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latest news April 2012 Just back from another wonderful recording week in Berlin. Hugely productive as usual. I spent much time in familiar locations and managed to widen my search for sounds out into a few new places. The results will surface during the year. Many thanks as ever to the good people of Berlin who are always so welcoming. I can confirm that I will be performing live at the very cool Love Forest 2012 in Sweden in May and am blessed to be invited back to perform at Ambiosonic 2012 in France in June. Details to follow. Thrilled to be joining so many great people to party and enjoy fine music. March 2012 Work on the album progresses nicely. I'm now about 25% of the way there. I'm due to return to Berlin in April to complete recordings for this project and to commence early work on the next. I've also decided to concentrate more time on production this year so will be doing less live work for the next few months. January 2012 On Jan 20 I performed a short completely new set based purely around train journeys in Berlin. All new music that should make its way into the album mix. I'm now concentrating on finishing the album. Recordings of 14 Berlin performances are being sifted through and parts dropped into the music I've yet to write as well as the original demos. As a taster, this was the final performance of Berlin Alexanderplatz for 2011. It was also the culmination of 12 month's work - recording, composing, performing and improvising the material in a continuous cycle at events around Europe. I'm very proud of this performance. It will form a central part of the forthcoming album. If anyone is thinking of booking me for 2012 festivals and events, this is a pretty good idea as to where my music is right now. It will develop considerably as I complete the album and do the occasional performance between now and release. miXile - Berlin Alexanderplatz live at St. Patrick's Church, Waterford, Ireland -19/11/11 by mixile December 2011 On the 17, 18 & 19th of November, I performed 3 memorable concerts at St. Patrick's Church, Waterford, Ireland as part of the SIRRA film project. These were my final Berlin Alexanderplatz performances of the year and were truly wonderful. Many thanks to Stephen and the Parallel Shed folks, SIRRA people and all who listened to my music and blew me away with encouragement! Outside of a short Christmas set I'm doing as part of the Speakeasy Christmas party in Sals on the 22nd Dec. I will be now concentrating on taking all the music I've created/performed over the last 14 months as part of the Berlin Alexanderplatz project and turning it all into a live album to be released some time 2012. Many thanks again to all who heard my music in France, Romania, Netherlands and Ireland this year. Special thanks to the event organisers who invited me to share my music and enjoy the music and company of so many brilliant and warm people. A very heartfelt thanks goes out to my dear magical friends at Ambiosonic. I'll be ready to hit the road with new material next summer and am already looking forward to catching up with old and new friends and enjoying the sunshine and music together. Drop me a note if you'd like me to join you at your festival/event in 2012. Cheers to everyone who supports my music, you're the totally most excellent best!!!!!!!!!!!!! October 2011 As part of a fundraiser for the Sirra film project I performed a short excerpt from my Berlin Alexanderplatz work in Sals Bar, Waterford on the 06th October in the company of some excellent local musicians. On the 29-30 Oct., I will be taking part in the AIA Project, Landgraaf, Netherlands. My performance will be streamed on the 'net so looking forward to this. September 2011 Following on from my recent Electric Picnic festival concerts, here is my Fri night performance as a free download. Enjoy as ever :) miXile - Berlin Alexanderplatz live at the Electric Picnic 2011 by mixileMany thanks to folks who came along to my performances at the Electric Picnic. Both performances were recorded and will be taken back into the studio to be worked in with my concerts in Provence & Transylvania as well as the original material. A final trip back to Berlin will then take place for mixing then a release date should follow some time soon. August 2011 29/08 update: I'll be performing the new Berlin material at the Electric Picnic on the Body & Soul 'Peace Pagoda' stage on the 2nd & 4th Sept. Transylvania Calling was wonderful and many thanks to all who came along to hear the music. ------------------------ On Wednesday 10 August at around 18:00 I'll be doing a 2 hour live performance at this year's Transylvania Calling Festival. This will be an improvised performance of my new Berlin material. I'm so looking forward to being back at Transylvania Calling and sincerely grateful to the organisers who have invited me again! Knockanstockan was an absolute blast. Many thanks to Mar Q for the invite and to all who made the chill stage such an excellent place to perform and enjoy music. July 2011 It's been pretty busy of late. The Ambiosonic Festival was the most wonderful event I've ever performed at. Sincerest thanks to Loulou and Stephy and everyone who welcomed Christine and I with such warmth. The whole atmosphere at the event helped me to put on a great performance and premiere of the new Berlin music. Interesting then to go from the most chilled and perfect festival experience to an event back in Cork, Ireland that was the complete opposite. The next performance will be at Knockanstockan, Wicklow, Ireland. This will be my third year in a row performing at this pretty cool mixed genre festival so looking forward to meeting up with a whole load of new folks and cracking open a beer (or 4) after my performance. After that, it will be a much looked forward to trip back to Transylvania where I'll perform an almost completely improvised live concert of my Berlin material. What I'm doing at the moment is taking the original Berlin demos and adding/subtracting/editing the material during each performance. Recordings of these performances allow me to develop the music so that by the time I finish the summer shows I'll have a finished project ready for mixing, mastering and ultimately release. After that, it looks like my next project will be a collaboration. More to come on that in time but I'm thrilled at the prospect. May 2011 I've just returned from the third and likely final recording trip to Berlin. I've now managed to record some locations during various weather conditions and at several times of the day/night. I will be performing (maybe twice) at the Ambiosonic Festival in France 17-19th June . This should be a truly wonderful event with the performance going out on a hiQ octophonic surround system. I've also been invited back to perform at the Gateways Festival, Ireland on 02July. Many thanks! I'm almost finished the initial series of 11 tracks. 10 are now in mid-draft stage and a final piece will fall into place as I work through the last set of field recordings. April 2011 I'm now almost half way through the initial recordings. Tracks posted on soundcloud to date (as below) have received a very positive response so I'm thrilled with that. At this point I'll continue with the new tracks and start to work on material that's suited to summer performances. March 2011 Berlin Alexanderplatz by mixile Work on the Berlin project progresses very nicely indeed. I've decided to pop unfinished/unmixed demos of the tracks while I'm working on them up onto soundcloud. It gives an indication as to where the work is going and provides an opportunity to pass on some much welcome feedback if you feel inclined. Check back often as I'll upload new tracks and versions of tracks every few days. Many thanks for the feedback to date and keep it coming. February 2011 Next album update: I now have the bones of a number of pieces in place. The album with be comprised of 11 tracks for reasons that will eventually become aparent. The January field recordings are very atmospheric and in places capture perfectly the mood I was looking for - Berlin in winter. All hugely exciting. I'd love to spend another few days there during the recording process but not sure I'll be able to. things are starting to look promising for the summer festival season with a few events tentatively arranged. Details to follow once confirmed. January 2011 I'm just back from another 5 day field recording trip to Berlin so work on the next album is progressing very well. At the moment it looks like I will be working on shorter tracks than usual so have scope to include more ideas. I'm also starting to consider festival and performance options for 2011. If you'd like to have some very tasty live ambient electronic music as part of your festival/event anywhere in Europe this year then drop me a note.
Older News Items from 2010 and beyond are available in the archive.
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