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Swirling Flame

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Swirling Flame / Elysian Fields.

  • Published by Earshift Music — 24 October, 2025 — 1 CD
  • Sales Availability: This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
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  • Library Availability: CD 3343 — Available for loan

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Australia's only electric viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, returns with Swirling Flame, the third album from her genre-defying ensemble Elysian Fields. A project born from recovery and renewal, Swirling Flame is a bold fusion of jazz, baroque, contemporary classical and folk influences-anchored by the haunting resonance of the rarely-heard electric viola da gamba.

Swirling Flame is a kaleidoscopic collection of original works and commissions, with contributions from band members and acclaimed Australian composers. First Nations musician Troy Russell opens the album with The Acceptance, a flexibly scored musical Acknowledgement of Country. Other highlights include the shimmering The Slow Tides by bassist Jacques Emery; a fiery new solo work for gamba by Matt Keegan; November, a lush, harmonically rich quartet from Matt McMahon; and Von-Hope, a haunting Icelandic folk reimagining by composer Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir. Eriksson herself contributes the title track, inspired by the wood-fired ceramics of her close friend, Barbara Campbell-Allen OAM.

Susie Bishop - vocals & violin
Matt Keegan - tenor saxophone & alto clarinet
Jenny Eriksson - electric viola da gamba
Matt McMahon - piano
Jacques Emery - double bass
Brett Hirst - double bass
Siebe Pogson - bass guitar

Available via Bandcamp

Contents note: The Acceptance / Troy Russell -- Postlude / Jeremy Eriksson -- The Slow Tides / Jacques Emery -- Tetris / Alice Chance -- The Queen's Court / Matt Keegan -- Queen's Decree / Elysian Fields -- A Royal Quandary / Elysian Fields -- The Spanish Prince / Elysian Fields -- Death and Taxes / Elysian Fields -- Love and Consequences / Elysian Fields -- Dark Dreaming / Siebe Pogson -- Von-Hope / Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir -- Swirling Flame / Jenny Eriksson -- Prelude / Elysian Fields -- Menuet / Elysian Fields-- Gigue / Elysian Fields -- Interlude / Elysian Fields -- Sarabande/Double / Elysian Fields -- Le Tourbillon / Elysian Fields -- Shadow / Alice Chance -- November / Matt McMahon.

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