FrEtnoise - 22nd of March, 2008 - Live at the Crescent Arts Centre, BelfastBrendan McCloskey - Guitar, Loopstation, Kaos Pad, & Audiomulch
Ricky Graham - Guitar, Gibson EDP, Line 6 DL4, & Ebow
Steven McKnight - Guitar, Nintendo Wiimote, & Loopstation
Bernard Flanagan - Max/MSP, Live Manipulation, & Visuals "Tonight's recital features the first-time collaboration between three of Ireland's leading innovators in guitar performance/improvisation. Drawing inspiration from a variety of sources (Steve Reich, Pink Floyd, Robert Fripp, Andre La Fosse, Eliot Fisk, and Olaf Rupp, to name a few Masters), the three guitarists present a program of composed and freely- improvised works for your delectation, ably assisted at the laptop by Bernard Flanagan. Steve, Brendan, and Ricky are all seasoned performers, recording artists and instructors, having accumulated over forty years experience between them." Samples of "1314" & of a live Improvisation are available via the audio scribbles menu to your left
Audio Scribbles#2 "1314" - Ricky & Bernard
#3 "1314" - Ricky & Bernard
#4 "Improvisation" - Ricky, Bernard, Steven, & Brendan
#5 "Improvisation" - Ricky, Bernard, Steven, & Brendan
#6 "Improvisation" - Ricky, Bernard, Steven, & Brendan
Programme notes"Unison" by Brendan McCloskey 2007
"1314" & "Sky Above" by Ricky Graham 2007/2008
"Fleeting: Motion in sound" by Steve McKnight 2008
Interval
"Mimic" by Brendan McCloskey 2008
"Unnecessarily Enigmatic Title No.1" By Graham, McKnight, & McCloskey
Thanks to Michael Barkley for the photos and audio Labels: audiomulch, bernard, brendan, flanagan, fret, Graham, kaos, Max, mccloskey, mcknight, MSP, nintendo, noise, pad, ricky, steven, visuals, wiimote