O S C A R W E S T R E N N I E P E A R S O N
P O L Y T R O P O S
Debut album out now.
12 eclectic and beautifully arranged tracks of Irish and Scottish traditional music.
Recorded in a manner that faithfully captures the live Polytropos experience.
The power of traditional music to convey feelings, stories and emotions has always fascinated us. As performers we put particular emphasis on establishing a strong connection with our audiences in order to share in something rich, evocative and much older than ourselves. Every track on this album was recorded, mixed and mastered over two days at Tsunami Sound Studios by David Trail and Adele McCartney at Tsunami Sound Studios, Levin, New Zealand. We performed all our favourite sets with no click-tracks, overdubs or compression. As well as causing some exciting moments in the studio, we felt this quality captures the energy and passion of our live performances of which we have had the enormous pleasure of playing around the whole of New Zealand over the last few years!
We hope you enjoy our retelling of the many stories on this album. The realm of traditional music feels to us to be a permanent fixture where every other experience seems fleeting. It continues to propel and enrapture us and we hope it comes across on this album. We are thrilled to have a tangible record of the last decade of playing music together to share with you.
Oscar & Rennie
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p o l y t r o p o s, adjective. From πολῠ́ς (polús, “many”) + τρόπος (trópos, “turn”) + -ος (-os)
Pronounciation: /poˈly.tro.pos/
much turned, much traveled, much wandering
turning many ways