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< Gig Discussion ~ GROUPER w/ Raising Holy Sparks - Unitarian Church. March 27 |
| skinnywolves |
 Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:46 pm |
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Skinny Wolves Presents
GROUPER - "Violet Replacement"
& Special Guest : RAISING HOLY SPARKS
Unitarian Church
Tuesday 27th March 2012, 8pm
Tickets on sale at 12 from www.tickets.ie/skinnywolves
Musician/artist Grouper aka Liz Harris unveils a haunting new performance comprised of tape loops, field recordings and submerged atmospherics presented in a set of naturally resonant and specially customised locations.
Grouper's shimmering compositions exist in their own world, out of time and out of space. She stands out for the emotional resonance and epic reach of her song-writing. A singular and much revered artist, her latest double album A I A, released in April, has been touted as one of the year's best.
AIA... cements her place as leader of the pack. Harris has always outfoxed her peers in terms of pure atmosphere, and these twin 12s are no exception - The Quietus
Since 2005 she has released a flow of LPs, CDRs and tapes into the world on labels like Type, Room40 and her own Yellow Electric imprint. Using the barest of instrumentation (voice, guitar and keyboard) and layer upon layer of reverb, feedback and distortion, she dreams up songs that explore metaphysical themes of the self and the universe, of love and loss, life and death. The Wire recently compared to the rural psychedelia/drone odysseys of Flying Saucer Attack, while the pure, haunting quality of her voice brings to mind Julee Cruise.
Grouper's live shows are rare occurrences and are always in tune with the architecture and acoustics of a space. For this tour she performs a new collection of tape collages derived from a commission for New York's Issue Project Room. Field recordings, Wurlitzer loops and vocal tracks from her archives are mixed, spliced and processed live from an array of dictaphones and tape players. This is an eerie, melancholic set, in which fragile melodies and submerged textures gradually transform the space before decaying into nothingness. |
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| Fogg |
| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:17 pm |
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I'm very much looking forward to this. RHS are a great addition to the line-up. Nice work guys!  |
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| BoobC |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:52 pm |
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| Great to see Raising Holy Sparks on there. Must get a ticket asap. |
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| skinnywolves |
| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:04 pm |
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BoobC wrote: Great to see Raising Holy Sparks on there. Must get a ticket asap.
almost 70% of them gone already! |
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| Worthless Recluse |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:25 pm |
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For the want of somewhere better to put this comment, I have to take issue with a moderator locking the James Blackshaw thread by the same poster. Both gigs are of interest to some users of this forum. The fact that they're not metal gigs means that it's hard to know whether to post info in Gig Discussion or Off Topic. If you want gig info in Gig Discussion, you can state this politlely.
MI has a reputation for unfriendliness, cliqueyness and elitism, and this kind of behaviour only drives people away. At a time when other aspects of the local metal scene are making an effort to recognise that metal fans have other musical and artistic interests and accomodate this, it would be helpful if the moderation of the forum didn't actively work against this. |
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| skinnywolves |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:59 pm |
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Worthless Recluse wrote: For the want of somewhere better to put this comment, I have to take issue with a moderator locking the James Blackshaw thread by the same poster. Both gigs are of interest to some users of this forum. The fact that they're not metal gigs means that it's hard to know whether to post info in Gig Discussion or Off Topic. If you want gig info in Gig Discussion, you can state this politlely.
MI has a reputation for unfriendliness, cliqueyness and elitism, and this kind of behaviour only drives people away. At a time when other aspects of the local metal scene are making an effort to recognise that metal fans have other musical and artistic interests and accomodate this, it would be helpful if the moderation of the forum didn't actively work against this.
Thanks Worthless Recluse!
Yeah, we have always been unsure if our shows would be more suited to the 'MI Users Confront The Wider World' forum or the actual 'Gig Discussion' for the reasons above... |
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| Padre Pio |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:02 pm |
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It just seems a bit "rude" for someone who never seems to contribute to any other discussions to only use the board for spamming.
Personally I wouldn't have deleted the thread from the gigs board.
I'll move both of the threads currently on the first page of the General Discussion forum to the gigs forum and also re-open the other one.
Cheers. |
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| Worthless Recluse |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:04 pm |
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Yeah, have had the same experience myself, I'm sure I've posted gig info in both and have never been pulled up on it. Post-count politics  |
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| Worthless Recluse |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:08 pm |
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Padre Pio wrote: It just seems a bit "rude" for someone who never seems to contribute to any other discussions to only use the board for spamming.
Personally I wouldn't have deleted the thread from the gigs board.
I'll move both of the threads currently on the first page of the General Discussion forum to the gigs forum and also re-open the other one.
Cheers.
Thanks for the response.
I see your point but if it was spamming, people wouldn't reply to it with interest. It's very easy to distinguish from the real spam that pops up here occasionally. As I mentioned above, it's sometimes hard to know which is the most appropriate place for non-metal gigs, but if the gigs forum is preferred, fair enough. |
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| skinnywolves |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:28 pm |
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Padre Pio wrote: It just seems a bit "rude" for someone who never seems to contribute to any other discussions to only use the board for spamming.
Personally I wouldn't have deleted the thread from the gigs board.
I'll move both of the threads currently on the first page of the General Discussion forum to the gigs forum and also re-open the other one.
Cheers.
Cheers Padre. |
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| skinnywolves |
| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:20 am |
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| pentagrimes |
| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:16 pm |
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| Quid |
| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:38 pm |
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| Wasn't expecting that. Feck. |
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| Cousin Sven |
| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:17 pm |
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| Anyone looking to sell a ticket or know of a spare, please PM me.Ta. |
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