The British synth artist and the Polish clarinet player are coming to Dublin to perform a show based off their recent debut album of improvisatory works The Universe Will Take Care Of You.
“Blissfully escapist, these six transcendent odysseys of psychedelic electronic music and freeform musicianly virtuosity roam free,” says the press release of the album.
Homebeat presents the duo, James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel, live at Button Factory on November 6th with support from ZKELLIES, who debuted at Open Ear this year and is a live techno collaboration between Andy Connolly (Naive Ted), Dan Walsh (Fixity) & Killian Barton (Bill Karnation).
Tickets are on sale Friday from Eventbrite from €20.50 up.
“Ultimately it is around a shared love of all things hypnotic and trancey where Holden and Zimpel’s paths converge. Trance is the common thread which runs through their musical predilections, as heard in traditional folk forms the world over, twentieth century minimalism, the Krautrock experiments of the seventies, electronic dance music and improvised jazz alike, and their music exists at the point where all of this good stuff collides. You are invited to join them in trance space.”
“We just clicked immediately, understood each other’s impulses, and made space for each other,” enthuses Holden. “Held safe in his supportive arms I felt liberated to try things I’d never tried before.”
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
