Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Duo intending to have a Wild time
MOUNT KIMBIE’S RECENT EXPERIENCE AT METROPOLIS FESTIVAL HAS WHET THEIR APPETITE FOR KERRY RETURN
The magical Other Voices festival returns to Kerry next weekend for its 16th run with more than 70 free music events. British electro duo Mount Kimbie, Wyvern Lingo and Dermot Kennedy will be making the trip to Dingle to take part in this year’s three-day event of music, song and story.
They’ll be joining acts already announced including Seattle’s Perfume Genius, Malian desert punk/blues band Songhoy Blues, Cavan’s Aine Cahill, UK art-rock band Django Django, hip-hop, jazz and groove purveyors Booka Brass, UK confessional hip-hop artist Loyle Carner and Dublin folk miscreants Lankum.
Speaking to The Beat yesterday from Madrid, Mount Kimbie’s Kai Campos said he is looking forward to bringing some tunes to the Wild Atlantic Way with fellow band member Dom Maker.
“We were in Dublin recently for the Metropolis festival. It was craziness. It was like a gig in an airport hanger. I think the Irish are pretty well known for being a good, fun crowd,” he said.
Arguably responsible for inspiring the term “post-dubstep,” the talented pair, who formed in 2010, have long since moved on and last September released their third fulllength album, Love What Survives, which boasts heavy British punk and experimental rock influences.
The album has some killer collaborations too with artists such as James Blake, King Krule, and Micachu.
“It was quite daunting starting a new album but the way in that we live and work now, there are so many things that you could do, so it’s trying to find what’s interesting in the situations that you’re in.
“When we were 21 starting off, there was something really interesting about working in a very different way back then. We explored that and had been doing similar work to our first album so that became uninteresting.
“So for us it’s all about trying to be as engaged and interested like the first time we did it.”
LA based Dom was a co-producer with pal and long-time collaborator James
Blake on Jay-z’s track
‘Manyfacedgod’ on
4:44. But Kai said the pair are far from rubbing shoulders with
Jay-z and Beyonce.
“Let’s put it this way,
Dom is still paying for his
Tidal subscription,” he laughed.
Mount Kimbie are gearing up for this year’s Other Voices festival which takes place from December 1 to 3 and as well as the regular concerts in the 800-year-old church of St James, the Kerry fishing town will also be hosting a Music Trail featuring new and established artists playing in unusual venues around Dingle.
RSAG, Loah, Elm, Columbia Mills, Other Creatures, Super Silly, Come On Live Long and Waldorf and Cannon are all set to perform. Also on the Music Trail line-up is Cinema, Emmet Condon, Frankenstein
Bolts, Navá, Our Krypton Son, PURSUED BY DOGS, ROE, Tanjier and TOUTS. Festival sponsors eir is also making it possible for music fans to witness all the happenings in St. James’, livestreaming the church performances to 11 venues throughout Dingle.
And if that’s not enough, eir Other Voices is teaming up with This Greedy Pig and Heineken for the After Dark, a party that kicks on into the wee small hours after things wrap in the Church bringing a line-up featuring some of their favourite selectors. This year marks the 16th instalment of the world-renowned TV series recording sessions that reverberate around the ancient walls of St. James’ Church in Dingle, later edited and broadcast on RTE2 and around the world as Other Voices, Ireland’s longest running music TV series.
Over the years the festival has flourished alongside the TV recordings, broadening the musical offering, introducing spoken word, artistic and theatrical elements.
The Dingle Skellig Hotel is the home of the third edition of Ireland’s Edge 2017, a twoday event, bringing together high-level influencers and thinkers from a range of sectors including members of the diaspora community, FDI companies, artists, academics, commentators and policy makers.
Don’t forget - if you are planning on attending the festival you should register at www.othervoices.ie to receive tickets that can be exchanged for Festival wristbands in Dingle. All those who register in advance will be entered into draws for tickets to the St. James’s Church TV recordings.
Gigs in some of the Music Trail venues will only be accessible to those who have registered and collected a
Festival wristband.
Registration for wristbands is free and all events at the eir Other Voices
Festival, are free, but subject to capacity.