There are times during sleep when one dreams, when there are RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS as if the eyes were wide awake and watching

Cover by Steven Stapleton

Fin-Estra
Recorded at the experimental studio of Finnish Radio, Helsinki, and at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht, Holland. Studio transformations of a recording of Roger Doyle's 'All the Rage' for Orchestra accompanied by children playing outside the studio window.
Fin: Finland
estra: orchestra
Fenetre, Finestra: window

Rapid Eye Movements
Recorded in Dublin at Killiney Beach, St. Stephen's Green (voice improvisation), Project Arts Centre (piano), Whitehall Road (bedroom), Cornelscourt Supermarket, Pat Hayes Studios (composer decomposing), Willow Sound Studios, and at the Institute of Sonology, Utrecht.

Edited at Pigeon House Road and Finnstown House. Human beings experience two types of sleep, which are categorized by the eye movements associated with them: REM (Rapid Eye Movement or dream sleep) and non-REM. In REM sleep, beneath the eyelids the eyes move about just as if their owner were wide awake and watching something.

Temple Music - Earth To Earth
Recorded at the Wellington Booth, Dublin
Keyboards and programming: Roger Doyle Solos (in order) - Bassoon: Rachel Nolan; Flute: Claire Wallace; Violin: Ger Flanagan.

This piece is part of The Babel Project, a giant musical structure being composed room by room. Each 'room' composed in a different musical language.

All music composed and produced by Roger Doyle.

Cover by Steven Stapleton