Interview with composer Daniel McDermott in Trinity College Dublin 27/07/2014

Daniel's new choral work Obsessive Choral Disorder will be premiered by New Dublin Voices in St Ann's Church on July 12th. 

See who else is going here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1429994390599537/

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0'00 Extract 1 - Grit 
Listen to full track at http://goo.gl/mQcjiE

0'32 Interview begins

1'45 Extract 2 - The Lullaby Wars
Listen to full track at http://goo.gl/krzEJ3

5'05 Extract 3 - In This Skin 
Listen to full track at http://goo.gl/HGqlrj

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Listen to more from Daniel at soundcloud.com/danielmcdermott

Transcript of interview available on our Conversations blog here: http://www.irishcomposerscollective.org/conversations-blog-4-daniel-mcdermott/

Daniel McDermott Interview

Eclectic electronic/acoustic producer, composer, guitarist and multimedia artist.

You can watch an audiovisual of my work here www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UCbl-BrCxE&ab_channel=CelseyMcFadden

I have released with BMG, Zest, Deep East, Diatribe, Jump, Traum Shallplatten, Covery, Mostar records and Sony/ATV, EMI among others.

I was also producer and guitarist of organic electronica group 'TeaTronik'. There are some tracks from our new album here too. Our debut single released by Mostar Records has got some great reviews and we released our debut album with Diatribe Records in May 2013.
Here are some tracks from our album.
http://soundcloud.com/tea-tronik

"Classical at its core, the music can be described as mad, instrumental, elegant, nonchalant, cinematic, fearless, foolish, and somehow very heroic - we love it. If parallel universes exist, this is how classical music sounds in the neighboring universe to ours"

Secret Eclectic

"Celsey manages to reinvigorate this timeless piece. Imagine the warm sound of analog electronics you could hear in a Vangelis’ song, sprinkled with some psychedelia drops wrapped in a melancholic package. A modern rework that is not afraid to experiment but at the same time respects and acknowledges the original work"

Music Dances While You Sleep

"Newly formed Dublin-based duo Celsey and Monica Harkin are already producing intriguing electronic sounds with nods and winks to Amiina, Fever Ray, and Portishead. Hear and download latest tracks on their Soundcloud page."

Jim Carroll, The Irish Times

"I love the rich texture of their sound involving field recordings, balanced beautifully by the sweet vocal."

The Confused Eclectic

"Wilder" connects Monica's sweet voice with all the elements above and it is truly almost impossible to put a genre on this one, but it really doesn't matter since it's an outstanding piece of electronic music."

Adalberto, Origamitracks.blogspot.com

“An excellent example of chilled out electronic that could easily rival the big names in the field. TeaTronik’s new release ‘Home’ is successful at developing a slow, easy-going pace that is neither boring or repetitive. Definitely looking forward to hearing future releases from this band; they’ll go far”. 4/5

"Newly formed Dublin-based duo Celsey and Monica Harkin are already producing intriguing electronic sounds with nods and winks to Amiina, Fever Ray, and Portishead. Hear and download latest tracks on their Soundcloud page."

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For more info and music go to  www.celsey.net

I also play live in a guitar/violin duo -  'Les Troubadours' https://soundcloud.com/les-troubadours

https://linktr.ee/celseymcfadden

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Patrick Connolly is a composer and musician from County Louth. He began composing during his undergraduate degree in Applied Music from DkIT, where he also undertook an MA (by research) in composition with Dr. Eibhlís Farrell. He is currently undertaking a PhD in composition at DkIT, again studying under Dr. Farrell. He has also studied and attended master classes with Hans Abrahamsen, Ian Wilson, Kevin O’ Connell, Kevin Volans and Professor Pozzi Escot. He has composed close to 30 works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choir and large ensembles. His works have been performed both in Ireland and abroad by performers including the National Chamber Choir, the Hilltown Ensemble, The ConTempo Quartet, New Dublin Voices, Anne Marie O' Farrell, Bill Dowdall and Alexander Bernstein amongst others. Prizes include the Seán O’ Riada trophy in 2011 at the Cork International Choral Festival for his work Geimhridh, The West Cork Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition and the Carolyn Gianturco Scholarship for Research in 2014.