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For Immediate Release

Close your Eyes! Open your Ears!: An Evening of Live and Improvised Electronic Music

24 August 2007

The Contemporary Music Centre presents three of Dublin's most exciting electronic musicians as part of Dublin Culture Night 2007, 6.00pm - 10.00pm, Friday, 14 September. With four different sets throughout the night, Ian McDonnell, Muttermal, and Francis Heery, will perform individually and together as a laptop ensemble.

Ian McDonnell is a Dublin-based musician and composer, recently graduated with a Masters in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin. He is one half of duos Lakker and Lomelindi. Ewan Hennelly (Muttermal) is one of Ireland's best known electronic musicians who also records and plays live as artist Herv. Francis Heery is a composer and musician and also recently graduated with a Masters in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin. The evening will feature the latest electronic sounds from ambient drones to terrifying noise and anything in between. Rhythmical, non-rhythmical, melodic and abstract: sit back and let the sounds wash over you!

"The Contemporary Music Centre is delighted to showcase composers and musicians as part of Dublin Culture Night 2007 and thereby provide an opportunity for one and all to freely sample the exciting world of new Irish music" says Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre.

Over 80 of Dublin's galleries, museums and other cultural institutions are taking part in Culture Night, with over 100 free events being offered between 5.00pm and 10.00pm on Friday 14th September. For more information on these events see www.culturenight.ie

The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national library and promotional body for new music. The Centre is supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Admission is free but space is limited so booking is advised. To book please tel: 01 673 1922 or email: info@cmc.ie For further information on the event please contact Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Tel: 01 673 1922 email: khennessy@cmc.ie
www.cmc.ie

Notes for Editors

Ian McDonnell
Ian McDonnell is a Dublin based musician and composer. He recently completed a Masters in Music and Media Technology at Trinity College Dublin, where he studied composition with Donnacha Dennehy, Roger Doyle and Fergus Johnston. He has been involved in the electronic music scene in Dublin for many years as one half of duo Lakker (with Dara Smith), and more recently with new project Lomelindi (alongside vocalist Laura Kilty). Recently he performed his electronic work 'New Music for Wind and Metal' at the 'Free State' concert with the Crash Ensemble in November 2006, and a piano and laptop set with composer Roger Doyle at the Project Arts Centre, February 2007. Currently he is working on new music for performance later in the year, and is putting the finishing touches on an album for electronic act Lakker.
www.myspace.com/ianmcdonnellmusic

Muttermal
Ewan Hennelly (Muttermal) has become one of Ireland's best-known electronic musicians over the past number of years, amassing a considerable catalogue of releases on labels both at home and abroad. While predominantly recording and playing live as Herv, Ewan also composes a very different form of electronic music under the name Muttermal. And, where as Herv's music is very tightly structured and involves a lot of intricate programming, the pieces performed on Culture Night are, for the most part, completely improvised. Ewan also co-runs Irish electronic label "Go Away Recordings".
www.myspace.com/hervmusic
www.goawayrecordings.com

Francis Heery
Francis Heery is a composer and musician currently based in Dublin. He is a graduate of Trinity College, where he completed a Masters in Music and Media Technology and studied composition under Donnacha Dennehy, Roger Doyle and Fergus Johnson. He writes and performs electro-acoustic music and also composes for ensembles. Performances of his works for ensembles have taken place in the Printing House, Trinity College, the Project Arts Centre and O'Reilly theatre. His electro-acoustic works have been broadcast on Irish and Swedish national radio and included in sound art installations in Germany, Italy, Argentina and in the Catskills Mountains, New York State. He has recently completed and released a large scale electronic composition entitled 'Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue', an algorithmic composition based on the chess moves made during the famous 1997 match.
www.myspace.com/francisheery