DJ MOONER / HALFSET / SARSPARILLA @ MXJY - JUNE 1st

Maximum Joy

We welcome back two of our favourite acts to da joy. HALFSET are on the cusp of releasing their second album and early reports suggest that it's a remarkable body of work which should see them climb to greater heights. This will be their first show of 2007.

DJ MOONER has also seen his profile rise since he played Maximum Joy last November thanks to the release of the Slow Motion Disco compilation Elaste on Compost Records late last year. His set was a thing of beauty mixing Krautrock with cosmic disco. He even had the kahunas to encore with experimental psych classic 'Oscillations' by SILVER APPLES. Score!!

Also we welcome SARSPARILLA for the first time. This synth maestro creates wondrous electronic music that these ears never tire of. Check out his myspace and listen for yourself.

And as ever keeping it all in line will be Maximum Joy DJ's Mici & Darren…

HALFSET
DJ MOONER
SARSPARILLA
MAXIMUM JOY DJ's

Underground @ Kennedy's, 32-33 Westland Row, D2.
June 1st / 10pm till 3am / €10

HALFSET
HALFSET are an electronic quartet featuring Stephen Shannon (producer/engineer), Jeff Martin (who has released two solo albums to date), Cillian Mc Donnell (formerly of JUBILEE ALLSTARS and electro act HIDDEN FORTRESS) and Sinead Nic Gearailt.

Originally conceived as a studio project to record one song, the dynamic worked so well that the band decided to rise to the challenge of taking their complicated set-up to a live audience. They employ an unusual combination of programmed beats and live instruments - including vocals, drums/percussion, guitars, glockenspiel, harp, trumpet, mandola and old analog synths. HALFSET have played across the country and have performed with many of their contemporaries including - Pulse Programming (Vertical Forms), TELEFON TELAVIV (Hefty Records) and FINGATHING (Grand Central).

HALFSET released their critically acclaimed debut album "Dramanalog" in April 2005 on Elusive Recordings (home of JIMMY BEHAN and the Eklectra compilations). Produced, engineered and mixed by the band themselves, it took no less than 3 years to complete. However unlikely as it sounds their second album is almost complete, tracks of which are being previewed live to rapturous acclaim.

Listen at www.myspace.com/halfset

DJ MOONER
MOONER has been running his label, "Erkrankung durch Musique", since 2000.

He has also taken part in Ponk-Rock project 'Club le Bomb', since the success with ZOMBIE NATION (and massive club track Kernkraft 400), a less commercial project that happened at an illegal location beneath the city of Munich in an abandoned underground water powerplant.

Also HART OF NOISE (with Generation Aldi-man Bülent Kullukcu) was a cutting edge project between Art, Music and Pranksterism , an irony of the big names in the Techno-Biz. The project climaxed in a liveshow at a Cocoon party where about 500 Kgs of Food and electronic trash were thrown into the audience.

ZOMBOCOMBO, with Polly Ester (of Kamerakino, ...) and KITT Bang is the current occupation and longtime project – monthly events at Munich´s club "Registratur", where they throw parties with music, clothes and shows that go along with crazy mottos.

His label, Erkrankung, features debut works of artists such as Steril, Hong Kong Counterfeit, Queen of Japan, The Magnificents, Mix Mup, Vostok, Nicolas Courtin, Auto, Acid Boy Chair, ... Many of these records had been setting new genres, mostly years ahead of the time Commodore sounds, Elektro-Punk, "Elektroclash", or the Acid-revival.

Mooner´s further influences on his unique DJ mixing style relate to his Mom´s psychedelic record selection, the widespread interest of music by 70ties north-Italian Cosmic Music scene. Also he was one of the first DJs to buy an iPod for "pro" use, filled with obscure B-sides and demo versions.

www.myspace.com/cosmicdisco

SARSPARILLA
SARSPARILLA was raised in a small synth community in the green mountains of Wicklow. He soon found their small town ways oppressive and formed an escape plan with his then mentor, JOHN CARPENTER. These men promptly escaped into the Dublin underground, soon master carpenter moved to the US, but SARSPARILLA stayed in Ireland to forge his own distinctive synthesized soundscapes. Utilizing the techniques master carpenter had taught him and building upon them, he has crafted his own sound that is nothing short of extraordinary!

www.myspace.com/sarsparillamusic

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