Can, Massive Attack, The Future Sound Of London, Steve Reich, Orbital, A Guy Called Gerald, Pink Floyd, The Orb, Jimi Hendrix, Jon Hassell, Om Kalthoum, Ivo Papasov, King Tubby, Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, Killing Joke, Cocteau Twins, Autechre, Jah Wobble, William Orbit, Coil, Djivan Gasparyan, Throbbing Gristle, Aphex Twin, Mantovani, Joy Division, New Order, Karl Heinz Stockhausen, The Durutti Column, John Coltrane, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Martin Hannett, Harold Budd, David Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Gang Of Four, Public Image Limited, Slayer, Amon Tobin, Scorn, Public Enemy, Miles Davis, The Fall, LFO, Robert Fripp, Plastikman, David Torn, Bill Frisell, Phil Manzanera, Section 25, Radiohead, Loop
Sounds Like
Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins, Can, Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, Jeff Buckley in space (apparently), Meat Beat Manifesto, Sigur Ros
The Array was formed by Karl Burke and Giles Packham in January 2000.
For the last four years the Array have been working on developing their music and building on the multi-layered instrumental sound debuted on the album On Unknown Soil in 2002. They created a radical and much-praised re-working of U2s Sunday Bloody Sunday featured on the Asian Tsunami Relief Fund CD Even Better Than The Real Thing Vol. 3, sung by Lisa Bresnan. More recently they re-worked several tracks for Simon Fisher Turner for his latest release Lana Lara Lata (Mute) and plan to release an album developed from the collaboration entitled 1001 Other Spaces later in the year. They have also been continuing their work with film and documentary makers in Ireland, the U.K. and the U.S.A.
Merging synthetic elements, field recordings and computer manipulations with traditional instruments, such as guitar, bass, clarinet, trumpet and melodica, the music has an organic feel set against a eclectic electronic backdrop. The Array incorporate elements of Electronica, Dub, New Wave, Techno, Avant-Garde, and Ambient to create their own hybrid sound.
Currently working on their third studio album.
For licensing enquiries contact Johnny Lappin at jtf@eircom.net
Buy The Array's latest album, First World Power Conference Features vocals by Nina Hynes and Sinead Carroll "Hugely heartening" - The Irish Times "Spellbinding" - The Sunday Tribune
.. Buy Feile Na Samhna - The Feast of the Dying Sun (Soundtrack album)
Buy On Unknown Soil (2002) "A sterling debut...blends beautifully but still a bare-knuckle ride through sound" - Hot Press "Simply amazing" - Exepose "Post-post-everything" - Logo
If you're near us in Dublin, Array CDs can be found in Road Records, Mojo Records, and Freebird.
Shall we see you at the Galway Film Festival this weekend? I hope so - 'POV' the film scored by The Array is screening. This message translates as: The Array are great!
heeey what's the craic? thanks for the add guys! i really like your "into the heat." great chill music! keep up the good work, and hopefully we'll get to hear more o' ya!
