Borram! Borram!

Written and Recorded in 1991

 

Sometimes I compose spontaneously from the scratch, whilst in other cases I plan before I start writing. This tune was written for a planned scheme of a conceptual work, which was supposed to begin with Green and end with Red. Actually, I wrote and recorded a couple of tunes and attempted another, which was later destroyed, but further composing was abandoned. Perhaps, the failure of the third composition changed my mind to convert the planned scheme from a collection of musical works to a literary work – I still remember I used to talk about a book I was preparing to write to my close friends in those days – but, after all, even a single word was ever written. 

My interest in literature began when I first read Ulysses by James Joyce. It took me about six months to read it all through in 1988 or 1989 and knowledge I have familiarised from reading the book naturally turned my interest towards Irish culture. It didn’t take long before I picked up one of works attributed to W. B. Yeates, another famous figure in Irish literature, and dipped my imagination into the world of folklores and fairy tales. In the planned scheme, Green stood for either a state of naivety and the colour of fairies’ cloak whilst Red stood for one step before the accomplishment of Alchemy and the colour of fairies’ hat. I don’t remember how it worked with combining things related to fairies and alchemy any longer but at least, this tune was all about fairies. In this video version, I made the story that inspired for writing this tune to be shown in the screen.