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latest news April 2008 I'm due to play the 3rd annual 'Sonic Vigil' in St. Fin Barres Cathedral, Cork, Ireland in May. More details closer to the time. I'm currently in the early stages of mulling over whether to do a piece based around unheard Broken Hill recordings or some Blue Mountains sounds, neither of which I've performed live before. Just back from 3 wonderful weeks recording in Australia. Along the way I spent some time up on Magnetic Island in Northern Queensland where I got to do some up-close wildlife recording. These recordings should surface in 2009 by which time I'll be finished the next Sydney and Queensland albums. Many thanks to all who were wonderfully hospitable and cool along the way! I'll update the gallery over the next few weeks. The new Nullarbor album is selling well and the feedback has been brilliant so many thanks to all the folks who have picked up a copy directly from this site or who've grabbed theirs from CD Baby. March 2008 It's now official, I'll be playing the 2008 Life Festival in July! The CD launch went quite well and I took time to improv a new work in progress track called 'Eels v Tigers' (Australian footy fans should catch the reference) as well as performing a few numbers from the new Nullarbor album. February 2008 An 'official' album launch for the new Nullarbor CD will take place in Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland on 28 February at 18:00. I will be playing a short set as part of the launch as well as enjoying a glass of wine with friends and folks who attend. Admission is free so if you are in the area then do drop by. The new album is now available via CD BABY with worldwide shipping:
Digital distribution via iTunes, Napster, etc is almost in place. The return trip to Australia is shaping up nicely and will now include a few days recording on Magnetic Island in Northern Queensland. It's too early to disclose specifics at this stage but some summer 2008 festival dates are possible. Full steam ahead and all that good stuff! January 2008
I will be traveling to Australia again in March to carry out some more field recordings and hopefully to play 1 or 2 performances (invites welcome) .... very much looking forward to this and the start of the 2008 NRL season which I'll catch in Sydney .... more recording on the Parramatta river methinks. I've finally caved and started a myspace page thing (thanks to evilzombiemonkey for setting it up) ....... have put this off for years ....... ok, it's just started, still looks vanilla but here you go: http://www.myspace.com/mixilemusic November 2007 I am very pleased to announce that the new album 'Nullarbor' has returned from being mastered by Colin Bennun (and a brilliant job he did too, thanks Colin) . A number of friends and folks who've bought CDs in the past have heard the new album and the feedback has been brilliantly positive. Over the next few weeks I'll be arranging for artwork and CD pressing to take place but in the interim, here is a quick link to the Nullarbor page where I've posted preliminary sleeve notes to accompany the streamed album above. I trust you enjoy the new work, I feel it's the best yet and I'm very proud of it. Feedback is always appreciated. Along the way, why not pick up a CD if you like it (even high res. mp3s are still lossy). It's my plan to do some live work over the next few months to promote the new album so invites are always welcome. September 2007 All has been quiet on the web front of late. The main reason for this is that I have been putting the finishing touches to the second part of the Australian journey series of albums. The album which will be called 'Nullarbor' (after the legendary Nullarbor Plain in Australia where many of the field recordings for the album took place) is currently being mastered by Colin Bennun of OOOD. Tentative release date for Nullarbor is 19 October 2007. Work has now commenced on sorting through field recordings made while in Sydney, Australia and these will form the basis of the third part of the project. June 2007 I've spent some time recently working on a track called 'Extended Blue' which is part of a series of works planned for the next few months. The works form part of an ongoing dialogue with visual artist Christine O'Brien Shanahan. Anyway, the Extended Blue work is complete and is further enhanced in that it has been mastered by Colin Bennun of legendary PsyTrance group OOOD. Colin has done a great job on the sound! A download with background information and credits will be available shortly. May 2007 Work on the Nullarbor recordings goes on and has taken a little longer than originally planned. This is mostly due to having taken time on a collaborative side project with partner Christine Shanahan which will be ongoing. More details on the 'Extended Blue' music shortly. I'm now working with a new Yamaha keyboard setup which is allowing me more scope and should contribute nicely to current and future projects. The summer project for this year will be 10 days recording in Sicily. The long term goal is to finish the Australian project so as to commence a series of works based on Sicilian recordings in the Autumn. That's the plan anyway. A minor facelift for the site is underway. It must be summer!!!!! March 2007 Coming quickly on the release of the Bibbulmun album last month I can confirm that work is well under way to mix and complete the 2nd part of the Australia project. The tracks I'm working on are based on field recordings made while traveling across Australia from Perth to the Blue Mountains via the Nullarbor plain. Again, I'll be mixing in sections recorded during the live performance of 'Nullarbor' last November. I'm hoping to have this part of the project completed by the end of March 2007 so that I can commence work on the next section - 'The Blue Mountains' recordings! I'm also looking at some live performances during the year. Again these will probably be one-off performances (each work performed once only). Invites welcome! mp3 files for the new Bibbulmun album have now been uploaded. Enjoy and if you feel like hearing the tracks in perfect quality then why not pick up a copy of the CD. You know you want to :-) Another major summer project will be taking place this year. More news to come. February 2007
The day also saw the launch of the new album by miXile! The album is called 'Bibbulmun' and features the first series of works to result from my Australian recordings. I'll organise the usual sleeve notes and downloads shortly. The cover was designed by Christine O'Brien Shanahan based on a photograph she took while we walked the Bibbulmun track. -------------------------------------------. I will be playing the Sonic Vigil 2 in Cork, Ireland on the 17th February. The official blurb reads: Next Saturday 17th Feb. sees one of the most exciting events in Ireland's growing Sonic Arts calendar take place in the Unitarian Church in Cork. Sonic Vigil organised by Cork Artists Collective made its hugely successful debut in 2005 with a twelve hour non stop performance in St Finbarr’s Cathedral returns for a six hour show in the Unitarian Church, Prince’s Streeet, Cork City. Saturday.With artists coming from as far afield as Germany, France and America to take part alongside Irish artists from Dublin, Waterford,Limerick and Cork the line up promises to be very exciting. A difference this time round is that each act will perform separately for around half an hour culminating in a mixed improvisation at the end. A new video collective called The Yo Yo Club organised by Irene Murphy and Collette Nolan will also make its debut. The line up is Tony Langlois,James Ojeie + Declan O'Meara, Giordai ua Laoghaire,The Quiet Club (Mick O’Shea, Danny Mc Carthy +Guest Harry Moore), miXile, Christian Carley + Jesse Ronneau, Séamus O'Donnell, Mathias Forge + Cyril Epinat + Leo Dumont A schedule is: Act 1: Tony Langlois..........................................2:10 - 2:30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Work on the Bibbulmun recordings continues. At this point I am about ready to start mixing. January 2007 Studio work is currently progressing on the 'Bibbulmun' soundtrack recordings.
Older News Items from 2006 and beyond are available in the archive.
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It's not every day you get to be on the same bill as Shpongle :-) 
Lots happening at the moment .... the 
The performance on Saturday went very well and feedback was great. Overall the entire event was a wonderful experience, no negatives and all huge positives. It was also a chance to hear some great music from other folks which is always a bonus. When time allows I'll get some photographs up into the