Dáithí O'Cléirigh
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Dáithí O'Cléirigh is a freelance session musician
, producer
, percussionist and drummer
originally from Dublin, Ireland
. Presently based in Helsinki
, Finland
, he produces, composes and performs with many locally based artists.
He was featured as a recording musician, drummer and percussionist for the Wabanag
album 'Ulodi', produced by Roni Martin in 2004 on the Box Co-operative label; a unique World Music
album which blends traditional Native American
Wabanaki
Métis
music with modern contemporary styles. In the music of Wabanag
, hand drums, rattles, bows, wooden sticks, flutes, and other traditional instruments are used sparingly along with vocals and strong rhythmic lines. Most of the songs are in Native American
languages and refer to the natural elements and the spiritual world of the native people from the Maritimes
, as well as to their traditional way of life. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award
in the category of Best International Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2005. He performed and toured nationally and internationally with the band until 2007.
He has also performed as a session musician for various bands throughout Ireland since the mid-nineties, including tracks on the album Hi-Lo for The Walls
, (formerly known as The Stunning
), which was released on Earshot Records in May 2000. He also featured on the hit single Broken Boy, released in September 1999 on the same label. Other Irish
artists he has composed and performed with include such luminaries as Eamonn Dowd and The Racketeers, Bird, The Funky Souls, Loose Booty, Greg Pearle, Blink
, and The Keltic Posse. He has also worked as rhythm section accompaniment with Detroit bassist and producer Jerome Rimson, and on various recording and performance projects with the American funk-style songwriter Pete PAMF. Other hip hop and dance music artists he has worked with include recordings and collaborations with DJ Wool (aka Glen Brady), and DJ Mek of Scary Éire, pioneers of Irish
hip hop
.
Other Finnish
based projects include performing as programmer
and acoustic
/digital
percussionist with Finnish electro-pop outfit Muusa on their eponymously titled debut album and subsequent Finnish Top Ten hit Kauniimmin Kuin Koskaan, on the Neverland Music label.
Dáithí O'Cléirigh continues to produce and perform and tour with several noted Finnish and international artists.
He endorses Gretsch
Birch Catalina drums since 2007.
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
, producer
Record producer
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, percussionist and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
originally from Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. Presently based in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, he produces, composes and performs with many locally based artists.
He was featured as a recording musician, drummer and percussionist for the Wabanag
Wabanag
-History:Wabanag is a Canadian-Finnish ethnic rock band based in Helsinki, Finland. The Band was originally founded and formed by singer/songwriter Yovan Nagwetch in the early 1990s after he emigrated to Finland, after spending many years performing and travelling elsewhere in Europe, most notably...
album 'Ulodi', produced by Roni Martin in 2004 on the Box Co-operative label; a unique World Music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
album which blends traditional Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
Wabanaki
Wabanaki
Wabanaki, Wabenaki, Wobanaki, etc. may refer to:In geography* area referred as the "Dawn land" by many Algonquian-speaking peoples to describe the Eastern region of the North American continent, generally described as being New England in the United States, plus Quebec and the Maritimes in CanadaIn...
Métis
Métis
A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish, mestiço in Portuguese, and mestee in English...
music with modern contemporary styles. In the music of Wabanag
Wabanag
-History:Wabanag is a Canadian-Finnish ethnic rock band based in Helsinki, Finland. The Band was originally founded and formed by singer/songwriter Yovan Nagwetch in the early 1990s after he emigrated to Finland, after spending many years performing and travelling elsewhere in Europe, most notably...
, hand drums, rattles, bows, wooden sticks, flutes, and other traditional instruments are used sparingly along with vocals and strong rhythmic lines. Most of the songs are in Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
languages and refer to the natural elements and the spiritual world of the native people from the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
, as well as to their traditional way of life. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in the category of Best International Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2005. He performed and toured nationally and internationally with the band until 2007.
He has also performed as a session musician for various bands throughout Ireland since the mid-nineties, including tracks on the album Hi-Lo for The Walls
The Walls
The Walls are an Irish rock band. They were formed in 1998 by two ex-members of The Stunning.-Members:* Steve Wall* Joe Wall* Carl Harms * Rory Doyle...
, (formerly known as The Stunning
The Stunning
The Stunning were an Irish rock band. They formed in 1987, and first split up in 1994. They have reformed twice in the 21st century.-Members:* Steve Wall* Joe Wall* Derek Murray...
), which was released on Earshot Records in May 2000. He also featured on the hit single Broken Boy, released in September 1999 on the same label. Other Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
artists he has composed and performed with include such luminaries as Eamonn Dowd and The Racketeers, Bird, The Funky Souls, Loose Booty, Greg Pearle, Blink
Blink
Blinking is the rapid closing and opening of the eyelid. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease...
, and The Keltic Posse. He has also worked as rhythm section accompaniment with Detroit bassist and producer Jerome Rimson, and on various recording and performance projects with the American funk-style songwriter Pete PAMF. Other hip hop and dance music artists he has worked with include recordings and collaborations with DJ Wool (aka Glen Brady), and DJ Mek of Scary Éire, pioneers of Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
.
Other Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
based projects include performing as programmer
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
and acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
/digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
percussionist with Finnish electro-pop outfit Muusa on their eponymously titled debut album and subsequent Finnish Top Ten hit Kauniimmin Kuin Koskaan, on the Neverland Music label.
Dáithí O'Cléirigh continues to produce and perform and tour with several noted Finnish and international artists.
He endorses Gretsch
Gretsch
The Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
Birch Catalina drums since 2007.
Ulodi (2004)
- Ulodi – 1:41
- Yabadjasit Uskidjinudi – 3:10
- Djonetch – 4:31
- Welalin – 4:20
- Apkwallnuagi – 5:21
- Niskamiktuk – 6:54
- Ntelnuegadimka – 3:56
- Dla`hadigetch – 3:59
- Melkigenan – 6:47
- Amitola – 2:54
- Konawa – 4:38
- Ulodi – 0:55
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/daithioclerigh
- Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards