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Selections from A Man In Full

by Martin A. Egan

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1.
I step into distort 04:44
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I lived on an island once 08:12
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The gardener and the grower 04:13
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I have heard them knock 03:52
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I met and began working with Martin A. Egan (perhaps best known as a songwriter for Christy Moore and the Hot House Flowers) around 2009, launching into the first recording sessions of – amongst other material – what would become his final album, A Man In Full. The recording of this album was completed in 2011, and it was intended to be the first part of a trilogy. The second part - for which material was recorded but remains uncompleted - was to be even darker in tone and content, even more extreme and experimental in sound, and the third part was to be an entirely acoustic album.

Sadly, Martin died before this album, the first part of the planned trilogy, could be properly released. Now, ten years on from its completion, it can be heard in its entirety on the various music streaming services, and this selection of tracks is available here as a taster. CDs were pressed and do exist, but unfortunately never received the intended distribution.

Other musicians present on this album were Tommy O'Sullivan (electric guitar, drums), Dara 'Dip' Higgins (double bass and electric bass), and Paul 'Binzer' Brennan (drums). The earliest versions of these songs created during initial rehearsal sessions featured Bryan O'Connell on drums. We first recorded in Ashtown Studio (Ashtown, Co. Dublin) with Tommy O'Sullivan engineering, before we moved to Mule Studios (Rathgar, Dublin), where Kevin Whyte engineered for us. The completed album was mastered by Tim Martin and the layout of the CD was designed by James Marsh. Promotional photography intended to be used in the run up to the launch of the album was by Loreana Rushe, and special thanks are due to her for the immensely valuable and much valued support she has given to the work of Martin, myself, and so many others, over the years.

Anyone with serious interest in distributing or researching Martin's work further is invited to contact me via the form on this website.

It is perhaps most fitting for me to conclude by restating the thoughts I expressed in the memorial tribute to Martin originally published by The Thin Air:

Whatever form Martin’s art took – be it as music, as writing, or as painting – it was always the genuine expression of a true individual possessed of a vibrant vision and unique voice engaged in an endlessly ruthless process of self-education and self-development. Entirely unwilling to compromise, working with Martin could be challenging at times. However, it could never be said that Martin was anything other than entirely honest, with himself most of all.

To describe this music would be to describe Martin himself. Like nothing and no-one else. Bringing out the best in those he worked with. Characterised by a remarkable honesty which has, behind the pain, a most profound unconditional love at its core: an endless sea of serene stillness, beyond any sense of separation, into whose infinite embrace Martin has been absorbed into eternity.

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released July 27, 2021

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