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August 10 This month I'm taking time out to mix some performances from Knockanstockan and Bump from last month. Both performances were based around the Noosa Sunrise material but whereas I wanted Knockanstockan to be a little bit psychedelic the Bump performance was intended to be more abstract and an experiment in randomness. Hopefully, I'll have these completed this month and upped here. I'm also considering the direction the next project will take. I'm thinking of taking a break from the Australian series and either concentrating on some European travel concepts or maybe an abstract project that's not travel focused at all. Then again, listening to Robert Henke's 'Intersection' while typing this and I feel a whole new desire to dip into some of my field recordings that I've not even heard yet or maybe even spend a week in a new city somewhere in Europe just strolling around with a microphone. Decisions, decisions. What do you think? Also, I have some pretty cool new photographs taken by Bamian Byrne at the recent Vineyard show that I need to upload as well as some arty pics by Christine O'Brien Shanahan taken at Knockanstockan and Bump. July 10 The Munster Express have given the new album a great review, many thanks Liam Murphy! Still a bit sketchy but I'll be playing both the Bump Music Festival, Co. Clare and the Knockanstockan Festival, Co. Wicklow this month, in fact I'll be playing both festivals on the same weekend. Many thanks to all who came to the Vineyard in Cork and as usual to the Live Beats folks in Dublin 'cos we had a great time. And on the subject of live at the Vineyard ... here is a live performance of the new album which you can hear and even download in high bitrate mp3 for free. It will give an idea as to how the music has evolved through performance since release. Enjoy!!!!!! MiXile-Noosa Sunrise Live at the Vineyard-250610 by mixile June 10 This month I'll be doing an improvised jam session with Flynn and Mirolo as part of Live Beats III in Space 54, Dublin on the 18th. This should be a pretty interesting experience all round and I'm looking forward to it. On the 25th, I'll be playing The Vineyard in Cork. I'll be trying out some new approaches to the Noosa Sunrise material and building on what has already evolved from the album. Many thanks to all who attended the album launch last month and to Christine, Rich, Gav & Paul who helped turn it into a memorable evening for all who attended. May 10 I'll be performing in Waterford on the 21st May at 20:00 in SOMA Contemporary Art Space. This will be the official album launch. We are currently working on some custom UV visuals and video to work with the music on the night. So I played twice in Dublin last month. The IGNITE event at The Science Gallery in Trinity College was so much fun. Down below here you can see a HD quality video of the performance with accompanying photographs by Chris O'Brien Shanahan. I also had a great night with the Ableton Live User Group from Dublin and performed music from the new album and enjoyed some sweet sounds from some of the other folks in the group. April 10 So, the album is now available on CD with very tasty artwork in Digipak format. It's now available also on Amazon in digital format. Call me old-skool but I still think CD quality beats mp3s + you can always rip the CD for your portable listening :-) I'll be playing a short but very special performance in the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on the 14 April as part of Ignite 4. On Friday, 16 April I'll be back in Dublin to play the Live-beats@space54 event in Space 54 again. March 10 26 March update: The Dublin performance went really well. Brilliant night, cool music from everyone and a chance to party with some great new friends as well as catch up with those I've met at festivals & parties over the last few years. Wonderful time, and the Aural Light sessions are totally to be recommended as is Space 54 in Smithfield. Good people. ------------------------------------------- 8< -- First off, the album is finished, artwork done and a digital release date set for the 15th March 2010. A physical CD release date will follow shortly afterwards. I'll be doing a number of performances over the coming months. The first takes place on the 19th March in Dublin as part of the most excellent Aural Light series at Space 54, Smithfield. I look forward to meeting up with friends old and new on the night. An official launch for the album will be in Waterford shortly. The new album is called Noosa Sunrise. It is based around field recordings made in the South East Queensland region of Australia. There are 6 tracks: 01) Noosa National Park February 10 ... taking a few mins out to update the gallery pages so click here for some pix from Transylvania Calling Festival, Sirius Art Centre, Life Fest, and others. More news to follow as well as new music samples, artwork, album release and launch performance date. Meanwhile, here's an unreleased track from early 2009 called Subterrany Subterrany by mixile Januarry 10 Not much to report other than the new album is currently being mastered. An album launch and performance will likely take place at the new SOMA Gallery in Waterford in March/April. November 09 O dear, a little behind at the moment mostly because things are quite busy of late. The latest is that I'm currently in the late mixing stages for the next album. It will be out early 2010 though I don't have an exact date yet. It's going to be based around travels in Southern Queensland, Australia so forms part of the 'Australian series' of albums. I'll hopefully be announcing a live date or two to coincide with the launch. Invites welcome as usual. September 09 I'll be playing a short performance in the Sirius Gallery, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland on the 12 September so do come along if you're in the neighbourhood. I'm just back from playing the Transylvania Calling Festival in, yes you guessed it, Transylvania. To say that it was a wonderful experience is an extreme understatement. It was amazing in every way and I'm so thankful to the organisers and folks of Transylvania for showing me a truly memorable time. my performance went very well too. The performance was comprised on new workings on Australian travels in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales to date as well as completely new compositions based on travels in Queensland including Magnetic Island and Noosa. The performance was recorded and may form part of a live album due of release in October. I also recently played the KnockanStockan Festival in Co. Wicklow, Ireland and ended up doing one of the best performances I've ever put together. An hour of improvised electronic music that I put together at short notice and allowed to develop as the performance took place. Brilliant fun! June 09 So, the Life Festival performance was a real buzz and many thanks to all the good folks who sat back in the sun and enjoyed my music in a perfect setting. Thanks also to the people who came along to chat about the performance and music in general after I'd finished. A wonderful way to enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon. The performance was recorded for broadcast so when I've finished a little mixing just to get the levels right it will be ready to pass on to Fluid Radio.
Some photographs from the festival will appear shortly in the gallery but here's a taster for now :-) It's now on to Transylvania and the concert I'm performing there in August. The concert will be recorded for a live album due for release some time around late September. It's early days yet but my plan is to create a performance that takes in all aspects of my Australian travels to date with an emphasis on Queensland (heavenly place that it is). May 09 My performance at the Life Festival on the 31st May will be recorded and broadcast by Fluid Radio in the UK. I will be performing a completely new series of pieces composed especially for the event. It will be quite cool if I say so myself. Do say hello if you're around. Hoping for great weather!!!! I'd like to take a moment to say a big thanks to Waterford City Council Arts Office who recently awarded me a substantial grant towards my music this year. April 09 I've been invited back to play the Life Festival again in May, nice to know that the music was so well received last year and thanks to the organisers for bringing me back. I've opted to play the Sunday morning chill session so that will be 12:00 on the 31st. I'm currently working on a completely new set. See you there again for some ambient moshing :-) March 09 I can confirm that I'll be playing the most excellent Transylvania Calling Festival in Romania in August. More details soon. February 09 I've decided, for the time being place the 'Kraków' piece on hold mainly because I can't get a mix that I'm happy with. When time allows I'll revisit this again. Queensland field recordings are being sorted and the first few synths have been laid down. And thus the cycle recommences. Looking forward to some summer performances again this year and am happy to travel so invites welcome, do get in touch. Now that the Nullarbor album is getting close to having paid for itself I've decided to drop the cost for the digital download version. You can now pick up the entire album in high bitrate mp3 with artwork for only $5.00 with immediate download. Pick it up here!
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The Life Festival performance was also a premier of a completely new show based around Sydney, Australia recordings ... and yes, the last track resulted from recordings made in the Sydney monorail.