CONTENTS :
# 1. Asturias (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - Slide: This is my love, do you like her? Asturias jig: Xiga de Mudreiros. Reel: Tincéir Longphoirt
# 2. Cath Eachroma (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - March: The Battle of Aughrim. Breton tune: Ciarán Ryan's. Breton tune: Gan Ainm
# 3. Promenade (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - Single jig: An Port Ciarraíoch. Single jig: Promenade. Breton tune: Gan Ainm
# 4. Clockworx (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - Reel: Gan ainm
# 5. Róisín san Ind (composed and arranged by Flaithrí and Eoghan Neff) - Slow air: Turas Róisín chuig an Ind (Flaithrí Neff). Reel: Cóisir san Ind (Eoghan Neff)
# 6. Gleannta Eatharlaí (arranged by Eoghan and Flaithrí Neff) - Reel: The Glens of Aherlow (Seán Ryan). Jig: The Miller's Maggot. Jig: Celanova Square (Diarmuid Moynihan)
# 7. Rakish Paddy (arranged by Eoghan and Flaithrí Neff) - Reel: Páidí Réice. Reel: Baile Clúiteach an Mhóta. Reel: Dúrúnríl. Reel: Bláthanna an Chnoic Rua
# 8. The Octopus (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - Polka: Biddy Martin's. Polka: The Gortnatubrid (Séamus Creagh). Polka: The Octopus (Eoghan Neff)
# 9. Leitrim 1798 Suite (composed and arranged by Flaithrí Neff) - Slow air: Radhairc an Chnoic (Flaithrí Neff). March: Máirseáil an Chnoic (Flaithrí Neff). Slow air: Caoineadh an Chnoic (Flaithrí Neff)
# 10. Ceiltis (arranged by Eoghan and Flaithrí Neff) - Reelish: Ceiltis (Flaithrí Neff). Reel: Peter Brown's. Breton tune: Suite de Loudeac [1st movement]. Reel: Scaip na Cleití
# 11. My Lagan Love (arranged by Eoghan Neff) - Slow air: My Lagan Love. Single jig: An Peidhleacán. Breton gavotte: Gan Ainm
# 12. An Gallóglach (arranged by Eoghan and Flaithrí Neff) - Jig: An Bóthar Tarra go Sligeach. Jig: The Gallowglass. Breton gavotte: Gan Ainm

COMPOSITION :
Original compositions together with special arrangements of traditional material (of Ireland, Brittany and Asturias) offers a window into the pair’s extensive creative energy, earning them the reputation as being musicians of tremendous versatility. And what is more remarkable is that while the album’s music is acclaimed these young men also produced, recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered the whole thing.

“Highlights include the pizzicato string-laden 'Clockworx'” Hotpress, Sarah McQuaid.

“... Several tunes which really demonstrated a creative edge included “Clockworx,” a very unique tune where the instrumentation resembles the ticking of a clock and “Róisín San Ind,” an East Indian inspired medley (I swore I heard a sitar here), exotic and passionate which progresses into a really wild musical ride ...” Celtic Beat, Joanne and Art Ketchen.

“Programmed sitars launch Flaithrí’s commemoration of his cousin Róisín’s visit to India. It shouldn’t work but it has great charm. Computer-generated tables add percussive interest to ‘Cóisir san Ind’. Irish Examiner, Pat Ahern.

RELEASE :
A début album needs a follow up album to test the waves with maturing sounds. And again critics liked very much what they were hearing on Ar Scáth a Chéile (Each Other’s Shadow). Eoghan in particular had an urge to realise what was swirling around in his mind and was the driving force to excite Flaithrí in the idea, They priced equipment to set up their own home studio where all the recording, mixing, mastering and design took place. Here we have the vision and the artist’s desire to have control of his work.

Again with no assistance, just self-reliance, they both worked on their music with artistic drive and youthful energy. Assured of the stability of their cultural music and their own liberty they are not afraid to absorb.

John O Regan got it so right, “It is this delightfully oblique angle at which the Neff Bros view traditional music as well as the speed and alacrity with which they attack their craft that renders them among the most imaginative young players of their generation. The individual solo tracks Clockworx sees Eoghan using six fiddles in a gloriously inventive take on a familiar reel while Flaithrí's epic 11 minute Leitrim 1798 Suite is a solo piping piece par excellence. They rock and roll through tunes twisting them inside out and upside down yet replenishing their melodic heart each time. Elements of Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop, Classical and World music cruise through the mix yet the result is a uniquely Irish sound each time. Ar Scáth a Chéile is a blatantly experimental and different look at traditional music seen through the eyes of quickly maturing visionaries.” (Irish Music Magazine).

If anything they are adventurous, the adventure is in their music.

Points of interest :
Title : Ar Scáth a Chéile / Each Other’s Shadow
Own label : Teaghlach (T003)
Artists: The Neff Brothers
Playing time: 62’.31”
Produced, Recorded and Engineered by Flaithrí & Eoghan Neff
Mixed by Eoghan & Flaithrí Neff
Mastered by Eoghan Neff
Artwork and graphics by Éibhear Neff
Guest musicians : Marion Neff, Éibhear Neff.

Tracks arranged by Eoghan Neff :-
#1. Asturias
#2. Cath Eachroma
#3. Promenade
#4. Clockworx
#8. The Octopus (NB 3rd tune The Octopus composed by Eoghan)
#11. My Lagan Love

Track composed and arranged by Flaithrí & Eoghan Neff :-
#5. Róisín san Ind (Slow air composed by Flaithrí; Reel composed by Eoghan)

Track composed and arranged by Flaithrí Neff :-
#9. Leitrim 1798 Suite

Tracks arranged by Eoghan & Flaithrí Neff :-
#6. Gleannta Eatharlaí
#7. Rakish Paddy
#10. Ceiltis (NB 1st tune Ceiltis composed by Flaithrí)
#12. An Gallóglach