Myles O'Reilly (musician)

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Myles O'Reilly
Myles O'Reilly.jpg
Other namesArbutus Yarns, [Indistinct Chatter]
Occupation(s)Musician, filmmaker
Years active2003-present
Parent
Family Rossa O'Reilly (brother)
Website arbutusyarns.net

Myles O'Reilly is an Irish musician and film-maker. [1] [2]

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Biography

O'Reilly began performing in the group Juno Falls in 2003. [3] The group were signed to V2 Records and released two albums, Starlight Drive in 2004, and Weightless in 2007. [4] O'Reilly began directing music videos and music documentary films in 2010. [5] He has directed music videos for Lisa Hannigan, Glen Hansard, Villagers and James Vincent McMorrow [6] among others. In 2017, O'Reilly documented Irish musician Martin Hayes on tour in India. [7] O'Reilly began releasing ambient music under the name [Indistinct Chatter] in 2020. [8] In June 2021, O'Reilly co-wrote, recorded, engineered, produced and mixed the album Tá Go Maith [9] [10] [11] [12] by Rónán Ó Snodaigh.

Discography

Solo Albums

As [Indistinct Chatter]

With Juno Falls

Documentary films

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