#ENYA ALBUM DARK SKY ISLAND SERIES#
The name of the album was inspired by the designation of the island of Sark as a "dark sky island" as well as a series of poetry books by Roma Ryan on islands. Along with standard and deluxe editions on digital formats, a vinyl edition was made available, making Dark Sky Island Enya's first vinyl release since her self-titled album's re-release in 1992. The title, first single and track listing were announced on 7 October 2015. The album was announced by Enya on her website in September 2015. Dark Sky Island is the upcoming eighth studio album by Irish musician Enya, set for release on 20 November 2015. It’s a futuristic narrative with a genesis that dates back to 1986 and Enya’s debut album / soundtrack to the BBC documentary The Celts. Such intergalactic exploration also extends to ‘The Forge of the Angels’ and ‘The Loxian Gates’ which continue the use of the Loxian language that Roma created and popularised with three songs from 2005’s ‘Amarantine’.
So although it’s not a ‘themed’ album, as such, we nevertheless have an underlying connection between songs.” That concept can be demonstrated in ‘The Humming’, a song that muses on the cycle of the universe and how change affects everything. “Journeys to the island through the length of a lifetime through history, through emotions and journeys across great oceans. “This album has a theme of journeys,” states Enya. It’s almost a history of sound encapsulated in four hypnotic and otherworldly minutes. By contrast, ‘Even In The Shadows’ pulses with an insistent rhythm the hymnal ‘I Could Never Say Goodbye’ is sparse in its reflective beauty while ‘Sancta Maria’ blends synthesisers and classical instrumentation to create an ethereal soundscape that comfortably sits in both the past and the future. Opening track ‘The Humming’ is an immediate highlight as it subliminally works its infectious magic within the course of a single listen. Sonically, Dark Sky Island is a collection that’s both incredibly diverse and innately unified by the production: almost Spector-esque in its lavish, wide-screen multi-tracked layers of sound. This time around, ‘Echoes in Rain’ was the final track to be completed for the album and has also been chosen as the lead single. Back in 1988, ‘Orinoco Flow’ was the final song that was recorded during sessions for the ‘Watermark’ album and it went on to become a global success.
‘Echoes in Rain’ also shares another coincide with its famous predecessor.
While it shares the adventurous themes of Enya’s breakthrough hit ‘Orinoco Flow’, its rhythmic march instead celebrates the anticipation of a journey’s end. The album’s buoyantly optimistic first single ‘Echoes in Rain’ possesses an irresistible surge of globe-trotting euphoria which made it an obvious choice as the album’s lead track. Inspired by Roma’s work on a series of poetry books themed around islands and specifically the island of Sark’s decision to be designated as a dark sky island, the album’s title track was the first song to be written for the collection. The Enya creative triumvirate – Enya, producer and sound engineer Nicky Ryan, and lyricist Roma Ryan – started work on the album in the spring of 2012. After 75 million sales four Grammy Awards six World Music Awards an Ivor Novello, an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and seven studio albums (plus the ‘Paint The Sky With Stars’ compilation) which have hit the upper echelons of charts all over the world, Enya will embark upon a new chapter in her spectacular career with the November 20th release of her new album Dark Sky Island.
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