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NOTHING

The Dublin Fringe Festival presents twelve hours of music over two nights in
Dublin's Project Arts Centre, featuring an eclectic cross-section of
electronica, free improvisation and perfect pop, inhabiting the Centre's
Cube and Gallery spaces and then spilling over into the Bar with DJs till
late.

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Friday 4th October
- BAD LUNATIC
- THE CHALETS
- CHEQUERBOARD
- FERGUS KELLY
- FORMIKA
- HARDSLEEPER
- RATS OF THE SHINING PATH
- SOMADRONE
- THE TYCHO BRAHE
& DJs (TBA)

Saturday 5th October
- AMOEBAZOID
- DAEMIEN FROST
- DAVID LACEY TRIO
- THE FEAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- NANOLOOPERS
- NINA HYNES
- NORTHSTATION
- PKD
- SAFE
& DJs (TBA)

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* PROJECT ARTS CENTRE - GALLERY, CUBE AND BAR
* OCTOBER 4TH AND 5TH 2002
* DOORS 2000 - MUSIC FROM 2030 UNTIL 0230
* ADMISSION 8 EURO
* PART OF THE ESB DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL
* TICKETS FROM FRINGE BOX OFFICE, OR 1850 374 643
* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE HTTP://NOTHING.THEWUB.COM OR EMAIL
[email protected]

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GLOSSARY:-
- AMOEBAZOID : Guitarist Keith O'Brien's moody brew of hard-disk driven
electronica, free improvisation and squalling rock.
- BAD LUNATIC : The new Simon O'Connor (Jimmy Cake) electronic project,
utilising multiple CD players to create a soundscape of terrifying beauty.
- CHALETS, THE : Consisting of 2 Boys, 2 Girls and a Drummer, they have been
causing a bit of a stir of late with their unique angle on pop.
- CHEQUERBOARD : Ambient electronica juxtaposing soundscapes which are by
turns icily clinical and lushly romantic.
- DAEMIEN FROST : "Short on choruses, big on cacophony, short on structures,
big on improvisation, the closest it comes to pop is being about twelve
places behind Destiny's Child in the CD racks." [- Event Guide]
- FEAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE : New project from acclaimed new Irish
electronica label The Fear, featuring Deasy, Droid'n'Slug and Troubled Soul.
- KELLY, FERGUS : Solo percussion performance which creates "a concrete
symphony which never leaves the audience less than unsettled." [- The Irish
Times]
- FORMIKA : Ambient electronica which creates "breathtakingly beautiful
canvas of lush, deep drones and captivating melodies." [- Hot Press]
- HARDSLEEPER : Acclaimed minimalist electronica from Peter Maybury, "dark
electronica that straddles a nebulous boundary between minimalist techno and
American lo-fi." [- Irish Times]
- HYNES, NINA : Acclaimed Dublin singer-songwriter, "mixing pure pop,
electronica and downbeat introspection into a single diverse, multi-layered
yet coherent whole." [- Event Guide]
- LACEY TRIO, DAVID : Flaming free improvisation from fearsome forces of
nature drummer David Lacey (Decal) and saxophonist Cathal Roche, ably aided
by Keith O'Brien (Amoebazoid) on electronics.
- NANOLOOPERS : Improvised gameboy sequencer madness from Ritchie Egan (The
Redneck Manifesto) and Herv!
- NORTHSTATION : A new project by Steve Fanagan, who "plays with shady dave
pajo guitar trips, broadcast samples, distorted vocals and cackling,
wired-up sound contraptions, creating a warm graceful murmur." [- D'Side]
- NOTHING : "Pretentious Crap" [- The Slate]
- PKD : Experimental group whose simplicity and deconstruction of the
cell-like nature of rock music incite the ever stimulating craziness that
accompanies their performances...
- RATS OF THE SHINING PATH : Country'n'western grunge from the ashes of
Chicks, "strange twisted country, heartbreaks for wrecks and dark clouds for
redemption." [- bpfallon.com]
- SAFE : Safe specialise in creating organic sound pieces taken exclusively
from field recordings.
- SOMADRONE : Ambient Electronica from Neil of the Connect Four Orchestra,
"twisting and teasing deliciously weird sounds into thrilling shapes." [-
HotPress]
- TYCHO BRAHE, THE : Engrossing, beguiling and blissful drone-pop from Donal
& Carol (Plague Monkeys) and Dee Dermody (Jimmy Cake).

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[rothko]

yum

 

[potlatch]

What time(s) are all these people on? Earliest I'm going to be able to get in at on Monday is 10:30. Who'm I gonna miss?

 

[simp]

Hi All:-

Just a reminder that the above happens tonight and tomorrow.
Added to the bill have been Spectac (Fri) and Babelfish (Sat), making a total of ten bands per night.
Also confirmed have been DJs Krossphader, Daihatsu, Brain Girl, Wolfman Burglestein, Teddy Edwards and MP3J[ctrl]X & MP3J[ctrl]V.
Running order will be announced on the night.
Tickets are limited, so come early!
Hope to see you there!

Simp.
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[herv]

keep it hup.

 

[#10-7]

herv ye nanolooper...

 

[herv]

i think a name change is in order...

 

[Hector Grey]

you playing tonigth herv? i could just check couldn't i?
ah well, what's done is done.

 

[herv]

yep. though its tomorrow night. richie and myself on 3 gameboys, 4 guitar pedals, and an fx unit. expect a few surprises.

 

[ronan yakuza]

Not saying "this is the new this" is the new saying "this is the new this"

 

[Hector Grey]

Originally posted by herv
yep. though its tomorrow night. richie and myself on 3 gameboys, 4 guitar pedals, and an fx unit. expect a few surprises.

expect some suprises from me. particularly the one where i won't be in attendance.

 

[Anthony]

Why is improvisation held in such high esteam?

Being good at improvisation takes practice. A lot of people think that just because they improvise it's going to magically become art so amazing that "you just wouldn't understand it". More often than not it's just a good idea that ends up shit.

 

[billygannon]

Originally posted by Anthony
Why is improvisation held in such high esteam?

Being good at improvisation takes practice. A lot of people think that just because they improvise it's going to magically become art so amazing that "you just wouldn't understand it". More often than not it's just a good idea that ends up shit.

I agree with Anto...... improv can be brilliant.... but only at the hands of someone who knows their instrument really really well....


I used the word instrument.... cue innuendos

 

[Speed Racer]

Originally posted by billygannon



I agree with Anto...... improv can be brilliant.... but only at the hands of someone who knows their instrument really really well....


I used the word instrument.... cue innuendos

You can only really be talkin' bout JAzz. Ultimate Improv music.

 

[silo]

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Originally posted by Speed Racer


You can only really be talkin' bout JAzz. Ultimate Improv music.

 

[#10-7]

Originally posted by silo
138

 

[billygannon]

Originally posted by Speed Racer


You can only really be talkin' bout JAzz. Ultimate Improv music.

It's true that jazz is mostly improvised... certainly post-1950 it's been dominated by it when played live.... but improvised music is not just jazz.

Unless jazz wants to make a claim to it.... which it often does.....

Ah! Music politics.

 

[sarah]

Originally posted by silo
138

 

[Keeror]

Originally posted by Anthony
Why is improvisation held in such high esteam? More often than not it's just a good idea that ends up shit.

Why is composition held in such high esteem? More often than not it's just a good idea that ends up shit.
Why is life held in such high esteem? More often than not it's just a good idea that ends up shit.
[just taking the mick, please don't hit me]

In the case of Nothing, improv is mentioned in the by-line because some of the acts performing will be improvising.

Personally, I like improv because of its potential as 'metamusic', that is, music that constantly evolves and changes, without the preordination of the players or a composer.
I like it because it seems utterly human to me - like a conversation: who knows what the other guy will say next, and what ideas that will spark in your mind, how will you respond, etc?
And I like the ideology behind a lot of free-improv. Its very like punk - attempting to remove egos and hierarchies and just get on with the music.

Tonight should be interesting to compare/contrast good improv and composition. In the improv corner: Bad Lunatic and Fergus Kelly (neither of which are jazz, btw). In the composed corner: The Tycho Brahe and the Chalets. None of these four sound remotely similar, but all are excellent.

 

[Anthony]

My point was not anti-improv. It's a great way to come up with stuff and surprise yourself but in public... It's just something that sooner or later musicians *think* they can do well and rarely can.

Keep it in the rehersal room lads.