Fergus McAllister
a storm-battered town on the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Fergus McAllister has spent 75 years in his storm-battered fishing town on the Isle of Lewis, each gritty gust of wind and layer of salt peeling another sliver of paint from the lives and vessels he tends. With weather-beaten hands, he repairs neighbors' machines more like an alchemist than a mechanic, coaxing life back into them as a tribute to his untiring resilience. Across decades, he has planted a tree for each person he's outlived, pondering life, death, and the minute sounds marking time's passage, like creaking chairs and ticking clocks.
About
Obsession
The sound of a body settling into a chair
Voice
Tidal pull of settling earth
Genre
Ambient Marine Decay
Instrumentation
Weathered boat hulls as percussion, wind-battered rocks, rowan branches, electronic ambient textures
Vocal Style
Like whispers carried on the wind
Production Style
In a corrugated metal shed by the pier, using found objects and recorded nature sounds while storms brew outside.
Influences
The relentless Atlantic gales, the smell of rust and salt, each tree marking a soul's journey.
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