BIFORKING

The Third Performance of "Biforking" a 3D dronefield piece for tape, viola, violin and electronics by Gavin Prior. It is as much a ritual as a composition. The performers walk through the audience creating a field of beatones and drone. For this rendition, Gavin will be joined by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh on viola and Ed Devane playing his custom-built monochords. "Link to 1st performance":http://soundcloud.com/desertedvillage/biforking-at-the-guesthouse-09 GAVIN PRIOR Gavin Prior is known to some as a member of United Bible Studies. He currently plays in Toymonger and is working on the debut album of his newest band Sabre Series. He has been based in Dublin for almost a decade and has improvised with Musicians from Ireland and around the world including Seán Meehan, Rhodri Davies and Damo Suzuki. He plays straight acoustic guitar and electric guitar with preparations and extended technique. For years he has been circuit bending and modifying cheap instruments which can be heard in his recordings with Toymonger and various improvisations. Over the years he has performed throughout Ireland, Europe and East Asia. He co-founded the Deserted Village label. "www.desertedvillage.com":http://www.desertedvillage.com AILBHE NIC OIREACHTAIGH Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh plays viola and is a member of Cian Nugent's band. She is also recording with and writing string arrangements for Sabre Series. ED DEVANE Ed Devane is a Dublin-based artist primarily working with sound and music, but with parallel interests in visual art and design. Using electronic audio feedback, home-made instruments and modular software to achieve his sound, experimentation lies at the heart of Devane's work. As a full-time student Ed studied sound engineering and multimedia, and these two areas - music and visual design - recursively feed into his work. Since he started making music as a teenager in Wexford, Ireland, the bulk of Ed's studio sessions have been experimental soundscapes or zither improvisations. In 2007 after years of misusing electric guitars he designed and built a custom stringed instrument to suit the playing techniques he had developed. Making this instrument would have a profound effect on his subsequent work in a number of ways. After years of programming a sequencer to make music, getting to grips with a real instrument was humbling to begin with, but allowed for a more spontaneous composition technique. Indeed, the years spent playing in John Mary Trilogy (an improvised music group with longtime friends and collaborators Niamh de Barra, Fionn Wallace and Killian Redmond) and later FYED (with Fionn Wallace), have seen Devane's music move away from the rigidly programmed dance floor attacks of the past to a more freestyle, improvised and live approach. Gradually Ed developed techniques, instruments and software for live performances that present the audience with something unique and raw: the antithesis of perfectly preprogrammed "live" sets prevalent in club music. Ed Devane has had music released on a number of different labels since 2005, some of which can be heard on the Discography page. To date this has mostly been of a particular style / sound, but future releases will see a wider representation of the Irish producer's work. In 2008 Devane co-founded Second Square to None (SSTN), a gig promotion collective, label and music blog. In 2010 Ed kick started his public career as a sound artist with his Stop/Run instrument ensemble. Ed also plays with Meljoann, adding textures and sound effects to her live shows. 2012 will be spent working on a Withering Zithering release and audio-visual live show, making more custom instruments and playing gigs around the world. "http://www.eddevane.com/]www.eddevane.com/":http://www.eddevane.com/ DAVID LACEY & PAUL VOGEL David Lacey and Paul Vogel have been collaborating since 2003, both as a duo and as part of larger configurations. Alongside their work as improvising musicians, they have also composed music for theatre and soundworks for radio. Current collaborators include Martin Küchen, Erik Carlsson, Angharad Davies, Lee Patterson and Mark Wastell. They are among the co-curators of ‘i-and-e’ who promote concerts of improvised music and sound art, as well as staging an annual festival in Dublin. In 2007, they started a cd label, homefront recordings, the first release being a concert recording of a quartet with Annette Krebs and Keith Rowe. "http://www.i-and-e.org]www.i-and-e.org":http://www.i-and-e.org "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQ":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQThe Third Performance of "Biforking" a 3D dronefield piece for tape, viola, violin and electronics by Gavin Prior. It is as much a ritual as a composition. The performers walk through the audience creating a field of beatones and drone. For this rendition, Gavin will be joined by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh on viola and Ed Devane playing his custom-built monochords. "Link to 1st performance":http://soundcloud.com/desertedvillage/biforking-at-the-guesthouse-09 GAVIN PRIOR Gavin Prior is known to some as a member of United Bible Studies. He currently plays in Toymonger and is working on the debut album of his newest band Sabre Series. He has been based in Dublin for almost a decade and has improvised with Musicians from Ireland and around the world including Seán Meehan, Rhodri Davies and Damo Suzuki. He plays straight acoustic guitar and electric guitar with preparations and extended technique. For years he has been circuit bending and modifying cheap instruments which can be heard in his recordings with Toymonger and various improvisations. Over the years he has performed throughout Ireland, Europe and East Asia. He co-founded the Deserted Village label. "www.desertedvillage.com":http://www.desertedvillage.com AILBHE NIC OIREACHTAIGH Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh plays viola and is a member of Cian Nugent's band. She is also recording with and writing string arrangements for Sabre Series. ED DEVANE Ed Devane is a Dublin-based artist primarily working with sound and music, but with parallel interests in visual art and design. Using electronic audio feedback, home-made instruments and modular software to achieve his sound, experimentation lies at the heart of Devane's work. As a full-time student Ed studied sound engineering and multimedia, and these two areas - music and visual design - recursively feed into his work. Since he started making music as a teenager in Wexford, Ireland, the bulk of Ed's studio sessions have been experimental soundscapes or zither improvisations. In 2007 after years of misusing electric guitars he designed and built a custom stringed instrument to suit the playing techniques he had developed. Making this instrument would have a profound effect on his subsequent work in a number of ways. After years of programming a sequencer to make music, getting to grips with a real instrument was humbling to begin with, but allowed for a more spontaneous composition technique. Indeed, the years spent playing in John Mary Trilogy (an improvised music group with longtime friends and collaborators Niamh de Barra, Fionn Wallace and Killian Redmond) and later FYED (with Fionn Wallace), have seen Devane's music move away from the rigidly programmed dance floor attacks of the past to a more freestyle, improvised and live approach. Gradually Ed developed techniques, instruments and software for live performances that present the audience with something unique and raw: the antithesis of perfectly preprogrammed "live" sets prevalent in club music. Ed Devane has had music released on a number of different labels since 2005, some of which can be heard on the Discography page. To date this has mostly been of a particular style / sound, but future releases will see a wider representation of the Irish producer's work. In 2008 Devane co-founded Second Square to None (SSTN), a gig promotion collective, label and music blog. In 2010 Ed kick started his public career as a sound artist with his Stop/Run instrument ensemble. Ed also plays with Meljoann, adding textures and sound effects to her live shows. 2012 will be spent working on a Withering Zithering release and audio-visual live show, making more custom instruments and playing gigs around the world. "http://www.eddevane.com/]www.eddevane.com/":http://www.eddevane.com/ DAVID LACEY & PAUL VOGEL David Lacey and Paul Vogel have been collaborating since 2003, both as a duo and as part of larger configurations. Alongside their work as improvising musicians, they have also composed music for theatre and soundworks for radio. Current collaborators include Martin Küchen, Erik Carlsson, Angharad Davies, Lee Patterson and Mark Wastell. They are among the co-curators of ‘i-and-e’ who promote concerts of improvised music and sound art, as well as staging an annual festival in Dublin. In 2007, they started a cd label, homefront recordings, the first release being a concert recording of a quartet with Annette Krebs and Keith Rowe. "http://www.i-and-e.org]www.i-and-e.org":http://www.i-and-e.org "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQ":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQThe Third Performance of "Biforking" a 3D dronefield piece for tape, viola, violin and electronics by Gavin Prior. It is as much a ritual as a composition. The performers walk through the audience creating a field of beatones and drone. For this rendition, Gavin will be joined by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh on viola and Ed Devane playing his custom-built monochords. "Link to 1st performance":http://soundcloud.com/desertedvillage/biforking-at-the-guesthouse-09 GAVIN PRIOR Gavin Prior is known to some as a member of United Bible Studies. He currently plays in Toymonger and is working on the debut album of his newest band Sabre Series. He has been based in Dublin for almost a decade and has improvised with Musicians from Ireland and around the world including Seán Meehan, Rhodri Davies and Damo Suzuki. He plays straight acoustic guitar and electric guitar with preparations and extended technique. For years he has been circuit bending and modifying cheap instruments which can be heard in his recordings with Toymonger and various improvisations. Over the years he has performed throughout Ireland, Europe and East Asia. He co-founded the Deserted Village label. "www.desertedvillage.com":http://www.desertedvillage.com AILBHE NIC OIREACHTAIGH Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh plays viola and is a member of Cian Nugent's band. She is also recording with and writing string arrangements for Sabre Series. ED DEVANE Ed Devane is a Dublin-based artist primarily working with sound and music, but with parallel interests in visual art and design. Using electronic audio feedback, home-made instruments and modular software to achieve his sound, experimentation lies at the heart of Devane's work. As a full-time student Ed studied sound engineering and multimedia, and these two areas - music and visual design - recursively feed into his work. Since he started making music as a teenager in Wexford, Ireland, the bulk of Ed's studio sessions have been experimental soundscapes or zither improvisations. In 2007 after years of misusing electric guitars he designed and built a custom stringed instrument to suit the playing techniques he had developed. Making this instrument would have a profound effect on his subsequent work in a number of ways. After years of programming a sequencer to make music, getting to grips with a real instrument was humbling to begin with, but allowed for a more spontaneous composition technique. Indeed, the years spent playing in John Mary Trilogy (an improvised music group with longtime friends and collaborators Niamh de Barra, Fionn Wallace and Killian Redmond) and later FYED (with Fionn Wallace), have seen Devane's music move away from the rigidly programmed dance floor attacks of the past to a more freestyle, improvised and live approach. Gradually Ed developed techniques, instruments and software for live performances that present the audience with something unique and raw: the antithesis of perfectly preprogrammed "live" sets prevalent in club music. Ed Devane has had music released on a number of different labels since 2005, some of which can be heard on the Discography page. To date this has mostly been of a particular style / sound, but future releases will see a wider representation of the Irish producer's work. In 2008 Devane co-founded Second Square to None (SSTN), a gig promotion collective, label and music blog. In 2010 Ed kick started his public career as a sound artist with his Stop/Run instrument ensemble. Ed also plays with Meljoann, adding textures and sound effects to her live shows. 2012 will be spent working on a Withering Zithering release and audio-visual live show, making more custom instruments and playing gigs around the world. "http://www.eddevane.com/]www.eddevane.com/":http://www.eddevane.com/ DAVID LACEY & PAUL VOGEL David Lacey and Paul Vogel have been collaborating since 2003, both as a duo and as part of larger configurations. Alongside their work as improvising musicians, they have also composed music for theatre and soundworks for radio. Current collaborators include Martin Küchen, Erik Carlsson, Angharad Davies, Lee Patterson and Mark Wastell. They are among the co-curators of ‘i-and-e’ who promote concerts of improvised music and sound art, as well as staging an annual festival in Dublin. In 2007, they started a cd label, homefront recordings, the first release being a concert recording of a quartet with Annette Krebs and Keith Rowe. "http://www.i-and-e.org]www.i-and-e.org":http://www.i-and-e.org "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQ":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nguGvh-TQ