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Month: July 2012

Derry Digital Festival Announces Major Keynote Speakers

The organisers of Derry’s Culture Tech festival have today officially released a high-profile and eclectic lineup of keynote speakers including the CEO of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the editor-at-large of technology magazine Wired UK. The announcements round out a programme of events which is already attracting delegates from across the UK, Ireland and North America.

Culture Tech, which takes place in the city between August 29th and September 1st, is billed as a four-day celebration of digital technology, media and music. In addition to the keynote speakers, the event will feature over 50 industry speakers alongside film screenings, digital arts installations, a games tournament and an extensive music lineup.

The keynote speakers announced today include:

  • Kath Mainland, CEO of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  • Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Director of The Barbican, Europe’s largest performance venue
  • Ben Hammerlsey, Editor-at-Large at Wired magazine and No 10’s Ambassador to Tech City
  • Mike Butcher, editor of the highly influential TechCrunch Europe website

As festival organiser, Mark Nagurski, explained:

“Culture Tech is one part conference, one part music festival and one part family-friendly carnival, all designed to celebrate digital culture. As of today we have announced over 50 speakers across TV, music, gaming and digital arts and we’re expecting well over 500 industry delegates and 10,000 members of the public to take part in activities and events across the city.”

“We are thrilled to have so many high-profile speakers and industry experts involved in the event already and next week we will be announcing our music lineup, including dozens of acts and a free, public concert which will take place on the last day of the festival. In other words it’s going to be fantastically exciting.”

Martin Adair from Invest Northern Ireland, who are co-sponsoring the event added:

“The creative industries are hugely important to the Northern Ireland economy and we have truly world-class companies here across everything from TV to games and animation to music. The Culture Tech festival is a really accessible way of both showcasing those companies and inviting the public, particularly young people, to get involved. We’re delighted to be supporting such an exciting new event for Northern Ireland.”

Festival tickets are on sale now via the Culture Tech website at www.culturetech.co, priced at £49 with student tickets available for £29. Individual music event tickets go on sale July 9th

HipDrop in association with Music Maker presents Rudder w/support Tongue Bundle

Whelans Wexford Street Dublin 2 

4th July – 7:30pm

Tickets: €15 are available from Musicmaker

Rudder has been blowing away audiences worldwide for several years now. With their unique instrumental sound, this tour-de-force jazz/jam ensemble takes it’s listeners on a new… journey every night with a body of original music that weaves through jazz, funk, rock, electronica, ambient and exploratory music.

This powerful quartet consists of Saxophonist Chris Cheek (seen with Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Paul Motian and others), Keyboardist Henry Hey(seen with Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Bill Bruford, Til Broenner, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Theo Bleckmann and others), Drummer Keith Carlock (seen with Steely Dan, John Mayer, James Taylor, Sting, Wayne Krantz and others) and Bassist Tim Lefebvre (seen with AR Rahman, Nick Cave, Chris Botti, Jamie Cullum, Wayne Krantz, Uri Caine and Mark Guiliana’s Beat Music and others).

Rudder has ‘wowed’ audiences all over Europe, the Americas and Asia including notable performances at The Monterey Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Japan’s Sense of Wonder Festival, Brazil’s Rio Das Ostras Festival, and New York’s own Winter Jazz Festival. They perform music from their two critically acclaimed albums and their live DVD as well as new music in the works. From a true improvising ensemble, any Rudder show promises to be unique from the next one.
www.ruddermusic.com

Support on the night will be provided by Dublin quintet Tongue Bundle. Formed in late 2009, with a shared love of music like Captain Beefheart, John Zorn, Primus and Frank Zappa to name a few these pioneers have truly taken the Irish music scene by storm. Their debut EP “Salty Language” has been greeted by the critics as “smooth sounding” and “exciting”. These guys are not to be missed so get in early on the night to catch their unmissable live show.
www.tonguebundle.com

The HipDrop Collective is a collabrative effort of funk and soul bands from around Dublin. www.hipdropcollective.com

Musicmaker are a Dublin based music shop and distributor for musical goods. They are avid supporters of the arts in Ireland and have been helping musicians since their inception. 
www.musicmaker.ie

The Original Rude Boys Receive IMRO No.1 Award

The Original Rude Boys became the latest recipient of the IMRO Number 1 Award .  Their album, “This Life” reached the Number 1 spot in the Irish album charts in March this year.

Upcoming Live Shows

Jul 07 Phoenix Park Phoenix Park, Ireland
Jul 08 T In The Park Angus, United Kingdom
Jul 14 Tintean Theatre (Ballybunion) County Kerry, Ireland
Jul 21 The Academy Dublin, Ireland
Jul 28 BrayFest Wicklow, Ireland
Aug 03 Independence Festival Cork, Ireland
Aug 10 SummerFest Sligo, Ireland
Aug 18 New Ross Summer Festival Wexford, Ireland
Sep 08 Theatre Royal Waterford, Ireland

They are pictured here at IMRO last week with IMRO CEO, Victor Finn.

I’m Your Vinyl | Latest Release | “Part One”

Featuring the Radio Single “ROLL THE DICE”
Released by I TUNE TO YOU; Available on iTunes & selected Music Shops

::: LIVE ::: July 14th – Twisted Pepper, Dublin

I’m Your Vinyl are an new act from Dublin featuring singer/guitarist Dana Donnelly and producer/musician Ken Mc Hugh (AUTAMATA / WE SAW HEAVEN).

Having road tested their songs with a few performances over the past few months, including the IMRO “best of” showcase tour and the Camden Crawl festival, they’ve just released the first four songs of their debut album under the guise of PART ONE with PART TWO and PART THREE being released in September ’12 and January ’13 consecutively.

The video for ROLL THE DICE, the first single from the album, was shot in Tokyo against the brilliant and fast paced backdrop of Harajuku.

With catchy songs chronicling the joys of life and love, their colourful warm sound is upbeat and melodic with plenty of twists and turns sewn together using uplifting beats and cinematic sonic vistas. Influences range from Bjork and Doris Day to Pulp Fiction and Twin Peaks, IM YOUR VINYL have a fresh new sound that is worth getting to know.

www.imyourvinyl.com ~ www.facebook.com/IMYOURVINYL

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