature of the contest, with a choir singing a song by Skye-based Scottish folk/electronica band Niteworks.

An Comunn Gàidhealacwill take place from 11th to 19th October 2024 in Oban.

[jasofthehollow]

listening to niteworks while shovelling horse shit in the rain is something i should do more often

[herbal-kitchen]

🌙 Geceyi Rahatlat, Güne Zinde Başla! ✨ Herbalife Niteworks, L-Arginin ve L-Sitrülin amino asitleri ile gece boyunca vücudunu destekler, sabaha daha dinç ve enerjik uyanmanı sağlar! 💚☁️

✅ Gece boyunca vücudu destekleyen özel formül ✅ L-Arginin ve L-Sitrülin içeriği ✅ Sağlıklı yaşamı destekleyen harika bir takviye

💬 Sen Niteworks’ü nasıl tüketiyorsun? Limonlu mu, suyla mı? Yorumlara yaz! 👇

[nextwavefutures]

Farewell to the electro-folk band Niteworks

Farewell to the Scots electro-folk band Niteworks—going out in style. New post at Around The Edges.

I wrote this post for Salut! Live’s Facebook feature, Artist of the Week, which celebrated the work of the Scots band Niteworks, who are signing off in style in Glasgow this weekend. Niteworks’ last London gig A few months ago a friend asked me about bands that had crossed over between dance and folk music. He was a folk fan who had grown up with ‘90s dance music. It’s quite a short list. Simon…

[pekasairroc]

Getting ready for DLÙ and Niteworks C:

[endlesslyanya]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your mutuals (positivity is cool)🎶✨