Caimin Gilmore - BlackGate (2025) [Hi-Res]

BlackGate is the debut album by Irish composer and double bassist Caimin Gilmore, an instrumental composition that fluidly blends genres. The album weaves pulsing harp melodies, intricate string arrangements, and textures from a vintage Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, creating a rich and layered sonic world. Featuring renowned cellist Kate Ellis and harpist Lavinia Meijer, alongside Gilmore on double bass and DX7, BlackGate reflects his multifaceted experience as a performer across contemporary music, pop, classical, and folk. It explores a harmonic and structural space between indie and minimalist music, employing extended string techniques to craft a spectral soundscape.

Tracklist:
1-1 Caimin Gilmore;Lavinia Meijer;Kate Ellis - MVE I [4:21]
1-2 Caimin Gilmore - Segue I [1:39]
1-3 Caimin Gilmore;Lavinia Meijer;Kate Ellis - MVE II [5:25]
1-4 Caimin Gilmore;Kate Ellis - Segue II [0:51]
1-5 Caimin Gilmore;Lavinia Meijer;Kate Ellis - MVE III [4:08]
1-6 Caimin Gilmore;Kate Ellis - Segue III [1:32]
1-7 Caimin Gilmore;Lavinia Meijer;Kate Ellis - MVE IV [5:35]