Mick Joyce:Vocals, Acoustic Guitar / Piano and concepts //
Ronan Burns : Bass and a will do
attitude and team player// AranHedgehog O Malley:Cajon + Various Percussion + Musical Director //
Sarah Williams - Vocals - Acoustic gtr,Percussion + good vibes //
Fadi Hotaum - Lebanese Darbuka + Various Percussion + cool man about town//
PaulMcElhatton-Various African percussion and explorer of the Dark Continent // Roisin Dexter Violin/Vocals and Leader of Dublins Gospel Choir//
Damian McGuirk - Drums and deep sea diving in Navan.
Management/Promotion - Memet Uludag (memetuludag@asiaminortours.ie ) //
Influences
Waking up .... Looking at things .... Listening .... Dreaming .... Walking .... Looking at the other animals in the zoo .... Chatting with friends over the sacred black pint.... Good Movies .... Bad Movies .... Good Books ....Crap Books .... Good Music .... Fast Food Music .... Dublin the centre of my universe .... The bleedin' weather .... People being nice and helpful .... People being nasty and ignorant .... The night time when you are too tired probably to hold on to your ego and the creative zone seems to hit the right buttons .... People with character and substance .... People who are bland and go with the perceived in crowd .... The inventiveness of people .... the destructiveness of us all .... when I meet God I am sure he will be one of my biggest inluences and I hope I get the oscar to with it ....
THE BOSPHORUS, NEW ALBUM
HISTORY / BLURB – Before I decided to go it alone I sang and played in quirky rock bands such as All Eyes and Ears during the mid to late 90’s and I look back on this time as a worthwhile apprenticeship in trying to find my own creative voice.
Well what did we get up to ? Besides playing live at various venues such as Whelan’s .. we released an album called Shell produced by Ed Manning through a company called Dabble Music which got some radio airplay & media approval such as “Joyce’s pleasing high tenor and deft piano playing .. very strong in the songwriting department” in Hotpress or “the adventurous A.E.A.E are not to be missed” wrote Eamonn Carr in the Evening Herald .. and two years on the trot we got to the finals of Hotpress Unplugged Competition .. but one of the nicest moments was getting a hand written letter from the great jazz/rock drummer Bill Bruford ( Yes etc) saying how much he enjoyed listening to our demo .. Finally when the band shut up shop so to speak I sharpened up the songwriting tools of the trade my piano and guitar to go it alone in 2000.
Officially classified from this moment on as a IMCIU – an Independent Mobile Creative Intelligence Unit. A web site www.joycemusic.com was set up. Independently released since Feb 2001 includes the album simply called “Joyce”produced by Aran O’Malley which has a few notable guests such a harmonica genius Mick Kinsella .. in 2002 “Mono – Songs for Voice and Piano” produced by Darby Carroll .. in 2003 “The Love EP” produced by Ed Manning .. in 2004 a DVD which features visual images to support the songs created and directed by Kevin Joyce .. in 2005 “Mono 2 Songs for Voice and Guitars of Various Persuasions” produced by Colin Sullivan who also has had production duties with the great Rodrigo y Gabriela .. Mono 2 was chosen by Jackie Hayden of Hotpress as their “Pick of the Fortnight” and he had some nice things to say such as “ emerging artist who sidesteps singer songwriter cliché .. Kamikazi Moon offers Spanish and middle eastern inflection that gives it real charm” ….
2007 – Recording of new album began in ernest and this continued in Ismir Turkey with local musicians and gigs are planned also for Ismir and Istanbul as part of the wider project of cross cultural interconnectivity with our eastern brothers/sisters which is called Flesh and Blood. The Album "The Bosphorus" is
now completed and ready for release Oct 1st 2008.
So to give you some reference points . I like artists such as Kate Bush.Tori Amos ..Tom Waits . Steve Reich . Led Zep . Roy/Nick Harper . Kardes Turkuler .. Zappa .. Bowie .. Robert Fripp .. Arcade Fire . XTC. Stereolab . Joni Mitchell . Bela Fleck .. I like Jazz/Ethnic grooves in it’s many shapes/forms .. I like songs that move me emotionally and make me think about the world and my place in it .. I like to have elements in a live show where there is a freedom within the parameters of the song form for the band/musicians involved to improvise and make it really happen .. I like to connect/entertain .. I like to surprise.. I like performing .. I like music .. love is music .. music is the best ..
Come along listen then decide!!
Our latest single 'Set Me On Fire' is now available worldwide from all major digital stores and includes the exclusive remix by dance legends Utah Saints.
"Revolution is a massive tune!" - Rob Swire, Pendulum
"The missing link between Soundgarden and The Prodigy has materialised!" - Eddy Temple-Morris
Was a great pleasure sharing the stage with you guys and again listening to your beautifully crafted tunes! Good luck with the next gig & hope to see you again soon. RP x
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Thanks for your kind words man. Yeah I'd love to play Dublin but I don't have an agent at the moment nor any contacts in Dublin - so if you know of any bars/clubs looking for acts please let me know as I really would love to play Dublin again ...... it's been a long time.
Some great music on you MySpace page I really enjoyed it - I hear a lot of different influences which, in my opinion, is always a great thing.
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
HISTORY / BLURB – Before I decided to go it alone I sang and played in quirky rock bands such as All Eyes and Ears during the mid to late 90’s and I look back on this time as a worthwhile apprenticeship in trying to find my own creative voice.
Well what did we get up to ? Besides playing live at various venues such as Whelan’s .. we released an album called Shell produced by Ed Manning through a company called Dabble Music which got some radio airplay & media approval such as “Joyce’s pleasing high tenor and deft piano playing .. very strong in the songwriting department” in Hotpress or “the adventurous A.E.A.E are not to be missed” wrote Eamonn Carr in the Evening Herald .. and two years on the trot we got to the finals of Hotpress Unplugged Competition .. but one of the nicest moments was getting a hand written letter from the great jazz/rock drummer Bill Bruford ( Yes etc) saying how much he enjoyed listening to our demo .. Finally when the band shut up shop so to speak I sharpened up the songwriting tools of the trade my piano and guitar to go it alone in 2000.
Officially classified from this moment on as a IMCIU – an Independent Mobile Creative Intelligence Unit. A web site www.joycemusic.com was set up. Independently released since Feb 2001 includes the album simply called “Joyce”produced by Aran O’Malley which has a few notable guests such a harmonica genius Mick Kinsella .. in 2002 “Mono – Songs for Voice and Piano” produced by Darby Carroll .. in 2003 “The Love EP” produced by Ed Manning .. in 2004 a DVD which features visual images to support the songs created and directed by Kevin Joyce .. in 2005 “Mono 2 Songs for Voice and Guitars of Various Persuasions” produced by Colin Sullivan who also has had production duties with the great Rodrigo y Gabriela .. Mono 2 was chosen by Jackie Hayden of Hotpress as their “Pick of the Fortnight” and he had some nice things to say such as “ emerging artist who sidesteps singer songwriter cliché .. Kamikazi Moon offers Spanish and middle eastern inflection that gives it real charm” ….
2007 – Recording of new album began in ernest and this continued in Ismir Turkey with local musicians and gigs are planned also for Ismir and Istanbul as part of the wider project of cross cultural interconnectivity with our eastern brothers/sisters which is called Flesh and Blood. The Album "The Bosphorus" is
now completed and ready for release Oct 1st 2008.
So to give you some reference points . I like artists such as Kate Bush.Tori Amos ..Tom Waits . Steve Reich . Led Zep . Roy/Nick Harper . Kardes Turkuler .. Zappa .. Bowie .. Robert Fripp .. Arcade Fire . XTC. Stereolab . Joni Mitchell . Bela Fleck .. I like Jazz/Ethnic grooves in it’s many shapes/forms .. I like songs that move me emotionally and make me think about the world and my place in it .. I like to have elements in a live show where there is a freedom within the parameters of the song form for the band/musicians involved to improvise and make it really happen .. I like to connect/entertain .. I like to surprise.. I like performing .. I like music .. love is music .. music is the best ..
Come along listen then decide!!
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