Jimmy Edgar (Warp Records), Spy, Thu 22 May (1 Viewer)

[maps and atlas]

Jimmy Edgar (live)
with special guests
Rarely Seen Above Ground & Ciaran Byrne

Jimmy Edgar - http://www.myspace.com/colorstrip
RSAG - http://www.myspace.com/rarelyseenaboveground
Ciaran Byrne - http://www.myspace.com/cortizol

Spy, South William Street, Dublin 8
Doors 20:00

Tickets €14 - City Discs, Road Records, Big Brother, Spin Dizzy, WAV 1890 200078 and www.tickets.ie

 

[Shock]

should be a really good night

 

[carddevil]

sweet can't wait.

saw rsag recently and he is class too.

 

[maps and atlas]

This show is tonight - it's going to be a great night!

 

[psycho]

Looking forward to this one!

Jimmy rocked it last time in Eamon Dorans.

If your going along make sure to get there early for live sets from Ciaran Byrne & RSAG

Keith

 

[theoootini]

doors at eight... what time are peeps on?

 

[psycho]

8.30pm Ciaran Byrne

9.15pm RSAG

 

[psycho]

Gig Review : Jimmy Edgar,RSAG,Ciaran Byrne


A review of Thursday night's gig at Wax,South William St,Dublin,Ireland

http://www.analoguemagazine.com/author/shauna-obrien/

It may have said Jimmy Edgar plus very special guests on the tickets, but it was the 'very special guests' who really left the impression of the night, in Spy last Thursday.
Initiating the night of electronic revelations was Ciaran Byrne, who unfortunately got the shorter of the straws and played to the scant number of early birds at the gig. Though this did not stop him from playing through his more up-tempo tracks, it is definitely a shame that he was not given more time to play through his more ambient selection as this is where he shows particular prowess. Having already released his debut 'Galtrim' on the Psychonavigation label, he is set to release his follow-up 'Nine Lives Causeway' on the 30th of May and if the tracks on his myspace are anything to go by it promises to be awash with plenty of tidal synth lines and atmospheric nostalgia akin to Boards of Canada.
Definitely a release to look out for.
The constraints of time having left us all slightly parched for more of Byrne's set, it is just as well that his performance was followed up by Byrne's label-mate 'Rarely Seen Above Ground', a one man compendium of sound on the more aggressive side of the tracks. From behind his fort of percussion, Jeremy Hickey fronted his band whose presence was displayed exclusively in the visuals projected up behind him, featuring himself in all his various other instrumental guises. Drumming tenaciously through to the end of the set, interrupted only by his abrasive vocals his persistence definitely paid off, leaving the crowd impressively stunned at his performance.
Finally after these two artists having paved a nice standard, Detroit's Jimmy Edgar stepped up to the platform to perform his set, providing a more dance-heavy pulse to play out the night.
Rarely Seen Above Ground will be performing in Kilkenny at Murphy's Whit Festival on June 1st and Ciaran Byrne can be seen performing at Techfest in Offaly on May 31st but until then you'll have to be contented with this…

Shauna O'Brien
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