On August 7th 2007 I lost My amazing Fiance to Suicide. I have along with some other close friends of Bridget's set up a group to help raise awareness about suiicde 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 | view
info here | Myspace page
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 |
etc. 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
| view site | with
Stephen Shannon
| view site
| &
Jeff Martin
| view site
|
We played
alongside
Mylo | view
site |
Fingathing
| view site
|
Pulse programming
| view
site |
Telofon Tel
Aviv | view
site |
We worked
like lunatics to release our debut album Dramanalog | buy
here | which came out last year to a 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.

"Tiny Screws For Tiny Hinges"
album cover -due spring 2008
"Tiny Screws For Tiny Hinges" - my debut album now finished. produced by Steve of Halfset
in his Experimental Audio studio | view
here. Hoping to release within the next few months. Will post here when it's ready to rock!
Some pictures below from the amazing 2007 Irish festival circuit with my late fíance Bridget (1981 - 2007). I hope you are at peace sweetheart.