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Distorted Perspectives Festival: Teaser – Autumns

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I asked Christian from Autumns for his take on what the Distorted Perspectives Festival meant to him.

“Distorted Perspectives festival is a rarity in this country, which makes it even more special to those who truly care about music and art. The festival allows for not only Irish leftfield artists to come together over a few days and express their current phase in creation to huge audiences, but also ship some of the best international acts to the country. The festival truly represents how great the Irish underground is and how the future of the arts isn’t totally ruined by elitist art scum. I’m really proud to be a part of this years line-up. Hopefully we will shock and completely satisfy all the senses with noise. Autumns have a new 7” which just came out on CF Records, The Blond EP. Available to buy here. We will be booking some tours for the UK and Europe and releasing our first album on Desire Records.”

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Follow this Soundcloud link for a flavour of Autumns in action…

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April 27, 2015by Chromaticism
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Distorted Perspectives Festival: Teaser – Red Flare

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Red Flare are a new group with The Undertones guitarist/songwriter John O’Neill and musician/artist Locky Morris, whose name is synonymous with visual art in Derry. They describe themselves succinctly, “These two exhibit a proclivity for noisy and beautiful collaged experimentation, restrained emotion and slow driving melancholia. Combined with this, some of the most powerful and delicate guitar hooks known to mankind and all backed by some very strange visuals indeed”…

Red Flare will be taking the stage on Thursday 30th April at the Distorted Perspectives Festival in Letterkenny.

I asked Locky what the Distorted Perspectives Festival meant to him;

“Great atmosphere! Could not be anymore ‘right a’ context ‘for’ us playing. Only a few miles down the road from where we both live. We saw Damo Suzuki last year and we were mightily blown away. Run by real music fans. We were delighted to be asked and if honest we have used this gig at this festival as the right place to get our shit together to kick off this new project of ours!”

Sadly, I won’t make it up to the Festival until the Friday afternoon, Locky has forwarded me an account of a recent gig by Red Flare which was written by Greg Sharkey entitled ‘The Long Good Friday’ at Sandinos in Derry Friday the 3rd April;

“The room went silent as Red flare kicked off the upstairs event shortly after 9pm. On stage with them was Rauiri O’ Doherty on bass and Conor Mc Carron on visual projection.

The opener, ‘Interiors’ was a slow, low tempo, beautiful track. The reverb of John’s guitar hooks, blending with Locky’s vocals and keyboards give the song a kind of dark, melancholic feel.

Next track, ‘More sky’, began with a very up-beat ‘Rare’ or ‘Portishead’, trip-hop vibe, before meandering into a kinda New Order sound.

The next little nugget, ‘Oneandnone’, had an instantaneous feel of The Velvet Underground, but with loads of reverb to a trip-hop beat.

‘Fake the cure’ was another beautiful song, which featured the creative sound of John’s guitar riffs along with the chilled keyboard vibe by Mr Morris. It had a very Eno and psychedelic feel.

The final and my favorite tune of the night, ‘Bell tree’, was hammered out, by John blazing on guitar and  Locky fusing electronic sounds to a pounding tribal beat.

The pair alternated the vibe of this track so cleverly, you’d have been forgiven for thinking it was several individual songs. It fused punk with techno before climaxing into alternative dance, when Locky applied a slide to his guitar, enhancing the overall sound with extra reverb.

I said it after the last gig and I’ll say it again, this was a masterclass in experimental, alternative music, by two creative musicians at the top of their game. This exhibition of sheer class, has come about by a lot of hard work and immense creativity.

Commenting since the gig, on their future plans for Red Flare, Locky Morris said: “We’re finding our way. We’re seriously working on it. “We hope to have an album out by the end of the year.” On the vibe of their songs, he said: “The sounds are like, one day you’re in New York in the 70’s, and the next you’re on a psychedelic trip in San Francisco.”

Elizabeth Brown-Sallis, commented on the gig: “This is the type of music I reckon John O’ Neill always wanted to do.”

Sean Pemberton said: “I grew up listening to The Undertones, and loved John O’ Neill’s music, but this is the best I’ve heard of him since ‘Julie Ocean’ in 81.””

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April 27, 2015by Chromaticism
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Event: Distorted Perspectives Festival, Letterkenny, 30th April – 3rd May

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Distorted Perspectives Festival,  30th April – 3rd May

Letterkenny’s second annual experimental music and art festival on the May Bank Holiday weekend has been announced with a stellar line up of international and Irish acts including Moon Duo, Autumns, Ref Flare, Ulrich Schnauss (w. Nat Urazmetova) and Clanns.

Alongside an associated art installation, documentary film programme and post concert DJ sets, this is sure to be a weekend you won’t forget in a hurry.

The four headline concerts will take place at the RCC, Letterkenny, with live DJ sets in the Cottage Bar, on Letterkenny’s Main Street, between 30th April – 3rd May 2015.

Visit regionalculturalcentre.com for information and online ticket sales, or contact the Box Office at An Grianán Theatre – telephone +353 (0) 7491 20777.

Distorted Perspectives is a joint venture between the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny and the Earagail Arts Festival on the Wild Atlantic Way.

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