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Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble

Purty — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:39:37 +0000

Trail blazer, creative revolutionary, electronica pioneer, world music punk. Jah Wobble makes a welcome return to Ireland with his new project, The Nippon Dub Ensemble, a revelatory fusion of traditional Japanese vocals and instrumentation with his trademark heavy dub bass.

The English musician, bassist, singer, and world beat legend has, since his time in John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols group Public Image Ltd (PiL), worked with artists from Björk to Primal Scream, in genres from ambient to traditional folk, releasing thirty solo and collaborative albums.

Over the years, he has clocked up a full passport of sound, creating incredible aural journeys through dub, world, ambient and avant-rock music with his dark, textural soundscapes. Jah’s previous project, the Chinese Dub Orchestra, won the ‘Cross-Cultural Collaboration’ category in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards, opening this East-West fusion to further critical and popular acclaim. He now turns his focus to Japan, featuring himself alongside Joji Hirota, Keiko Kitamura, Mark Sanders, Oki and Clive Bell as the Nippon Dub Ensemble. For the Festival the musicians will perform to an ikebana floral backdrop created in situ by Takashi Sawano.

World Music Central lauded the recently released Japanese Dub album as “a fascinating electro-acoustic adventure.” In it, Wobble seeks to reduce Japanese sound to its essence while fusing it with rhythmic groovy dance music. This exclusive Irish performance by one of world music’s most intelligently eclectic mavericks is guaranteed to blow the roof off.

Sunday | 21:00 – 22:30 | €26
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Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou

Purty — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:34:00 +0000

Turn up the heat! It’s a night of sweaty, jungle-inspired retro voodoo funk as legendary Benin sensations Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou make their scorching Irish debut. This eleven-piece ensemble has hypnotised audiences for decades with their unstoppable homemade West African madness. Formed in 1969, and still featuring four of the original line-up, the Orchestre recently signed to legendary Frankfurt label Analogue and since then it’s been one sell-out performance after another, including a much acclaimed 2009 Barbican concert.

Benin is the birthplace of vodoun (voodoo) – a religion practiced to music – and its complex rhythms are hailed as the sonic bridge with the Americas that ultimately influenced blues, jazz, Cuban and Brazilian music. Beating out Sato rhythms on a colossal vertical drum, and offering the Sakpata beat to the voodoo divinity for health; the collective meld traditional percussive tempos with out-of-this-world organ harmonies, big brass sound and psychedelic guitar riffs.

As the New York Times said: “The funk turns into hypnosis and the rest is unstoppable dance music.” Mix it up and get down, for a night of sizzling beats and spiritual soul.

Saturday | 22:00 – 23:30 | €26
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Purty — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:46:59 +0000

Graced with soul, funk and spirituality, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble has captivated audiences worldwide with their undeniable drive of hip-hop, tight brass, melodic R&B and rock ‘n’ roll spirit.

All the sons of Sun Ra trumpeter Phil Cohran, this group of eight brothers began performing together from an early age. Destined for a lifetime of music playing, having practiced for several hours each morning before school, they soon became a central part of their father’s Youth Ensemble. With exposure to a generation of American musical heavyweights from NWA and Public Enemy to Ice Cube and Eazy-E, a parallel passion soon emerged. By the end of the nineties, with everyone out of school, they drew upon their extraordinary musicianship; their jazz roots and their thriving hip hop sensibility, to make a living busking on the streets of Chicago.

In 1999, they formed what is now known as the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and have performed and collaborated all over the world with some of today’s elite artists, from Mos Def to Maxwell and Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah to UK superstar Damon Albarn. Get hypnotised, get charmed and get dancing to this extraordinarily talented family.

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