UNDERCURRENT : Decal/Lackluster/skatter (Legal Eagle) + Sonar Showcase-Barcelona

rrolfe

Hi all,

UNDERCURRENT debuts at The Legal Eagle on June 10th 2005 with live
sets from Decal and Lackluster as well as a DJ set from skatter. Admission is
a measly 8euro (7 mailing list members/flyers). More info to follow...

For those of you over in Sonar check out some homegrown talent with
Chymera, Corrugated Tunnel and Ikeaboy at the Undercurrent showcase at
Zentraus, Barcelona on Thursday 16th June. Doors are at nine and its Free!

http://www.undercurrent.ie

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Friday 10th June 2005 :
At the Legal Eagle, Chancery Place
10:30 pm - late

Decal - live ( Satamile/ Rotters Golf Club )
http://www.decal-artifacts.com/

Lackluster (merck/defocus) live
http://www.lackluster.org/

skkatter [Timestretch Inc.]- DJ set
http://www.skkatter.net/

Doors 10:30pm, Admission: 8 euro (7 euro mailing list/flyers)

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Thursday 16th June 2005 :
At Zentraus, Barcelona
http://www.Zentraus.com

Chymera- Live(iterate recordings)
http://www.chymera.org

Corrugated Tunnel - Live (seedyR)
http://corrugatedtunnel.com

Ikeaboy - Live (invisible agent)
http://www.invisibleagent.com

Doors 9pm, Admission: Free!

John

rrolfe wrote:

Friday 10th June 2005 :
At the Legal Eagle, Chancery Place
10:30 pm - late

Where's Chancery Place?

skkatter

John2 wrote:

Where's Chancery Place?

Here.

John

So the luas stops near there?

Anima

I'd love to go to lackluster

skkatter

John2 wrote:

So the luas stops near there?

Here is a map of Luas stops:

http://www.luas.ie/document/index.asp?head=1

John

skkatter wrote:

Here is a map of Luas stops:

http://www.luas.ie/document/index.asp?head=1

Haha, thanks, you're better than google.

I haven't seen Decal in a while so I'd better get a fix soon.

magpie

Unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce....un-un-un-un-unce unce unce unce unce unce unce. Yeah man, rapid.

John

magpie wrote:

Unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce....un-un-un-un-unce unce unce unce unce unce unce. Yeah man, rapid.

So you've never heard Decal then?

skkatter

magpie wrote:

Unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce unce....un-un-un-un-unce unce unce unce unce unce unce. Yeah man, rapid.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~audio2/mishmash.html

John

skkatter wrote:

http://homepage.eircom.net/~audio2/mishmash.html

I've a funny feeling you're wasting your time with Magpie. It's hard to hear music with your head being used as a suppository

EDIT: Nice mix by the way

magpie

Nice mix by the way

Thanks.

skkatter

John2 wrote:

I've a funny feeling you're wasting your time with Magpie. It's hard to hear music with your head being used as a suppository

Hehehe, yeah it's funny alright. When I was younger I was exactly the same though. In secondary school I played guitar and thought any music that didn't have guitars in it wasn't music.

Then I started college and some friends got me into the Warp/Rephlex/Skam/Aphex/Autechre end of things, but I still thought that all other music like techno/house/electro was all "repetitive rubbish".

But then gradually I started listening to other things, starting off with electro and moving onto Detroit techno, and then other techno, and then weird glitchy house stuff etc. If people are seriously into their music then their taste usually matures with age. My only regret is that I didn't have a more open mind when I was younger, my record collection would be a lot better now if I did.

magpie

I'm sure to my neighbours its deep tribal dark squelchy glitchy experimental techno, but all I hear through my wall is unce unce unce unce unce unce unce the whole fcucking time.

If people are seriously into their music then their taste usually matures with age

Wise words sensei. I'll see you at decal; I'll be the guy with the shaved head, combats and enormous headphones stroking my chin and playing air hi-hat while nodding sagely at my techno cohorts. tchk tchk tchk tch-tch-tch-tch-tch-tchk tchk thck "Really Deep!" "Yeah, Keep it chopped out!"

Keep it foolish kids.

skkatter

magpie wrote:

Wise words sensei. I'll see you at decal

So who do you listen to? Oasis or Blur? Stereophonics?

magpie

argh-stereophonics

skkatter

magpie wrote:

argh-stereophonics

Yeah that thread is the reason I suggested Stereophonics. I bet you really love that guy's whiney drawl. Their latest album sits on your CD shelf beside some White Stripes, Travis and Coldplay. The only way to save yourself is the through the repetitive 4/4 beats of a techno club.

magpie

White Stripes, Travis and Coldplay

Galling as it is to admit it, those suspects are there (with the exception of travis).

The only way to save yourself is the through the repetitive 4/4 beats of a techno club.

I'm starting to think you might be right - God knows I'm bored of all my current CDs

skkatter

magpie wrote:

Galling as it is to admit it, those suspects are there (with the exception of travis).

I'm starting to think you might be right - God knows I'm bored of all my current CDs

Well if you do want to check out the Decal gig PM me a few days before it and I'll stick your name on the guestlist.

magpie

Just checked out your site, might have a listen to some of dem dere mixes later.

Re: photos

1) There are a lot of blokes with shaved heads
2) There are a lot of blokes with shaved heads nerding it up over laptops
3) Simon F resembles Rake Yohn from Dumbass
4) Nic James is officially the sweatiest man in the universe.

That is all. See you at Decal.

rrolfe

John2 wrote:

Where's Chancery Place?

its beside the four courts also know as "the bar"

2tel1

skkatter wrote:

Hehehe, yeah it's funny alright. When I was younger I was exactly the same though. In secondary school I played guitar and thought any music that didn't have guitars in it wasn't music.

Then I started college and some friends got me into the Warp/Rephlex/Skam/Aphex/Autechre end of things, but I still thought that all other music like techno/house/electro was all "repetitive rubbish".

But then gradually I started listening to other things, starting off with electro and moving onto Detroit techno, and then other techno, and then weird glitchy house stuff etc. If people are seriously into their music then their taste usually matures with age. My only regret is that I didn't have a more open mind when I was younger, my record collection would be a lot better now if I did.

Dude, great post.

I'm going to show this to some fu~in assholes that Ive worked with part time, who have a really stupid view of electronic music (and also claim to be "big" into music in general) . Now normally I'd never take notice of the like but I've spent awhile round them.

I quote them "Its for scumbags" :eek: (In fairness they are from WAY down the country and one guy close to Dublin that has, by his own admission, never gone out that much)

OH MY GOD!!! In other places techno and electro is regarded as middle class/almost nerdish. And by nerdish I mean cool. Not "too cool for school cool", but cool, you know...yeah . (Although, they are probablly are thinking about charty-ish trance/stupid hard trance)

I just put it down to not having met enough people into it, immaturity and not getting out enough! They dont know the first thing about this music.

People say "Oh, your into rave music then"

:mad: God I really fell like punching them, KWAADUGGGGEEEE!!!!

Other than that, some of them are actually really sound! Still, NO excuses!!!

2tel1

I was this close |-| to buying Decals album today. Its not even funny!!

magpie

Dude, great post.

I'm going to show this to some fu~in assholes that Ive worked with part time, who have a really stupid view of electronic music (and also claim to be "big" into music in general) . Now normally I'd never take notice of the like but I've spent awhile round them.

I quote them "Its for scumbags" (In fairness they are from WAY down the country and one guy close to Dublin that has never gone out that much)

OH MY GOD!!! In other countries techno and electro is regarded as middle class/almost nerdish. (Although, they are probablly are thinking about charty-ish trance/stupid hard trance)

But Ive never come across such ignorance to a genere. I just put it down to not having met enough people into it, immaturity and not getting out enough! They dont know the first thing about this music.

People say "Oh, your into rave music then"

God I really fell like punching them, KWAADUGGGGEEEE!!!!

Other than that, some of them are actually really sound! Still, NO excuses!!!

I bet you LOVE the Crazy Frog.

Anima

You're an asshole and I don't like you.

John

Anima wrote:

You're an asshole and I don't like you.

A dirty troll I'd say

magpie

http://www.1st-choice-ringtones.co.uk/

2tel1

magpie wrote:

I bet you LOVE the Crazy Frog.

Well of course

A modern classic, it will never get old...

2tel1

magpie wrote:

I'm sure to my neighbours its deep tribal dark squelchy glitchy experimental techno, but all I hear through my wall is unce unce unce unce unce unce unce the whole fcucking time.



Wise words sensei. I'll see you at decal; I'll be the guy with the shaved head, combats and enormous headphones stroking my chin and playing air hi-hat while nodding sagely at my techno cohorts. tchk tchk tchk tch-tch-tch-tch-tch-tchk tchk thck "Really Deep!" "Yeah, Keep it chopped out!"

Keep it foolish kids.

You bastard

rrolfe

flyer here !!
http://www.undercurrent.ie/flyers/undercurrent%20flyers/undercurrent%20decal.jpg

rrolfe

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UNDERCURRENT presents:

Decal [Live] ( Satamile/ Rotters Golf Club )
Lackluster [live] (merck/defocus)
skkatter [dj] [Timestretch Inc.]

Fri 10th June 2005
@ The Legal Eagle, Chancery Street
Doors: 11pm - late
Admission: 8e/7 flyer / list members

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http://www.undercurrent.ie
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mailing list : http://www.undercurrent.ie/mailinglist.html
http://www.undercurrent.ie
For guest list mail: comps@undercurrent.ie

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Bios/Discogs

Decal

Based in Dublin city, Ireland, Decal (Alan O'Boyle) has been
making electronic music since 1993. Originally a duo, Alan and Dennis McNulty released their debut album 'Ultramack 004' on their own Ultramack
label in 1994. Since their debut Decal have released an impressive
catalogue of music on a whole host of labels including Rotters Golf
Club, Planet Mu, Satamile, Ultramack, Trama Industries, Leaf, Law &
Auder, Lo Recordings, D1 Recordings and many others.

In 1998, Alan set up his Trama Industries label, primarily to focus
Decal's sound on the electro that had been a feature of the two
Ultramack albums and the live shows. The three Decal releases `Ble
e.p.', `Aquatech' and `Dreaming of Electro She e.p.' brought Decal to
a whole new audience and set the scene for releases on RGC, Satamile
and Mass Transit.

With the dancefloor taken care of, Decal returned to the studio to
work on what finally became `404 Not Found'. Sequencers were
shunned in favour of tape machines and guitars, percussion and vocals
(with Dennis on the gorgeous `Sunburn') added to the synths
and effects. The album was released in 2002 on Mike Paradinas Planet Mu
label.

January 2003 saw the departure of Dennis (http://www.dennismcnulty.com
) to pursue his work in sound art leaving Alan at the helm. The
following six months saw the slimmed down Decal release the critically
acclaimed `Brightest Star' album on Rotters Golf Club,
`Burn From the Inside' on Satamile and the`Static Tactics
e.p.' as Decoy on D1 Recordings with the `Release Through Velocity'
album on Satamile completed in December.


ALBUMS
Ultramack 004 [Ultramack]
Lo-Lite [Ultramack]
404 Not Found [Planet Mu]
Brightest Star [Rotters Golf Club]

SINGLES
Germ Rocket e.p. [Sabrettes]
Decal/Deep Burial - Split e.p. [Ultramack]
Endgame [Leaf Recordings]
Dreaming of Electro She e.p. [Trama Industries]
Decoy e.p. [D1 Recordings]
Forget the Eighties e.p. [Satamile]
Moylough [remix] b/w 4M [Planet Mu]
Ble e.p. [Trama Industries]
Aquatech e.p. [Trama Industries]
Ladies Love My 808 [Road Relish]
Freekin' Empires [Rotters Golf Club]
Burn From The Inside [Satamile]
Static Tactics e.p. [D1 Recordings]

Hear Decal @:
http://www.decal-artifacts.com/audio.html

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Lackluster

Describing the sound of Esa Ruoho's music is a task full of
adjectives, but it never comes to mind to call any of it lackluster -
the name, that this talented, young Finnish electronic music
artist has chosen for himself. At the same time challenging and
rewarding, Lackluster's music is full of texture and organic
quality that many electronic artists seem to have lost in the pre-millenium
tension urge to slice and divide sound. Melodic sounds are woven in
layers; rhythm grows and reacts in harmony instead of pretentious
chaos.

Lackluster is the sound of modern architecture colliding with the
intricate beauty of nature. Hailing from the gray reality of the
nation's capital Helsinki, Esa Ruoho is more familiar with
concrete buildings and suburban life, than the vast forests, numerous lakes and icy cold snow that Finland is known of. Starting with a meager set-up
of a computer, soundcard and simple sequencing software, Ruoho started
innocently enough, fooling around with samples and trying to piece
together anything resembling a proper track. With no musical education
and no experience whatsoever from playing instruments the road
wasn't easy, yet at the same time there were no academic boundaries. Driven by the need to learn and develop, Esa Ruoho composed over 300 original tracks over the period of just five years.

Even though he had been excessively spreading his music over various
electronic channels such as bulletin board systems and internet, it
was only after five years of practicing half in public and half
privately, that Esa Ruoho felt like sorting the best of his work and
pressing them on CDs. Named after the used media, CDR#1 and CDR#2 were both pressed in limited numbers and sold out immediately thanks to
Lackluster's already impressive underground fame. Both CDs are
still in request and doing rounds in mp3 format among the fans.

Lackluster's first real album and recording contract was conceived
through Clair Poulton's DeFocus-label. Container received
excellent feedback, both from the press and the electronic music aficionados. Container was followed by Wrapping, the last album for Lackluster on DeFocus. Both albums were still more or less compilations of slightly older material. Recording under his birth name, Esa Ruoho, also
released a dark and beautiful ambient concept album for Belgian label
U-Cover.

While many fans and reviewers who follow the IDM (intelligent dance
music) scene have a tendency for blaming artists for copying others,
it says a lot that Lackluster's uniquely melancholic and tender
sound has never gained any similar accusations.

Currently Lackluster is promoting his new album, Showcase, which is
another step forward in his career. Coming out on US-based label,
Merck, Showcase delivers yet another delicate compilation
of Lackluster's trademark sound combined with a slightly tighter
and harder production. In addition to the new album, Esa Ruoho
is doing remixes for various labels and artists, composing music for a
modern dance piece as well as throwing gigs all around the globe.
Check also - www.lackluster.org

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