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Con Artist Productions presents:
Fennesz [Touch / Editions Mego - Vienna]
+ Cian Nugent [VHF Records]
+ Withering Zithering [Acre Recordings]
+ visuals by Donal Dineen
Dublin Unitarian Church, St. Stephen’s Green West. Dublin 2, Ireland.
Saturday October 20th. 19.30 - 23.00.
Facebook Event Page
Con Artist Productions are proud to present an evening of the finest electronic and improv music from Withering Zithering, Cian Nugent & David Lacey, and very special guest, Christian Fennesz. Visuals will be created by Mr. Donal Dineen and projected across the church transforming this already stunning environment into another people place. Holding court in the evocative Gothic architecture of the Unitarian Church, the venue’s acoustics are sure to be a key participant in the evening’s performances.
Fennesz Biography
Christian Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create a shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. “Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language.” His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments, they resemble sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece.
Fennesz has been a “must see” on the electronic music scene for several years, thanks both to his own particular musical world as well as his impeccable work in creating beautiful compositions for guitar. Somewhere between concrete music, classical and ambience sounds, he stretches musical resources and effects to create melodies and atmospheres that fuse classical and orchestral concepts with conceptual musical research and complex digital structures. His recordings such as Hotel Paral.lel , Endless Summer, Black Sea, Flumina and 7 Stars are key moments in contemporary electronic digital music.
Since the 90s, Fennesz has played live, collaborated and recorded with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto (Yellow Magic Orchestra), British electroacoustic improvisation icon Keith Rowe and American pop group Sparklehorse. He has also worked alongside Peter Rehberg and Jim O'Rourke in the improvisional trio Fenn O'Berg, and with singers Mike Patton (Faith no More) and David Sylvian. Having a natural affinity to the world of cinema, Fennesz has provided soundtracks for several films including AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things, Beyond the Ocean and Dusl’s Blue Moon.
Fennesz’s latest release is a reworking of ‘Fa’ from his debut album, Hotel Paral.lel, and is backed by a new mix by the ever productive Mark Fell, adding his unique beat structures, and even a MLK sample, which lends his contemporary rhythmic landscape a odd nostalgic twist. This 12” can be seen as a warm up for the new Fennesz album, which is currently scheduled for 2013 release.
fennesz.com
myspace.com/fennesz
editionsmego.com
Cian Nugent Biography
Cian Nugent is a guitar player and composer from Dublin, Ireland who combines personal passions, such as suburban/coastal blues, traditional musics, late 1960s & '70s singer-songwriters, jazz ambitions, 20th century composition and the Takoma school into a deeply personal style. His music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.
Over the past 4 years he has toured with people such as Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, Micah Blue Smaldone, Ben Reynolds, Nalle, The Family Elan, George Stavis, Jozef van Wissem, C Joynes, Peter Delaney, Thinguma*jigSaw and James Blackshaw throughout Europe and the United States.
Nugent's already mastered dynamics tone and articulation. He introduces each new melody or change of emotional tenor at precisely the right moment to keep you on the edge with him, and his tunes are sturdy and lovely things [...] Mighty good. - The Wire
ciannugent.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/cian-nugent
facebook.com/ciancnugent
cnugent.tumblr.com
Withering Zithering Biography
Withering Zithering is the abstract and largely improvised side project of Ed Devane. Music made for low light conditions, contemplation, and induced visual stimulus: Withering Zithering is an experiment in restraint, live performance, the use of home-made instruments and non-standard playing techniques.
Whereas most of the music released under the name Ed Devane is relatively noisy, rhythmic, and machine-like, Withering Zithering is lush, ambient and organic. Using a home-made zither and hands, metal bars and sticks to manipulate this source, Devane shows a side to his music only hinted at on his official releases. An album is currently in pre-production and will be released on Forewind Records in the coming time units of your choice.
As Ed himself explains:
“Withering Zithering has only recently moved from the confines of my bedroom and personal listening to public performances. My aim with this project is to slowly hypnotise people rather than to bludgen; to mix a degree of musicality with liberal splashes of noise and abstract sound, to challenge and reward the listener. Mostly this music is the result of experimentation and lots of improvisation, sitting on comfortable chairs, with slippers, green tea and a full range monitoring system...and lots of homemade zithers!”
soundcloud.com/withering-zithering
stop-run-music.com
eddevane.com
Donal Dineen Biography
Kerryman Donal Dineen is a pioneering DJ, Photographer and Filmmaker. He contributes to and curates a multitude of music/film and visual events. He had a much loved Radio Show on Today FM - The Small Hours - which came to a glorious end on Dec 1st 2011. Donal has a recording project, Parish, which features Niwel Tsumbu, Liam O Maonlai, Ronan O Snodaigh, Andre Antunes, Peter Erdei and Aminah Dastan. This evening will see Donal projecting visuals across the church, transforming it into another people place.
facebook.com/DonalDineen
facebook.com/ParishRecords
smallhours.fm
Ticketing Information
Tickets available online via PayPal ([email protected]), www.tickets.ie and from the following retail outlets:
Cork: Plugd Records, Triskel Arts Centre, Caroline Street, Cork. 353 (0)21 427 6300
Donegal: Sweeney Todd's, Market Square Shopping Centre, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Dublin: Elastic Witch, Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Dublin: Spindizzy Records, 32 Market Arcade, Georges St, Dublin 2 353 (0)1 671 1711
Dublin: All City Records, 4 Crow Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. 353 (0)1 677 2994
Dublin: E2Music, Dame St., Dublin 2.
Limerick: The Scholar's Club, University of Limerick, Limerick. 353 (0)61 234378
Meath: E2Music, Unit 4 Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. 353 (0)46 902 3254
Fennesz [Touch / Editions Mego - Vienna]
+ Cian Nugent [VHF Records]
+ Withering Zithering [Acre Recordings]
+ visuals by Donal Dineen
Dublin Unitarian Church, St. Stephen’s Green West. Dublin 2, Ireland.
Saturday October 20th. 19.30 - 23.00.
Facebook Event Page
Con Artist Productions are proud to present an evening of the finest electronic and improv music from Withering Zithering, Cian Nugent & David Lacey, and very special guest, Christian Fennesz. Visuals will be created by Mr. Donal Dineen and projected across the church transforming this already stunning environment into another people place. Holding court in the evocative Gothic architecture of the Unitarian Church, the venue’s acoustics are sure to be a key participant in the evening’s performances.
Fennesz Biography
Christian Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create a shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality. “Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language.” His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments, they resemble sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece.
Fennesz has been a “must see” on the electronic music scene for several years, thanks both to his own particular musical world as well as his impeccable work in creating beautiful compositions for guitar. Somewhere between concrete music, classical and ambience sounds, he stretches musical resources and effects to create melodies and atmospheres that fuse classical and orchestral concepts with conceptual musical research and complex digital structures. His recordings such as Hotel Paral.lel , Endless Summer, Black Sea, Flumina and 7 Stars are key moments in contemporary electronic digital music.
Since the 90s, Fennesz has played live, collaborated and recorded with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto (Yellow Magic Orchestra), British electroacoustic improvisation icon Keith Rowe and American pop group Sparklehorse. He has also worked alongside Peter Rehberg and Jim O'Rourke in the improvisional trio Fenn O'Berg, and with singers Mike Patton (Faith no More) and David Sylvian. Having a natural affinity to the world of cinema, Fennesz has provided soundtracks for several films including AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things, Beyond the Ocean and Dusl’s Blue Moon.
Fennesz’s latest release is a reworking of ‘Fa’ from his debut album, Hotel Paral.lel, and is backed by a new mix by the ever productive Mark Fell, adding his unique beat structures, and even a MLK sample, which lends his contemporary rhythmic landscape a odd nostalgic twist. This 12” can be seen as a warm up for the new Fennesz album, which is currently scheduled for 2013 release.
fennesz.com
myspace.com/fennesz
editionsmego.com
Cian Nugent Biography
Cian Nugent is a guitar player and composer from Dublin, Ireland who combines personal passions, such as suburban/coastal blues, traditional musics, late 1960s & '70s singer-songwriters, jazz ambitions, 20th century composition and the Takoma school into a deeply personal style. His music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.
Over the past 4 years he has toured with people such as Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, Micah Blue Smaldone, Ben Reynolds, Nalle, The Family Elan, George Stavis, Jozef van Wissem, C Joynes, Peter Delaney, Thinguma*jigSaw and James Blackshaw throughout Europe and the United States.
Nugent's already mastered dynamics tone and articulation. He introduces each new melody or change of emotional tenor at precisely the right moment to keep you on the edge with him, and his tunes are sturdy and lovely things [...] Mighty good. - The Wire
ciannugent.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/cian-nugent
facebook.com/ciancnugent
cnugent.tumblr.com
Withering Zithering Biography
Withering Zithering is the abstract and largely improvised side project of Ed Devane. Music made for low light conditions, contemplation, and induced visual stimulus: Withering Zithering is an experiment in restraint, live performance, the use of home-made instruments and non-standard playing techniques.
Whereas most of the music released under the name Ed Devane is relatively noisy, rhythmic, and machine-like, Withering Zithering is lush, ambient and organic. Using a home-made zither and hands, metal bars and sticks to manipulate this source, Devane shows a side to his music only hinted at on his official releases. An album is currently in pre-production and will be released on Forewind Records in the coming time units of your choice.
As Ed himself explains:
“Withering Zithering has only recently moved from the confines of my bedroom and personal listening to public performances. My aim with this project is to slowly hypnotise people rather than to bludgen; to mix a degree of musicality with liberal splashes of noise and abstract sound, to challenge and reward the listener. Mostly this music is the result of experimentation and lots of improvisation, sitting on comfortable chairs, with slippers, green tea and a full range monitoring system...and lots of homemade zithers!”
soundcloud.com/withering-zithering
stop-run-music.com
eddevane.com
Donal Dineen Biography
Kerryman Donal Dineen is a pioneering DJ, Photographer and Filmmaker. He contributes to and curates a multitude of music/film and visual events. He had a much loved Radio Show on Today FM - The Small Hours - which came to a glorious end on Dec 1st 2011. Donal has a recording project, Parish, which features Niwel Tsumbu, Liam O Maonlai, Ronan O Snodaigh, Andre Antunes, Peter Erdei and Aminah Dastan. This evening will see Donal projecting visuals across the church, transforming it into another people place.
facebook.com/DonalDineen
facebook.com/ParishRecords
smallhours.fm
Ticketing Information
Tickets available online via PayPal ([email protected]), www.tickets.ie and from the following retail outlets:
Cork: Plugd Records, Triskel Arts Centre, Caroline Street, Cork. 353 (0)21 427 6300
Donegal: Sweeney Todd's, Market Square Shopping Centre, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Dublin: Elastic Witch, Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Dublin: Spindizzy Records, 32 Market Arcade, Georges St, Dublin 2 353 (0)1 671 1711
Dublin: All City Records, 4 Crow Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. 353 (0)1 677 2994
Dublin: E2Music, Dame St., Dublin 2.
Limerick: The Scholar's Club, University of Limerick, Limerick. 353 (0)61 234378
Meath: E2Music, Unit 4 Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. 353 (0)46 902 3254
