Description
‘Red,’ my new single, is available now: https://dustin.lnk.to/chromatic - The second single to be taken from Dustin O’Halloran’s forthcoming EP, ‘The Chromatic Sessions.’
‘Red’ is a partner piece to ‘Gold’ – released last month – with a final chromatic track titled ‘Blue’ set to follow. ‘The Chromatic Sessions’ EP will be released on October 8th on O’Halloran’s own Splinter Music imprint.
The theme of colours emerged organically during the process of writing and recording. “It wasn’t something pre-planned,” says Dustin. “I was improvising on the piano every day, and I realised I was always thinking about colours as I wrote. When you have the mic set up and you’re recording, it puts you into deep focus. There’s something about that red light being on that really pulls you into the moment.”
O’Halloran has long experienced synesthesia – a mingling of the senses that may sound familiar to many. It can be something as simple as a taste snapping us back to a place we’ve been, a familiar scent triggering a powerful emotional flashback, or – in Dustin’s case – a certain sound evoking the feeling of a colour.
Artwork: Paolo Proserpio
Mastering: Glenn Schick Mastering
Transcription: Fabien Leseure