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Irish music hero Ray Wingnut interviews Cork/Malmo jazz outfit Fixity, in the second of his Guerrilla Sessions, also being taped for his weekly radio show on Spin Southwest.
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FIXITY – Cork psych-rock outfit with fourth record this year
What you may need to know…
01. The brainchild of sticksmith extraordinaire Dan Walsh and collaborators, FIXITY are among the outfits at the centre Cork’s nascent psych-rock community.
02. Walsh is certainly keenly aware of the joys of productivity – not content with being one of the city’s busiest session musicians, he’s been at the helm of two full-length improv records since June (!), and a live album of same.
03. Streaming above in its entirety is Blue Paint, the leadoff for FIXITY’s third studio full-length, The Things in the Room…
04. …which will be available shortly on double-vinyl, CD and digital download via Penske Recordings, the new label of ex-Out on a Limb/AMC and current Plugd Records man Albert Twomey. Meanwhile, the project turns out to support The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock on Sunday October 30th at the Opera House for d’Jazz.
Verdict: This time around, the band seems to journey into more sparse, repetitive, Krautrock territory. Another in a series of left-turns from an already-insanely prolific outfit.
FIXITY – Cork percussionist leads sonic explorations
What you may need to know…
01. More improv from Leeside courtesy of drummer extraordinaire Dan Walsh and an assortment of collaborators.
02. He of The Great Balloon Race, Cork Improvised Music Club, jazz night Blue Note, and formerly of a million other bands and outfits, both as composer and session performer, of course.
03. Streaming above in its entirety is his new album Fixity, released on tape label KantCope.
04. Appearing last night as part of the label’s triple album launch at St. Luke’s in Cork, Fixity “represents the beginning of a project that will manifest itself in many ways”, according to Walsh himself.
Verdict: One of the country’s most prodigiously talented percussionists continues to explore his and his collaborators’ horizons.