MAC GIOLLA GHUNNA Listening Party

MAC GIOLLA GHUNNA conjures otherworldly compositions to evoke musical dimensions that decolonise and elevate. From shapeshifting beat-driven forms with avant-garde tunings, to ambience and minimalism layered with no wave abrasion and noise, and otherworldly voices and sounds drawn from the well of Irish folk traditions and culture. This eponymous album is a radical return from beyond that heralds the emergence of a distinctive voice across ten diverse works. It explores the ecstatic and liminal – assembled across several years between Dublin and the Ox Mountains in the West of Ireland.

The otherworld is a way of being, hearing, and seeing in this world, as philosopher John Moriarty observes. In an era of genocide and neocolonial expansion, hypercapitalist iniquity, and dystopian techno-fascism – it is vital to reconnect with and be grounded in an affirmative, brightened, and expansive experience of LIFE. This multifaceted vision is reflected in the music presented here: éist le spéis agus coinnigh súil ar an spás seo...

MAC GIOLLA GHUNNA 

Irish composer and producer working across

electronic, post-minimalist, and avant-rock music

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