Yann Tiersen Eusa

First there was the Eusa piano book and now the Eusa solo piano album recorded at Abbey Road, in London. The new album will be comprised of new solo piano pieces, each related to a specific location on the island of Ushant off the coast of Brittany (‘Eusa’ in Breton), where Tiersen lives.

The album will feature Yann Tiersen solo on the piano, accompanied only by a field recording from the exact spot referred to in the piece of music.

Tiersen explains, “Ushant is more than just a home – it’s a part of me. The idea was to make a map of the island and, by extension, a map of who I am. To begin with I chose ten locations on the island and made a series of field recordings at each of them. The pieces of piano music I then went on to write are named after these locations, and the music for each piece is accompanied by a GPS coordinate and a photograph of the site taken by Emilie Quinquis.”

1.- Hent I
2.- Pern
3.- Hent II
4.- Porz Goret
5.- Lok Gweltz
6.- Hent III
7.- Penn ar Roc'h
8.- Hent IV
9.- Kereon
10.- Hent V
11.- Yuzin
12.- Roc'h ar Vugale
13.- Hent VI
14.- Penn ar Lann
15.- Hent VII
16.- Enez Nein
17.- Kadoran
18.- Hent VIII