The Infirmary is a collection of songs based on four different projects. Borderlands is a project based on the plight of the Scots-Irish and their influence on the American persona. The next project, Voices from the Dust Bowl, explores the impact of soil erosion on the dirt farmers of Oklahoma during the 1930's. The vocal tracks are taken from recordings made during those times.
The third project, Modern Shamans, concentrates on mythology and superstition in our own age. The current project, Welshfield Revisited, is an exploration of the settlement of Eastern Ohio during the 1820's.
More on these projects can be found on my website: http://home.comcast.net/~ccorrello/

The tracks of this album are published under a Creative Commons licence, check the licence associated to each track.
Reviews for "The Infirmary"
12 reviews
Que dire, c'est très sympa comme electro downtempo, un peu conventionnel et lisse.
etonnant effectivement qu'il n'y ai pas plus de critique :)
Je ne comprends pas comment un tel album réussit à passer inaperçu sur jamendo. Seulement 2 critiques et 100 téléchargements !
Hé, les jamnautes, c'est l'heure d'écouter les deux albums de briareus ! On se bouge !
This is not what the most i like but it sounds well.
i won't listen to that every day
i think it would be nice for tv or theme like Miami Vice
good job guy
nice cover not realy according to music (except if it's has been done for a theme)
nice tunes, creating a nice atmosphere, really enjoyable, thanks to the artist
Solar Girl a lovely guitar based track, reminiscent of Pink Floyd is some respects, or at least of that stylistic era. Lucinda is again full of guitar, and a bit more updated in sound construction. Nice track. There is a fine dramatic sound to The Infirmary, which is apt, with gorgeous swirling synthetic layers over the top. Straight into the Point Of No Return, which is possibly an experience of the infirm. The First Wave has some beautiful saxophone sounds and is a very emotive piece of music. Sickness is something that has been variously treated over thousands of years and we now seem to be taking a step back in looking at older methods of treatment, so What To Give Me In Sickness offers, I feel, a sense of simplicity in a method that will seem incongruous with the 'modern' pharmaceutical placebo and technical fix. Ozro flows well, blending instrumentality with mentality in a very nice, quite recuperative track. Floating voices in the air and a quaint naturalism adds to the atmosphere of The Stones Of Otterburn.
Billy In The Low Ground, literally brings the listener (from my point of view) back down to earth. A very chilled track. Then, as we all do have, and sometimes endure, Another Day, still with a coolness and reflective perspective. Vampires picks the pace up, as might well be expected, but then it depends on your concept of vampirism. Is it a cheap film gimmick or an encapsulation of a realistic disease of beingness. Cruel Universe could support either view or belief. Nice track for one so cruel. Cloudbusting, a lovely mixture of musical sound construction, reminds me of sitting on the doorstep, watching the clouds and feeling that I was the one moving. Quite a surreal experience as a small child. Red Dust, very low key, down tempo, sonorous. Nocturne Of The Wharves, a truly dreamy nightscape of musical magic.
Finally, a remix of What To Give Me (In Sickness), makes me think of age-old shamanistic lore, especially in South America, when the whole tribe would, without becoming inebriated in any way whatsoever, dance from sunset to sunrise, once a week on a Saturday night, until Sunday morning. And this whole ritualistic and communal event helped cure all ailments successfully, accumulated through the 'working' week. Then the Europeans started colonisation, introducing influenza and religion. Maybe we need to step back and think again. Perhaps then, we would be less likely to need The Infirmary.
Il existe surement beaucoup de mots pour décrire mais le mieux c'est encore d'écouter et de se laisser envahir...
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I look on Jamendo approx 3 times a month and this is an album that is very smooth listening to. Thank you for sharing it and be sure it will see several spinns on my pc and mp3 player.
Nice saxo sometimes and especially in the track "nice days' which makes it a real lay down and superb relax after a stressing day of work.
Ahhh music , my cure for a stressy life thanks to artists like you, producing such enjoyable music.
Encore une fois tu réalises un très bon album, ton travail est méritant, continus sur cette lancé, surprends-nous on adore ça.
Pour une fois que je fais un commentaire court, mais je suis à bout de mots