"Was it Beckett or somebody who said that the worst thing to happen to music was words? That kinda makes sense to me, but I think we find ourselves in the situation where it's part and parcel of creating music, to have to use words.. at least to me if you synthesise what's happening there, it comes down to one line... my brother calls it the mantra in my songs... One sentence. I definitely prefer that to this kind of quasi-surrealist poetry, I very much resist the idea that anything in popular music can be equated with the experiments of poetry. Bob Dylan is not as great a poet as Gerard Manly Hopkins. But he is the best at whatever it is he's doing, which is not poetry. I really resist this style of play-acting - I'm not trying to say that there's such a thing as sincerity or authenticity, but I do think there is such a thing as fools play-acting." John Maus, 2008
angkorwat is a pop experiment by a 24 yr old violinist from dublin, ire. she de-trained and started at square one, composing basic melodies on her macbook keys. this produced some interesting results. influences include hidden histories, stendhal syndrome, friedrich nietzsche, mothers & daughters, cocteau twins, extremes, long wave radio atlantic 252, synesthesia, factory records, remorse, mark rylance, children.
the first angkorwat album is currently in the works.
latest appearance is on The Wire Tapper CD free with The Wire magazine (October 2009) which included the track 'Big/Little Edie'.
- angkorwat at last.fm - email niamh.wat at gmail.com
R E V I E W S :
"Mysterious, cigarette-smoke skeletons of songs shake hands with eerie banshee keening - Corcoran creates a Bateau Ivre of sound, slowly sinking and marvelling towards the abyss (...) [angkorwat] stands, or sits cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by computers, cables and synths. Behind her, flickering images lick at a projector. Senses swirl in and out of the room, while synth loops wrap themselves around necks and hearts." - NME
"All eerily-filtered vocals and menacing synth melodies, the overall effect of her music is an unsettling, keep-watching-over-you-shoulders sensation you mightn't shake for days afterwards. Already earning the deserved attention of Wire magazine and producing her debut album with David Kitt, Angkorwat has more potential than you've had Monday morning headaches." - TotallyDublin
"...vaguely nauseating..." - Connected.ie
"short, simple compositions bursting their seams with trapped energy and characterised by a certain ghostly, something-wrong feeling." -Those Geese Were Stupefied
"smudged expressionist electronica that walks a tightrope between euphoria and worry." -Asleep On The Compost Heap
G I G S P L A Y E D :
- academy2 w/ patrick kelleher, jun 18 2009
- seomra spraoi w/ alice stands, aug 5 2009
- whelan's downstairs w/ deerhunter, aug 23 2009
- twisted pepper w/ nite jewel, sept 10 2009
- thomas house w/ teengirl fantasy, sept 26 2009
- sugar club w/somadrone + patrick kelleher, oct 2 2009
- joy gallery w/hunter-gatherer, nov 6 2009
YO! Playing a virginal gig with outrageous videoooo on Halloween night... featuring YOU. Check it out. Gig is in Slattery's Rathmines. Early, about 8pm I'd say.
hi hope you can all come to this it gonna be spectac-ular download 3D GLASSES and come dance, paint, drink and wind-up some gears!
SUNDAY 1ST NOV @ The Back Loft. its BYOB and 6 euro entrance fee. we are a non-profit organisation all money goes towards making our shows interactive.
NEW FREE HERV DIGITAL RELEASE OUT NOW ON COCK ROCK DISCO!
Heres what label owner Jason Forrest had to say!
Herv: "Not figuratively, but literally in love with Music..."
"Ireland's sexiest laptopper lands his latest mini-album on Cock Rock Disco! "Not figuratively, but literally in love with Music..." is a rave inspired experimental break-acid-core thrill ride of endless ideas and possibilities. Herv packs a lot into the 8 tracks; melodies evolve and twist, beats fracture and congeal and synths collide! It's exciting! But that's not all, it comes with 2 cd designs and a freakin A0 sized poster! Whoa! Can't beat the value in that!"
yeah ive no idea what happened, first i knew of it was a band i like telling me to shut up and then i saw your comment..... eeep...but i dont know how to make it go away!!!
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