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June 23, 2013

Roger Doyle’s New Opera On The Heretic, Giordano Bruno, To Premiere At Kilkenny Arts Festival

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♯BURNED, a fully staged performance featuring the works of Irish composer, Roger Doyle including the world premiere of Act 1 of his new opera The Death By Fire Of Giordano will premiere on 14th August 2013 at the Kilkenny Arts Festival with further performances at the Mermaid Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival. The production will be directed and produced by Heresy Records founder, Eric Fraad.

The Death By Fire Of Giordano

Heresy will record ♯BURNED this summer and will release the album in January 2014.

Part One of ♯BURNED features a selection of works by Doyle including a new piece for singers and instruments. Part Two presents the premiere of Act One of The Death By Fire Of Giordano Bruno.

The opera will be the first by Doyle and also the first opera on the life and works of Giordano Bruno, one of the Renaissance’s most influential, controversial and heroic figures – a thinker whose ideas and ideology are more at home in the 21st century than they were in the 16th.

Featuring a libretto by celebrated playwright/dramaturg, Jocelyn Clarke and a production staged by the Irish-based American director, Eric Fraad, The Death By Fire Of Giordano Bruno is a chamber opera featuring five singers, four acoustic instrumentalists and electronic orchestra.

The opera focuses on the life of the heretic genius, Giordano Bruno beginning in the court of Henry III, King of France, for whom Bruno displayed his arcane system of magical memory in 1582. Act One then travels to Bruno’s trial for heresy before the Papal Court in Rome and ends in his prison cell on the night before his execution where he is visited by allegorical figures from his works, himself as a young boy and James Joyce.

Kilkenny Arts Festival
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Wednesday 14th August – 1:00 & 6:00 PM

Mermaid Theatre
Main Street, Bray, County Wicklow
Thursday 3rd October – 8:00 PM

Dublin Theatre Festival
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin
Saturday 5th October – 1:00 PM

June 22, 2013

International Record Review reviews On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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International Record Review

International Record Review

May 24, 2013

DÚLRA Love of Loves concert in London

Heresy / Caitríona O’Leary, DÚLRA /

DÚLRA

Supported by Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Great Britain, acclaimed traditional Irish band DÚLRA featuring singer Caitríona O’Leary will perform a special concert on Friday 14th June at 7:30 PM at St. John’s Smith Square, London.  The concert is being held in celebration of Ireland’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union which ends on 30th June 2013.

The concert entitled Love of Loves (Ansacht na nAnsacht) is a programme of rare traditional Irish vocal and instrumental works on the theme of Love and Loss including Suantraí (lullabies), Goltraí (Laments) and Geantraí (songs of Joy and rapture) from the 16th through the 20th centuries.  DÚLRA features some of Ireland’s leading traditional musicians including, renowned vocalist Caitríona O’Leary, fiddler, Adrian Hart, flute and whistle player Éamon Galldubh, cellist, Lioba Petrie, bodhrán player, Frank Torpey and Andrea Piccioni from Italy, a frequent collaborator of Ms. O’Leary’s who is considered the world’s greatest frame drummer.

“Do not hesitate for a second! Caitríona O’Leary has one of those incredibly crystalline voices that roots you to the spot” La Vie

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May 14, 2013

WQXR’s Q2 features On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics as their Album of the Week

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WQXR the most listened to classical music radio station in the United States features On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics on it’s contemporary music station Q2 as Album of the Week.

Q2 focuses on musical discovery, world premiere recordings and fresh perspectives on today’s classical landscape.

“On the Nature of Electricity & Acoustics is a somewhat disjunct thrill-ride of a listen. But that’s the point. Few listeners outside of Ireland’s academic or underground scenes will have heard this music, but as the compilation proves, it’s a rich and diverse world worth visiting.”

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WQXR

On The Nature of Electricity & Acoustics

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April 13, 2013

New York radio stations WNYC and WQXR feature On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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The two leading New York radio stations for classical and new art music, WNYC and WQXR have featured On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics.

New music guru, John Schaefer and presenter Charlotte Mundy have both featured the album on their programmes. Schaefer’s, influential programme, New Sounds, on WNYC featured numerous tracks, as did Mundy’s incisive overview of the avant-garde, The New Canon on WQXR.

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WNYC and WQXR radio stations

 

April 9, 2013

ClassicsOnline.com special promotion for On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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Classical Music download site, ClassicsOnline in conjunction with Heresy Records is offering a special promotion for the download of On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics.

Customers will receive a discount of 1/3 off the retail price by entering the promotional code “electric” when purchasing the album.

Classics Online Special Promotion

This promotion runs until Tuesday 16th April 2013.

On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics, an anthology of Irish electronic music, features many of Ireland’s most prominent composers, electronica artists, and sound experimentalists. The Irish Times gave the album 4 Stars, Audio Magazin (Germany) hailed it as “A wake up call for the senses”, The Quietus wrote “As an introduction to the work of a diverse group of artists and composers, On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics is unparalleled…” and the BBC’s Stephen McCauley praised the album as “Wildly ambitious…incredible and fantastic”.

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Don’t forget to use the promotional code “electric”

 

April 8, 2013

On The Radio – On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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BP Fallon, Stephen McCauley & Bernard Clarke have all featured Heresy’s new release On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics on their radio shows over the weekend.

BP Fallon featured 8 tracks from the album on his BTR (breakthruradio.com) show BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle describing it as “a very fascinating anthology of many of Ireland’s most esteemed contemporary composers and cutting edge electronic artists… excellently curated by Daniel Figgis”

Stephen McCauley, on his BBC Radio Ulster show played Tóirse Ó’Ríordáin’s Atop D’Seefin from the iTunes release of the album saying:  “it is wildly ambitious… incredible and fantastic”.
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Bernard Clarke featured 5 tracks from the album on his Lyric FM show Nova – both Clarke and McCauley will feature On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics on their shows over the coming weeks.

On The Radio - On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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April 1, 2013

Live instore in Tower Records Dublin to launch On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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Tower Records

To celebrate the launch of On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics, Heresy Records are having a live instore at Tower Records, 6-8 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 on Thursday April 4th at 7pm featuring performances by:
Roger Doyle
Vincent Doherty
The Jimmy Cake
Enda Bates

 

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Tower Records, Dublin

More photos from the Heresy Records launch at Tower Records, Dublin

 

April 1, 2013

CMC Ireland make On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics their Album of the Month

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CMC

The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland have made Heresy’s new release On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics their Album of the Month.

cmc.ie

Buy On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics on CD from the Heresy Shop
Buy the iTunes release with 12 additional tracks from iTunes

 

March 25, 2013

4 Star review for On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics from The Irish Times

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Irish Times journalist, Tony Clayton-Lea, gives Heresy’s latest release On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics a 4 Star review.

4 Star review from The Irish Times

Irish Times Review of On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

 

March 16, 2013

On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics reviewed by German magazine Audio

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AUDIO Magazine

Audio Magazine

“This Electro Acoustic mix should not be mistaken for a pleasing sedative to help you fall asleep à la Enya. From the opening track by the legendary Irish Avant-garde composer Roger Doyle this album is a wake up call for the senses.

All of the 23 tracks on this high-voltage compilation were written in Ireland between 1978 and 2013 and beg the question: Which sounds were created with acoustic instruments and when are electronic sounds and effects to be heard? While the stylistic diversity of the album makes it impossible to pigeonhole or classify generally, the stylistic origins of the individual works are often apparent.

An exciting instrumental music project that combines experimental coolness with lovely Irish Folk harmonies.”

Winifried Dulisch

 

March 12, 2013

New Release – On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics

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On The Nature of Electricity & AcousticsHeresy’s first release of 2013 features an anthology of rare instrumental works from many of Ireland’s most renowned contemporary classical composers and cutting-edge electronica artists.

Curated by Daniel Figgis, On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics is available in two formats, a 23-track CD and an iTunes Exclusive Album that features the work of 35 artists.

Beginning with Baby Grand (1978) by “The Godfather of Irish Electronica”, Roger Doyle, and moving forward to the present day, On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics presents a wide range of works demonstrating the diversity, creativity and originality of one of Europe’s most innovative contemporary music scenes over the past generation.

From hauntingly lyrical compositions to lo-fi sound experiments, rousing electronic anthems to transcendental explorations of Celtic mysticism and pure sonic mayhem On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics introduces you to Ireland’s most experimental and avant-garde musical idiom, one that exhibits international stylistic and compositional influences but is distinctly Irish in temperament and character.

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December 20, 2012

Naxos of America Dublin Drag Orchestra Sweepstakes Competition

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Enter for a chance to win copies of the 2 limited edition vinyl singles ‘Christmas 1912’ and ‘One Minute to Midnight, New Years Eve 1912’, as well as a copy of DDO’s Viva Frida CD. 2 winners will receive the vinyl & CD, and 8 2nd place winners will receive the CD and Modulations Sampler.

Enter now

December 20, 2012

The Dublin Drag Orchestra feature in German magazine IMAGE-HIFI

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IMAGE-HIFI Magazine

Grandpa’s Christmas record is dead…

German magazine IMAGE-HIFI features The Dublin Drag Orchestra in its roundup of Christmas CDs.

“A lively bustle is signaled from the outset by the cover photo of the vinyl single Christmas 1912. Presented on both sides of the disc is the French Baroque composer, Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Litanie de la Vierge which is given a virtuosic and refreshingly cheeky interpretation by The Dublin Drag Orchestra.”

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