Dublin-based label Ergodos have announced a new concept compilation album, In The Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace – featuring Lisa O’Neill & Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Katie Kim & Seán Mac Erlaine, Paul Noonan & Roger Moffatt, Eileen Carpio & Sean Carpio, Conor O’Brien & Cian Nugent, Brigid Mae Power & Adrian Crowley, Saileóg Ní Cheannabháin & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and Lisa Hannigan & Crash Ensemble.

The eight-track project, due for release later this year, was curated and produced by multi-instrumentalist Ross Turner. The first single from the project, 'Empire One', by Katie Kim and Seán Mac Erlaine, was released today.

Recorded in various locations in the historic National Concert Hall building in Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin – including old lecture theatres, disused stairwells, and a former morgue – the record features collaborations between Irish musicians across a wide range of musical traditions and genres.

'Empire One' was one of the first collaborations recorded for the album.

“It really set the tone for the rest of the album,” says Ross Turner. “It captures the unique sound of the building beautifully and the sparse arrangement allowed for the space to become a part of the recording.

"Katie sang at an upright piano that was located in a room at one end of the second-floor corridor. We kept the door open to enhance the blend of sounds, with Seán situated at the top of a stairwell at the other end of the corridor, maximising the dynamic between the two performers and the building.”

Listen to 'Empire One' below: