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Trad Tech Collective: Eoghan Neff, Germán Díaz, Luís Peixoto

Trad Tech Collective: Eoghan Neff, Germán Díaz, Luís Peixoto

The Record Room, Limerick

A most exciting triple bill, the Trad Tech Collective brings together the leading virtuosi of European traditional music on the underground live-looping scene. Multi-award winning and critically acclaimed, each artist is internationally celebrated as the pinnacle of contemporary traditional practice and as pioneers of the masterful integration of various eras of music technology into live solo performance. Between them they have truly crossed all continents and imbued underscores from independent theatre to Hollywood cinema with their unique soundscapes. Spanish hurdy-gurdy, Irish fiddle, and Portuguese mandolin will be mashed with mechanical, analogue, and digital technologies in front of your very eyes, ears and feet! From jaw-dropping to foot-stomping, this is a not-to-be-missed experience!

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Trad Tech Collective: Eoghan Neff, Germán Díaz, Luís Peixoto

Trad Tech Collective: Eoghan Neff, Germán Díaz, Luís Peixoto

Sweet N Green, Ennis

A new series of music nights will launch at Sweet N Green over the Ennis Trad Festival. Enjoy a triple-bill of trad from different regions with tech from different eras over a gourmet selection of tapas and exquisite wines! Internationally acclaimed soloists from Spain, Ireland and Portugal combine with mechanical, analogue and digital technologies in an evening that runs the gamut from jaw-dropping to jaw-munching and foot-stomping to glass-swirling!

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Eoghan Neff w/ support by Lucás O'Neill

Eoghan Neff w/ support by Lucás O'Neill

Connolly's of Leap, Cork

Eoghan Neff has been celebrated by the international press for his fiddle wizardry and complete mastery of live looping, incorporating old-school analogue technology. Having toured across theatre, festival and arena stages around the world, Neff has also featured on film scores by Oscar-winning and Cannes-winning directors, alongside a broad sweep of European television, documentary, animation and live screen productions. His jaw-dropping performances deliver pure live audio alchemy — fusing traditional Irish music with never-before-heard sounds in a powerhouse display of remarkable, high-energy fiddle music.

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"a salve for ears that ache for flavours new” Irish Music Magazine

"demonic and stunning ... incendiary fiddle playing" IOM Today

"traces shadows where few fiddlers deign venture" Irish Times

"extreme fiddling, a pinnacle of acoustic music" Folk World

"astounding mastery of live looping" Folk Radio UK

"to experience a miracle" Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

"a true Irish devil violinist" Sächsische Zeitung

"technique irréprochable" Le Peuple Breton

 “astonishing ... black magic music ... eliciting unimagined sounds” The Longford Leader

"if he has sold his soul to the devil to play as he does, he has definitely got the better part of the deal!" Fatea Magazine

“Tracing shadows where few fiddlers deign venture” (Irish Times), Eoghan Neff creates “astonishing ... black magic music ... eliciting unimagined sounds” (The Longford Leader). His pioneering avant-trad performances offer an ”audio goldmine" (Irish Music Magazine) that “could put a Michelin star chef to shame with its complex flavours” (Folk World). “Cinematic in scope” (Irish Times), his fiddle playing and music is heard across various feature films (by Oscar-winning and Cannes-winning directors), television series (as soundtrack and theme music), independent screen productions (from documentaries to animation), live interactive installations (from contemporary dance to archival silent films), and 20+ albums (from experimental fusion to free improvisation). His “extreme fiddling” (Folk World) combines prepared objects and motorised curios with an "astounding mastery of live looping" (Folk Radio UK). His onstage performances have garnered him a reputation among the international press as “a true Irish devil violinist" (Sächsische Zeitung) who "if he has sold his soul to the devil to play as he does, he has definitely got the better part of the deal!" (Fatea Magazine).

"Trazando sombras donde pocos violinistas se atreven a aventurar” (Irish Times) Eoghan Neff crea “una magia negra musical … alucinante … generando sonidos inimaginables” (The Longford Leader). Sus pioneras actuaciones vanguardistas ofrecen “una mina de oro auditiva” (Irish Music Magazine) que “podría avergonzar a un chef de estrella Michelin con sus complejos sabores” (Folk World). “De ámbito cinematográfico” (Irish Times), su violín forma parte: de bandas sonoras para largometrajes (de directores premiados por los Oscars y por Cannes), de series de televisión (como banda sonora y tema de cabecera), de producciones independientes (incluyendo documentales y animaciones), de instalaciones interactivas en directo (desde danza contemporánea hasta películas mudas de archivo) y de más de 20 álbumes musicales (abarcando estilos que van desde la fusión experimental hasta la libre improvisación). Como "violinista extremo" (Folk World) combina objetos preparados y curiosidades motorizadas con una "excepcional maestría del looping en directo" (Folk Radio UK). Sobre el escenario, como solista, en formato dúo, o con su ‘unit’, Eoghan es aclamado como “un auténtico diablo violinista irlandés” (Sächsische Zeitung). “Si ha vendido su alma al diablo para tocar como lo hace, definitivamente se ha quedado con la mejor parte del trato!” (Fatea Magazine)

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