Countersunk presents:
"NUTS"
20th Aug / 20:00 / 10EU / Block-T / BYOB
Saturday 20th August sees our first event taking place from 8pm until 1am in Block-T Gallery and Studios, Haymarket Sq, Smithfield, Dublin. Six acts of electronic music will share the stage with each act playing two different sets over the course of the night. Our aim is to create an evolving stage presence and avoid the usual hierachical gig setup. The music will be accompanied by a live multi projector 3D visual installation. There is no bar so feel free to bring your own poison.
See artist info below:
The Artists:
Angkorwat
"All eerily-filtered vocals and menacing synth melodies, the overall effect of her music is an unsettling, keep-watching-over-you-shoulders sensation you mightn't shake for days afterwards. Already earning the deserved attention of Wire magazine and producing her debut album with David Kitt, Angkorwat has more potential than you've had Monday morning headaches." - TotallyDublin
Donnacha Costello
There are few artists these days who consistently succeed to focus their passions, talents and instincts into deliciously individual, melancholic, beautiful and timeless recordings. Irish born Donnacha Costello is amongst the highest ranks of such artists. Releasing records since 1996, and founding his own label Minimise in 1999, Costello first came to wide-scale international attention with the albums Growing Up In Public' and Together Is The New Alone' on the legendary Force Inc and Mille Plateaux labels in 2000 and 2001 respectively. However, it was the release of his famous 'Colorseries' in 2004 that brought him wider recognition and placed him firmly at the top of his field. 2010 brought with it a new project in the form of his first ever long-player with Poker Flat Recordings. 'Before We Say Goodbye' Focused on a rich blueprint, with echoes of Chicago House, Detroit Techno, and UK Ambient Techno flowing through its futuristic core, Donnacha explored further his love for deep, hypnotising grooves, rich synth themes and emotive harmonies. Donnacha's music comes from the heart, is always concerned with quality and will be around for many years to come. At the Nuts night, Donnacha wil be treating us to a rare ambient / IDM live set.
T-woc
T-woc makes bass-heavy electronic dub ready-made for moving your hips. His live sets employ a swaggering rhythm pushing the sound system with plenty of intricate phrases to keep the brain in sync with the body. He currently runs the physical releases at the Alphabet Set, selects & promotes reggae music in the monthly Roots Corner session, spins wacked out vinyl for the B-Music guys in the Workmans Club and shortly is starting a new radio show on Power FM. Production wise he has an EP on Belfast label Rudimentary forthcoming and is working on a sequel to the Delayed Responses series on Alphabet Set.
SHEPHERD
Founder of Umbrelladelika records, Shepherd has released his first EP on acroplane recordings in 2009. His style has been compared to the sinister breakbeat sound of Scorn or Push Button Objects but hidden beneath his abstract instrumental hip hop creations lies a murky swamp of intriguing squelchy synth lines and heavy basses. Shepherd recently released a an EP on acroplane and a track on the flip of baconhead's Novahawk single (UBD004), has a collaboration going on with Japanese rappers Phoebus and is currently working on new material, as one half of SPONGEMAGNET.
Sunken Foal
After releasing his critically acclaimed album "Fallen Arches" and EP "Fermented Condiments" on Planet-Mu records, Dunk Murphy has continued to skim along the division between his obsession with gnarly electronic sound and his childhood love of all things stringy and plucked. Commissioned to record a session for Mary Anne Hobbs' now defunct 'Experimental' show on BBC Radio 1, Dunk started to integrate more compositional elements, instruments and lyrics to pursue his arcane vision of what the "song" means to him. In January 2011, Sunken Foal released the 'Mother of God' EP on Acroplane employing multi layered analogue synths revealing a tough, uncompromising and often psychedelic sonic production. His live sets lately have comprised of a selection from the 50+ beat driven two minute tracks he has completed throughout the year and are set for release very soon.
Platinum Ray
Pauly Martin aka Platinum Ray aka Platters, brings a playful, party style of mixing to his DJ sets by mixing vinyl records with different flavours of dance and electronic sounds. He is never afraid to get abstract and wonky with his selections, although it is his intuitive ability to play classic records amongst the underground sounds that gets people dancing. As Platinum Ray says, "When I play records I try to find ways of putting together music which is at once spontaneous and unexpected but also rewarding. I don't think of electronic music as being futuristic or elitist, I think of it as being celebratory. I am interested in making people dance to music which is sometimes challenging, but always enjoyable." Starting out on pirate radio in Tallaght, he has continued to perform for promoters such as U-Mack and Front End Synthetics for over 10 years. He can currently be heard fortnightly on Sunday eveings on Power FM. U-Mack's veteran promoter Paul Timoney has hailed him as the best DJ he has ever heard.
Tim Redfern
Tim Redfern is a video artist, designer & researcher based in Dublin. Creating custom software & electronics for projections, interactives and lighting installations, Tim has worked with theatre companies, choreographers, and electronic musicians such as Roger Doyle, Nina Hynes, Decal and Ambulance. Tim's work has shown at ICA (UK), Baltic (UK), Art Futura (ES), Garage Festival (DE), Darklight (IRL), and on Creative Review Magazine (UK) DVD.