DEAF Fundraiser gig and Festival lineup.

The 2009 Dublin Electronic Arts Festival takes place in venues around Dublin from Thursday October 22nd until Saturday October 31st. To help it get underway, the DEAF crew have organised a fundraiser event in Meeting House Square in the heart of Temple Bar tomorrow night (August 21st for those of you on a different time line). If it's the weather you are worried about then no need, as a marquee style tent shall provide adequate shelter against the elements and if that's not to your satisfaction then you can indulge in the bar and restaurant set up in the square.

It kicks off at 6 bells and is tickets are a steal at €10.00. The line up is the best of Irish and the running order is as follows:
6.30pm Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands
7.20pm Channel One
8.15pm Thread Pulls
9.00pm The Jimmy Cake
9.45pm Boxcutter
10.30pm Dark Room Notes
11.30 Spilly Walker
12.15pm Sarsparilla

DJ's: Skinny Wolves, Maximum Joy/VJ Metaldragon + guests.

Also this years line up has just been announced and I must admit it's pretty excellent.
International Artists confirmed include Modeselektor, Clark, David Holmes, Andy Votel, Tim Exile, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Surgeon and Planetary Assault Systems.
On the Irish front confirmed for this years festival include Legion Of Two, Sunken Foal, Neosupervital, Donal Dineen and Somadrone.

For more info on this years festival go to www.deafireland.com

Boxcutter to release Arecibo Message on April 17th

Northern Ireland's Boxcutter is back with a brand new LP on Planet Mu Records on April 17th. The title is Arecibo Message and it's Barry Lynn's 4th album on the celebrated label. On last nights Mary Anne Hobbs show on BBC Radio 1, Boxcutter mixed it up all wonderfully glitchy to preview tracks from his forthcoming release. You can hear that mix again by visiting HERE. Since 2006 we have had the aural pleasures of Oneiric, Glyphic and Balancing Lakes from Boxcutter and if last nights remix is anything to go by then Arecibo Message will be another album featuring on high rotation on many a stereo.
Check out the first 12" from the new LP, A Familiar Sound with Kinnego Flux on Boomkat.