Written in the first few weeks of March 2020 against the backdrop of uncertainty and confusion, Flow, In The Year Of Wu Wei is the seminal new single from the Flook and Kan frontman, Brian Finnegan. 
Drawing on more than a decade of a formidable collaboration with the Russian singer and 'Poet Laureate' Boris Grebenshikov, and anchored in the turf of Ballybrolly, Co Armagh, it is a remarkable vision from a musician already well known for his fearless innovation. Embracing the ancient Taoist philosophy of Wu Wei, of being 'in alignment with the flow of the elemental cycles of the natural world' it is all the more extraordinary in that it was entirely recorded remotely when musicians the world over were cocooning and isolated. 
Flow, In The Year Of Wu Wei is the fermentation of more than a decade of rich life experience. The formation and subsequent break up of the hard hitting Kan, the reformation of  the brilliant Flook after a 4 year hiatus, becoming a father of two sons, and then the extraordinary journey undertaken throughout Russia and Asia next to Grebenshikov. 
'I've come to realise that it is in times of personal peril or crisis that I'm best able to articulate the invisible through music, perhaps in moments of emergency I'm a more interesting place for a tune to land. The way of Wu Wei is one of actionless action, of living in harmony with the natural order of things. I marvel at that, for it best describes in words the state beyond thinking where music is born' 
'Flow, In The Year Of Wu Wei' is the first single in a new Brian Finnegan album due out early autumn.

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Katie Kim is the pseudonym of Katie Sullivan when she performs and records her Slowcore, ethereal, ambient folk/pop. De-tuned guitars and sparse piano playing, walls of loops and echoing vocals come to the fore along with grisly tones and haunting  and experimental flavours for sounds. All of which are executed with subtle simplicity. Paired with a voice that reviewers and fans alike, have tried to pin down to a niche or genre, but end up agreeing, that Katie Kim’s style is entirely of her own making.

Katie Kim has released two studio albums to date: Twelve in 2008 and Cover & Flood in 2012 (UK release 2013). She has also scored an original soundtrack for the 1928 surrealist Germain Dulac silent film, "La Coquille et Le Clergyman",  commissioned by The Cork French Film Festival, which she also performed with her full band, live, in front of a sold out audience. This original score will be released later this year as part of a multi media package.

She has also worked with artists such as Ed Harcourt, David Kitt, Halves and The Waterboys, who she appeared with on "Later...With Jools Holland" in 2011.

A third album is due later this year.




Celebrating the legacies of a fantastic musician, mentor and friend. With a goal to bring Music For Mat across the globe, if you are interested in working with Music For Mat or know someone that would please get in touch. 
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