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LABS releases LABS Uilleann Pipes – made in collaboration with award-winning composer, producer and performing artist, Hannah Peel.  

LABS releases LABS Uilleann Pipes – made in collaboration with award-winning composer, producer and performing artist, Hannah Peel, and as featured in Hannah’s score for the much celebrated National Theatre production of Dancing at Lughnasa.


Also known as the Irish Bagpipe, LABS Uilleann Pipes utilise multiple drones, regulators and chanters to produce a wide range of expressive timbres. Performed with traditional Celtic flourishes and ornamentations, this rarely sampled instrument provides an unconventional way to add texture and interest to contemporary music.

A Celtic Collaboration

Hannah Peel came to LABS while looking for an instrument that captured a Celtic undertone for use in her work for the National Theatre’s run of Dancing At Lughnasa. The Uilleann Pipe quickly came to mind, and with Hannah’s guidance, the LABS team created a series of playable instruments for use in her score.

Powered by bellows, this “indoor” pipe is far more inviting than its tartan clad cousin. Offering a series of softer, often more expressive timbres, performed with a sparse spray of grace notes and unique ornamentation.

“I find the pipes' overtones and harmonics so interesting. There is a lot to play with on the instrument.”

KEY FEATURES

  • PRESETS
    • Ornament
      • Long notes with an accented tonal ornament in the attack
    • Pipers Ascension
      • Long notes with performed “bend” into the note
    • Cellular
      • Long notes with unmeasured tonal flourishes throughout
    • Cranns
      • Long notes with abrupt & frequent tonal flourishes throughout
    • The Chanter
      • Tonal “longs” performed & infinitely looped
    • The Regulator
      • Tonal “longs” played on the regulators & infinitely looped
    • Tides
      • Constant altering of pipe lengths to subtly alter the pitch, bringing the instrument in and out of tune
    • Air 
      • The non-tonal “breath” of air passing through the instrument
  • CONTROLS
    • i1 - Expression
    • i2 - Dynamics & Filtering
    • O1 - Drone Type & Volume
    • O2 - Distance Control
    • O3 - Reverb

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