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Christy Doran

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Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music. In the 1970's he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band "OM". Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others

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Glacial Voyage

Label: Between the Lines
Released: 2025
Track listing: Breakwater; Inishkea Islands; High Tide; Belmullet; Whale Tea Party; Downpatrick Head; Light Frames; Moon Pull; Blacksod Lighthouse; Horizon's Invitation.

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Article: Album Review

Christy Doran & Izumi Kimura: Glacial Voyage

Read "Glacial Voyage" reviewed by Ian Patterson


One was born in Ireland in the aftermath of WWII and grew up in Switzerland on a diet of Jimi Hendrix; the other was born in Japan a generation later and trained in classical music. But neither time nor musical upbringing can drive a wedge between veteran guitarist Christy Doran and pianist Izumi Kimura. Though each ...

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Article: Album Review

Izumi Kimura: Butterfly Effect

Read "Butterfly Effect" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Japanese pianist Izumi Kimura has earned plaudits through her various improvisation-based projects with double bassist Barry Guy, percussionist Gerry Hemingway, and guitarists Christy Doran and Tommy Halferty, to cite just a few of her principal collaborators. But Kimura, a long-term resident in Ireland, is equally compelling when going it alone. Over the years, she has clocked ...

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In Trance We Trust

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Desert Flow; Ba-Rock (duo version); In Trance We Trust; Starry Sky; Bali Sketches; Continuum; Small Round; LA Correccion; Ba-Rock (trio version).

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Article: Album Review

Morpheus Trance - Christy Doran: In Trance We Trust

Read "In Trance We Trust" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Renowned Switzerland-based guitarist Christy Doran's In Trance We Trust is a musical dreamscape you cannot quite pin down but may never want to escape. The album unfolds like a sonic labyrinth, twisting and turning through genres and moods with the cool confidence of a seasoned psychonaut. Doran, wielding his six-stringed wand, conjures textures that oscillate between ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2024

Read "Brilliant Corners 2024" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brilliant Corners 2024 Black Box/Accidental Theatre Belfast, N. Ireland March 1-9, 2024 At a time when veteran rock acts on their last legs are asking cash-strapped punters to part with hundreds of pounds to stand in a stadium to hear the same hits as the last tour, and the tour ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Christy Doran: in The Corner Of The Eye

Read "Christy Doran: in The Corner Of The Eye" reviewed by Ian Patterson


For forty years, Irish-born, Lucerne-based guitarist Christy Doran has recorded prolifically for numerous labels. Inevitably perhaps, many of his earlier works are out of print, so it's cause for celebration that this release brings together the very best of Phoenix (hat Art, 1990) and What a Band (hat Art, 1992), two long-neglected yet essential Doran recordings. ...

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Aerosols

Label: Between the Lines
Released: 2021
Track listing: Cat Care; Venice; Kaleidoscope in A Blizzard; White Fields of Diamonds; Defence of Defeat; Lactus; From The Ballad of Affection; Alexander; Aerosols; Upgrading Equality.

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On The Go

Label: Between the Lines
Released: 2021
Track listing: Every Dog Has Its Day; Slippin’ Minimaxbum; Far Away From Home; Light in the Dark; Paros in November; Su Guideu; Lift The Bar; Oneiron Street.


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