ARKETEK

On August 7th 2007 I lost My Fiance to Suicide. I have along with some other close friends of Bridget's set up a group to help raise awareness about suicide and mental health issues. Please visit our site here and help us spread the word. We also have a myspace page here and a bebo page here. Any help is greatly appreciated.

ARKETEK started life in the fast lane of americana/new country in a band called

Dot Creek | Myspace page here | more info here |

we were part of the explosion in Ireland more by accident than any planning on our part, we just wanted to create beautiful music and that's where we ended up!, we were doing kinda well actually, had releases a couple of singles, a nice album, were playing along side the likes of

The Handsome Family | View site |
Willard Grant Conspiracy | view site |
Howie Gelb (Giant Sand) | view site |
The Pernice Brothers | view site |

Unfortunaely in time I was left with a choice to either murder our manager or leave the band, I chose the route less likely to put me in jail and went on my merry way! I still love the stuff we did! some of which is on the Dot Creek myspace page above!

After a calming period and the need for something musically fresh I was fortunate enough to play for 3 years with Dublin based electronic band Halfset. We worked like lunatics to release our debut album Dramanalog | buy here | but the trip from Galway to dublin (500km round trip) for rehearsal eventually became too much and I had to leave the lads to carry on the good work, And so in the void I created Arketek.

The track "Abatoir Noises" from the album is being used currently by Bord Gais (Irish Gas board) for their TV and Radio Advertisements.

Click here to see Bord Gais 2008 advert.

Click here to see Bord Gais 2009 advert.

They are now on their second album and were short listed for the 2009 Choice Music awards.

We played alongside

"Tiny Screws For Tiny Hinges"

"Tiny Screws For Tiny Hinges" - my debut album now finished. produced by Steve of Halfset in his Experimental Audio studio | view here.

The line up varies from time to time, always Biggley, sometimes these following members who slip in and out.

Howard Evans from Jamaica who also plays full time with Galway band the Circus Room.
| view site here |

Mariosa of Circudelic providing some pretty stunning circus performance.
| view site here |

John Mc Donagh, A great writer from Galway who recites prose, short stories etc. written for some of the tunes when we're performing.

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It's an ever growing list but these will give a pretty good indication.

Brian Eno
Boards of Canada
Lambchop
Ride
Sparklehorse
Will Oldham
M83
Stone Roses
Sofia
Mercury Rev
The Byrds
My Bloody Valentine
Bob Dylan
The Doors
Beatles
Orbital
The handsome Family
Jimmy Hendrix
David Bowie
Willie Nelson
Aphex Twin
Woodie Guthrie
Yann Tiersan
Baba Mal
Black Sabbath
The KLF (Please come back...)
R.E.M
MUM
Pinback
Robert Fripp
The Smiths
Stina Nordenstam
Television
beastie boys
doves
The cure
The flaming lips
Pavement
The wedding present
This mortal Coil
Dead Can Dance
Massive Attack
The Pixies
Dirty Three
Low
Nick Cave
Sonic Youth
Broken Social Scene
Metallica
Donovan
Foo Fighters
Ganja Kru
Giant Sand
Smog
Huun Huur
Jefferson Airplane
Jim O'Rourke
To Rococco Rot
Lemonjelly
Leftfield
Leonard Cohen
Mazzy Star
Teenage Fanclub
Manu Chao
Modest Mouse
Nelly Furtardo
Nick drake
Nightmares On Wax
Nirvana
Papa M
Placebo
Radiohead
Simon & Garfunkel
Beck
Yann Tiersan
The Postal Service
Tortoise
Sigur Ros
Morrisey
So So many others..............

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