Wölflinge
Active Member
Thanks so much to all y'all who came out to support the last Black Sun. We were delighted to find ourselves a few tickets short of it being sold out!! The were loads of new faces too which was a real surprise. Was a pleasure to meet so many of ye. Special thanks to Eoin from Bold Lump who carted his records across the country to be part of the night. Big shout out to Eamonn Rimbaud Records who will be joining us again on the 5th of December. A huge huge thank you to Andy Ferreira who stepped in at short notice and provided us with stunning shots of the night. I got a whole new cd of shots from the night last week and I'm almost finished uploading them onto my Flickr account (which you can check out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflinge/ )
Black Sun is a one of a kind event in Ireland at the moment. We don't receive any funding so every penny of what you pay in goes towards paying back flights, fees and overheads. Because of the limited capacity in the Granary, all we can ever hope for with these gigs is that we break even at all. This is why we are relying upon your curiosity and ultimately, your support for the DIY ethos that runs through the event. Inviting this caliber of artists over without a financial security net is risky but exhilarating at the same time. Everyone involved, from the Cork Film Centre to Paula (who makes the cakes) to the distro lads, are all part of this night because we all share the same belief that this ought to be happening in Ireland right now and that we can do it ourselves. So, a huge thanks to those who came out to the previous shows, especially those who traveled from outside Cork. We hope to see you at many more in the future.
Some sad news:
Running Black Sun has been a financially pressured affair and we might have to scale things back a bit to keep from running ourselves into debt. Black Sun will no longer be an almost monthly event, we'll check back with you to see what form it'll take. It may just have to be a seasonal thing or if we get the support we need, it may turn into the full blown Irish experimental music festival I've always dreamed it could be.
So,
The next Black Sun will be our end of year bash, and we're tremendously excited about it.
December 5th's event sees us welcoming a large portion of the Brighton 'out' fambly. We welcome the hugely influential and unclassifiable duo, Blood Stereo. Also travelling are Gryn Brvs (pronounced 'Groin Brothers) and HereHareHere! I'm thrilled to announce that we will have the debut solo performance from the staggeringly talented Anne Marie Deacy (whom some of you might know from the Irish band Mirakil Whip). To complete this line up, I've asked filmmaker and cinephile Maximilian Le Cain to curate a programme of experimental film to be shown at the beginning of the night.