Midsummer Mini-Salons! - 3rd July

Friday 3rd July @ 8pm

Celebrate madness, mayhem and mesmeric mystification at our last Midsummer Mini-Salon @ The Back Loft! Artists and audience mingle in a relaxed environment for varied, informal nights of fresh, risk-taking and exploratory performance, live art, experimental music and film.

3rd July salon line-up

Stephen James Smith - Urban poetry
Laura Sheeran - experimental music
"The Chronoscope", by Andrew Legge with Serena Brabazon - short film
Roberta Miano -Violin
"Trials and Tribulations of a 3-minute workout"
by Bonnie Jeanne Lawless - short film
Trisha O' Keeffe & Shawn Jones - Guitar & bass
'You're a very Naughty Boy' by Katherine Nolan - short film
Cressida Fustian - comedy sketch
Victor Feldman - music
Sam Farrell - comedy sketch
'Slow Return' by Tim O'Connell (Tickletoc)- short film

Midsummer Mini-Salons! - 26th June

26th June @ 8pm

Celebrate madness, mayhem and mesmeric mystification at our Midsummer Mini-Salons!

26th June salon line-up

Pianist Alberto Gariglio ,
John Collins and actors - surreal play,
Shawn Jones & Cyril Lawrence - jazz improvisation
Sancho Gallilei 'Live Animal Possession',
Emma Pearson - Crash Test Cabaret
Zoltan - 'Un Chien Andalou' live soundtrack
Clodagh Downing - extract 'The Evolution of Lauren Begaun'
Anne Lillis & Kim Porcelli - 'Rose Lawless'

Midsummer Mini-Salons! - 12th & 19th June

Friday 12th, 19th & 26th June

Celebrate madness, mayhem and mesmeric mystification at our Midsummer Mini-Salons!

12th June salon Line-up

Icarus Crane (video & performance artist - live)

Riona Hartman (musician)

Julien Longchamp and Kim Porcelli (projections and live cello)

Hillary Williams (performance artist)

Julyo and the Photosonic Orchestra (electronic music)

19th June salon Line-up

Oil & Blood (old style acoustic American music)
Emily Aoibheann (experiment in visual perception)
Sean Dunne (theatrical performance)
Victor Feldman (voice performance)
Coco La Bouche (comedy sketch)
"Rooflanders" by Sven Werner (short film)
"Tango in D Minor" by maurizio usai (short film)
Flamenco dance & music by special guests
VIDEO ART in the alcove by:
Laura O'Connor
Daryl Slein
Seamus Bradley - Steady State No.1

Steve Argüelles + Morla - Thursday June 11th

Steve Argüelles + Morla Thursday June 11th @ 8.30pm

Steve Argüelles [solo drum set]
Drummer, producer, record label boss. Born in the Beat Boom, still going beat boom. The Beat, that moment of perfect tone and timing, syncopated, right between when you most and least expect it. He keeps his toms tuned low and they have that big boom. A restless experimenter and ravenous consumer of musical alternatives.
www.myspace.com/stevearguelles

Morla [Seán Óg/Simon Jermyn]
All About Jazz describes this duo as "undeniably powerful and at times beautiful improvisation". Fresh from performing at the Foligno Jazz Festival, Messers Óg and Jermyn are at the top of their game - passionate improvised music.
www.myspace.com/morlamusic

Bottlenote is a collective of Dublin's most interesting musicians working in improvised, jazz and creative music. We put on our own performances, release music and make Dublin a safer place for what we do.

Mp3s, News and full details at http://www.bottlenotemusic.com

Nouveau Vadge - 27th n'28th June

Nouveau Vadge 27th June @ 6pm

A week-end of music, art, and all sorts of cunst showcasing all female artist in all media!

Sat 27th- Opening reception 6-10pm followed by a music gig at 10pm in Thomas House, Thomas St. D8

Sun 28th Open to the public from 12-6pm

Adm free

Gato Azul concert

Thursday 4th June, 8pm

Drawing their main inspiration from the endless well of Brazilian music, GATO AZUL perform sambas, choros and forro’ alongside original pieces by great Brazilian composers such as Hermeto Paschoal, Egberto Gismonti and Guinga. Gato Azul enhance this repertoire with a unique blend of flamenco rhythms, jazz improvisation and Irish swing.

Gato Azul is an ensemble founded by Francesco Turrisi that also comprises of Lucas Gonzales and Brian Dunning

Italian accordionist and pianist Francesco Turrisi is equally at home with Jazz (with his own piano trio), Mediterranean music (with Tarab), eastern European music (with Yurodny) and the accordion driven frenetic rhythms of Forro'. Lucas Gonzalez is a versatile guitarist and percussionist from Argentina whose experience encompasess different styles such as flamenco, classical and South American traditional music. Brian Dunning is a renowned Irish flute player. His background is in both Jazz and Irish traditional music. He has been touring extensively with the New World band Nightnoise and with his own trio Puck Fair.

For this performance Gato Azul will invite special guest singer Sonia Esquivel to join the group. Sonia is a Paraguayan/Brazilian singer based in Dublin. She has studied in Asunción and Paris and has taken part in several projects, from jazz to South American folk, to Brazilian music and tango. She has performed in Paraguay, Spain, France and Ireland.

ARTY PARTY (there is no better name coming, ever)

The 3rd and final ArtyParty , coming 13th June in the Back loft.
6.30 Opening, free in till 7.30, then €5/€8, close at midnight.

BRING YOUR OWN DRINK and please use the bins.

ArtyParty (There is no better name coming) is a collective of young artists and musicians who want to set a different platform for art exhibitions, to make it more like a gig/event than a normal exhibition opening. This one off night aims to change how we view and interact with art, and is trying to incorporate the audience as much as possible.

Merging Art with Music, featuring poetry, spoken word, video art, projections, visuals, sculpture, interactive live performance and art making, sound art, light installations. Over 15 artists and musicians combined to make a one night exhibition party, featuring Stephen James Smith (Spoken), Kevin Nolan (Spoken), A Room For Improvement (Live Visual Performance), Hugh Cooney (Live Performance), Turf Boon, Barry Quinn, Loki Bee, Fiona Spiers, Wendy Stephens, Mia Marshmallow and many many more. Music comes from Dublin SingerSongwriters James Guilmartin, Mark Flynn, Steve from Bojangled and Bo Sean Ford Owen.