Naphta album launch @DEAF Fri 23 Filmbase 7pm 10e incl free vinyl + beers... (1 Viewer)

[Karen DEAF]

D1 Recordings present Naphta ‘democracy. now’
Album Launch Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
7pm – 9.30pm
Admission : €10 avail from www.tickets.ie, City Discs & Road Records

[includes a free copy of the double-pack vinyl, plus complimentary beers]
Two years ago, Irish jungle/drum n bass pioneer Naphta delivered his blueprint for the sound that he’d represented through ten years as Bassbin’s original resident DJ. The album ‘Long Time Burning’ both garnered critical acclaim, and went on to lay the foundation for a new Irish-based vinyl label, ‘Ruff Revival’. Since then, only last year’s ‘A Word About Violence’ on DEAF’s compilation CD provided any clue as to what was next.
Now D1 is proud to present the launch of Naphta’s latest work. Drawing upon his skills at sample selection and manipulation, ‘democracy. now’ both maps out a new narrative environment that begs further musical exploration – and offers an unflinching engagement with the overtly political that is rarely heard in music these days.
More than two years in the making, this impressionistic hour-long piece draws upon received sound from forty years of war, recycling and re-contextualising audio culled from films, documentaries and video uploads into a rhythmically and atmospherically engaging trip; one that veers from the darkly humorous, to the simply dark.

Admission to this event includes a free copy of the double-pack vinyl, plus complimentary beers. Attendees are asked to arrive by 7.30pm promptly, whereupon ‘democracy.now’ will be played in full for the first time. (Please note that the album is approximately one hour long, so we ask that you help keep the listening experience undisturbed for others).
A short Q&A with Naphta will follow afterwards, where he’ll address any questions or observations that might arise from this ‘audio screening’. As this event will be seated, capacity is limited. Tickets cost €10 and are available from Road Records, City Discs, and Tickets.ie
Following the launch, the remaining copies of this extremely ltd. edition vinyl-only double-pack will be sold exclusively through Road Records in Dublin.
Check samples from the hour long piece below:
01 Game On Part 1

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/01_game_on_part_1_%28EDIT%29.mp3
02 Shock

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/02_shock_doc_%28EDIT%29.mp3
03 Independence Day

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/03_independence_day_%28EDIT%29.mp3
04 All Business
http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/04_all_business_%28EDIT%29.mp3

05 54321 Freedom
http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/05_54321freedom_(EDIT).mp3

06 The Devil Walks Between Us

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/06_the_devil_walks_between_us_%28EDIT%29.mp3

07 The War For Cheese

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/07_the_war_for_cheese_%28EDIT%29.mp3
08 Hearts and Minds

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/08_hearts_and_minds_%28EDIT%29.mp3
09 You Got Me Over There

http://www.d1.ie/easyedit/previewmp3/09_you_got_me_over_there_%28EDIT%29.mp3

 

[theoootini]

reckon i'll rock along to this. i wonder how the "album listening" thingie will go? i suppose if you put it on loud enough it'll drown out the yak yakking...

 

[nEiLo]

you have to sit in silence for the duration.

 

[theoootini]

cool. i'll be up the front with hands folded solemnly.

 

[Karen DEAF]

the night will run as follows:
7pm doors, grab a beer & checkout the double vinyl pack album you will receive with your ticket.

7.30pm everyone downstairs to the basement where you are asked to sit in silence & darkness (not complete, don't be scared!) & listen to the hour long album which will be played in full.

8.30pm Q+A with Naphta & grab another beer to discuss amongst yourselves!

 

[mrtweed]

will the powers that be allow me to get a drink between 7:30 - 8:30?

 

[Karen DEAF]

NO

 

[Karen DEAF]

only joking! you can leave when ever you like, we won't bolt you in! also, for anyone else listening we'll have full use of the Button Factory cafe bar so you can buy any drink you like & bring it across the road, this will be in place all week for all gigs in Filmbase....the good thing about not having a sponsor is no branding rules to adhere to!

 

[theoootini]

is this in road yet? oi missed this launch...