Richard Fearless has announced the return of Death In Vegas for their own headline shows in Belfast and Dublin next May.
The shows will be Death In Vegas’ first in eight years indoors as headline shows (they played Beyond The Pale this past summer).
Sat 2nd May – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Bank Holiday Sunday 3rd May – Button Factory, Dublin.
Tickets from €37.50 plus fees from Selective Memory on sale Friday – presale from promoter.
The shows come after the release of the album Death Mask, tracking gritty unpolished techno and noise-inflected analogue rave productions, that drew from his varied personal experiences – from his’birthplace in Zamba to grief after his father passed, and heavy emotions experienced in recent times, resulting in a form of “electronic primal therapy.”
The live show is performed as a trio with synths and pulsating uncompromising productions.
I have fond memories of early Death In Vegas shows performed with a full live band at places like Temple bar Music Centre, Ambassador Theatre and Witnness Festival.
The early albums – the run from 1997’s Dead Elvis, to 1999’s The Contino Sessions to 2002’s Scorpio Rising was really something, bringing in the likes of Iggy Pop, Hope Sandoval, Dot Allison, Bobby Gillespie and Paul Weller among others.
About Richard Fearless
Richard Fearless began as resident DJ at the Job Club in London’s Soho during the 90s, where he’d play alongside Claude Young, Derrick May, Dave Angel and Andrew Weatherall. After a few years he was picked as a resident for the legendary Heavenly Social, alongside the Chemical Brothers. It was during this time that he started Death in Vegas.
Across the six Death In Vegas albums, guest vocalists have included Dot Allison, Bobby Gillespie, Iggy Pop, Jim Reid from The Jesus and Mary Chain and Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval.
‘The Contino Sessions’ was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and its single ‘Aisha’ was a top 10 hit in the UK. The title track from the album ‘Scorpio Rising’ reached 14 in the UK charts.
Death In Vegas performed their much-loved single ‘Dirge’ on Jools Holland in 2000, then a quarter century later, in testament to its enduring appeal, the track was sampled by Celeste on her recent single ‘Everyday’.
Their music has featured in many TV programmes and films, most notably Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’, ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’, and ‘The Animatrix’.
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