Hamish Napier- THE HILL Album Crowdfunder

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The Hill is:

1
big
album
29 tunes
20 tracks
1 piobaireachd
1 hr 12mins long
36-page folklore book
70 local Gaelic hill words
Dozen great folk musicians
No.4 in my Strathspey Pentalogy
Halfway through album production
Biggest album project of my career!

Can you help me raise funds to get it over the finishing line?

I am fundraising using the Crowdfunder platform - with help from Scottish government arts body Creative Scotland. I’m delighted to say that Creative Scotland has selected my project for ‘matched funding’, meaning they’ll match every donation pound for pound (up to £250 per person). Creative Scotland will only match each unique supporter’s pledge, not multiple pledges by the same supporter, up to the value of £250 per unique pledge. More info here.

Joining me on the album are wonderful musicians:

Su-a Lee
Ross Ainslie
Duncan Chisholm
Sarah-Jane Summers
Iain MacFarlane
James Lindsay
Fraser Stone
Ewan Robertson
Patsy Reid
Calum MacCrimmon
a string quartet TBA

Engineered and coproduced by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording Glasgow

Artwork by multi-media artist Somhairle MacDonald

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I am a folk musician and composer, creating a musical odyssey of five albums in praise of my native Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands.

It's a BEAST! Since its conception in 2020, 'The Hill' has grown arms and legs and is now nearly 75 minutes long with no less than 18 tracks. This is practically a double album.

This is my 4th album to be released in 2026, and follows on from The River (2016), The Railway (2018) and The Woods (2020). These, along with The Sky in a few years time, will form my Strathspey Pentology project - an epic 12 year musical odyssey to produce five albums that celebrate and explore the heritage of my homeland - more details here on my Patreon page.

The Hill is not just about one hill. It refers to all the hills and mountain landscape that feed into the River Spey in my native Strathspey & Badenoch.

The first stages of The Hill are complete (or at least are well under way):

initial funds raised through the generosity of my Patreon supporters in the last 4 years, as well as 6 private composition commissions for some of the album tracks.
research into mountain folklore in heritage maps, books and local archives.
defining 68 special Gaelic hill terms specific to my local area. These rare words are precious jewels, and the cornerstone, driving force and inspiration of The Hill album.
composing brand new music, over an hour and quarter long, spread over 20 album tracks and consisting of of 28 trad folk tunes, 2 piano pieces and pibroch (a piece of classical music for the Great Highland Bagpipe).
midway through album recording in the studio with some of Scotland's finest folk musicians, including: Su-a Lee, Ross Ainslie, Duncan Chisholm, Sarah-Jane Summers, Andrea Gobbi, James Lindsay and Ewan Robertson (Breabach), Fraser Stone, Iain MacFarlane, and more.

Through Crowdfunder, it is the remaining stages that I am seeking your financial support for:

completing the recording process with the musicians at GloWorm Recording studios in Glasgow.
mixing and mastering of the album by maverick soundsmith and engineer Andrea Gobbi.
collating my research and writing a book that accompanies the album - a culmination of my local Gaelic hill names and mountain folk lore research. I will also reveal the inspiration behind each piece.
commissioning album artwork - ace multimedia designer Somhairle MacDonald has made stunning cover art for my first 3 solo albums.
album manufacturing and distribution for online streaming
promotion of the album online, in my local area and internationally.