NEWS

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 6 FEBRUARY 2010
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CLUSTER / BOYS OF SUMMER

The Village
Wexford Street | Dublin 2
7.30pm | €20

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NEW RELEASE: 30 January 2010: BOYS OF SUMMER: FUTURE ANCIENTS
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Boys Of Summer | Future Ancients
Munitions Family (January 2010) cd-r

Hail Sagan (10:07)
Zetetic Astronomy (8:39)
Cyclopean Walkways (9:09)
Future Ancients (3:57)

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 30 JANUARY 2010
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BOYS OF SUMMER / CIAN NUGENT

ESB Substation
Triskel @ Caroline Street | Cork
4pm | free

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 19 DECEMBER 2009
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ESTEL / BOYS OF SUMMER / LE SOCIETE DES AMIS DU CRIME

Twisted Pepper
54 Middle Abbey Street | Dublin 1
7pm

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 12 DECEMBER 2009
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BOYS OF SUMMER / JOHN PURCELL / CATSCARS / SCHOOL TOUR

The Box Social
behind No. 236 South Circular Road | Dublin 8
6pm | €5

location

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NEW RELEASE: 9 November 2009: DESCENDERS
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Paul G. Smyth | Descenders
Nysha (2009) cd-r

Atropa Descender (16:29)
Marquise Descender (10:58)
Datura Descender (18:07)
Asscher Descender (13:39)

After a year-and-a-half of delays, due to all sorts
of confusion/messing with European cd-r labels,
this is finally being released on Monday, on Nysha.
Halfway around the world, to end up back at home.

This album documents a full solo piano concert given
at the Printing House Festival of New Music 2006.

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Friday 30 OCTOBER 2009
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GROUPER / JOHN WIESE / BOYS OF SUMMER / PAPERCUT / WHOK DJs

Filmbase
Curved Street | Temple Bar | Dublin 2
7.30pm | €12 | BYOB

SOLD OUT

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TÁSC IS TUAIREASC: Saturday 24 OCTOBER 2009
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being a depiction in song of the
doomed Franklin/Crozier expedition of 1845
with violin and piano composed by
LORCÁN MACMATHÚNA & SIMON O'CONNOR
after Schubert's Der Winterreise

LORCÁN MACMATHÚNA voice
DAIRE BRACKEN violin
PAUL G. SMYTH piano

Axis Centre
Main Street | Ballymun | Dublin 9
8pm | €10

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OLD CITY, NEW DREAMS: Friday 16 OCTOBER 2009
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presented by The Dubliner Magazine

Has Dublin Lost Its Voice?
A panel debate on the state of Dublin’s music scene,
its future and the impact musicians have made on the city as a whole.
Featuring guests from Dublin bands, old and new.

Speakers include Simon Maher (Phantom FM), SJ Wai (Dirty Epics),
Rory O'Keeffe (Ultra Montanes), Paul G. Smyth (The Jimmy Cake),
Candice Gordon

Anseo
18 Camden St Lower | Dublin 2
6.30pm

To apply for FREE tickets for these events email paul@thedubliner.ie
Please indicate which event you are requesting tickets for
(maximum of four tickets per person)
Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis

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SMYTH/MARSHALL/SANDERS: Wednesday 14 OCTOBER 2009
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PAUL G. SMYTH piano
HANNAH MARSHALL cello
MARK SANDERS percussion

National Concert Hall
Earlsfort Terrace | Dublin 2
8.30pm | £12/9

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Wednesday 9 SEPTEMBER 2009
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GNOD / SLOMATICS / BOYS OF SUMMER

OSCILLATIONS FESTIVAL
Black Box
Hill Street | Belfast
8pm | £7

for information + booking
visit the Oscillations Festival website

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Thursday 13 AUGUST 2009
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SCENTED CANDLE / TOYMONGER / BOYS OF SUMMER / CATSCARS

Anseo
18 Camden St Lower | Dublin 2
8pm | €5

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Sunday 9 AUGUST 2009
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RAMSHACKLE RAT LIVER / UNINERVES / BOYS OF SUMMER / SCURVY LASS / FYED

Twisted Pepper
54 Middle Abbey Street | Dublin 1
8pm | free

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NEW RELEASE: 18 July 2009: BOYS OF SUMMER: PHARAOH
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Boys Of Summer | Pharaoh
Munitions Family (July 2009) cd-r

Pharaoh (9:12)
Coriolis (12:22)
Beyond (8:02)

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 18 JULY 2009
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FLOWER-CORSANO DUO / E+S=B / BOYS OF SUMMER

Twisted Pepper
54 Middle Abbey Street | Dublin 1
8pm | €10

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 13 JUNE 2009
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POCAHAUNTED / SUN ARAW / BOYS OF SUMMER

The Joinery
Arbour Hill | Stoneybatter | Dublin 7
7pm | €10 | BYOB

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JAPE: Saturday 23 MAY 2009
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with special guests 8 BALL + VALERIE FRANCIS


The Button Factory
Curved St | Temple Bar | Dublin 2
7.30pm | €17

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Sunday 22 APRIL 2009
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UNITED BIBLE STUDIES / JOZEF VAN WISSEM
BOYS OF SUMMER / CIAN NUGENT

The Boom Boom Room
34 Upper O'Connell St | Dublin 1
8.30pm | €10

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ERGODOS FESTIVAL: Tuesday 21 APRIL 2009
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LIMINALITY
new music by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly,
Enda Bates, Jonathan Nangle + Richard Glover

PAUL G. SMYTH piano
ENDA BATES hexaphonic guitar
JONATHAN SAGE clarinet

The National Concert Hall
Earlsfort Terrace | Dublin 2
8.30pm

for information + booking
visit the Ergodos website

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WINTERISER: Thursday 12 MARCH 2009
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Paul G. Smyth + Simon O’Connor

new compositions & improvisations for piano

Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €5

The third and final concert in the series.

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Saturday 7 MARCH 2009
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HULK / BOYS OF SUMMER / CHILDREN UNDER HOOF

The Box Social
behind No. 236 South Circular Road | Dublin 8
5pm - 8pm | €4 suggested donation

location

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LIVE REVIEW: STATE.IE: March 2009
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STATE.IE
March 2008
Live Review: Deserted Village, Anseo, Dublin Martin A. Egan


“Next up are Boys Of Summer: Andrew Fogarty and Ivan Pawle Junior, augmented by The Jimmy Cake’s Paul Smyth and the winged fingerling talents of Cian Nugent, who sat in to play some beautiful arpeggio based acoustic guitar lines. The sub-tonal foundations of two Korg MS10 synthesizers, mixed with Smyth’s MS2000 keyboard, made for a sound that hovered somewhere between Henryk Gorecki, the bombing of Dresden and Keith Tippet in some of his darker moments, interspersed with some glacially clear yet beautiful keyboard melodies: a unique experience which would be much more powerful in a larger venue.”

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SOLO / TRIO: LONDON: Tuesday 24 FEBRUARY 2009
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PAUL G. SMYTH piano

CAROLINE KRAABEL alto saxophone
VERYAN WESTON piano

PAUL G. SMYTH piano
HANNAH MARSHALL cello
MARK SANDERS percussion

Cafe OTO
18 - 22 Ashwin St | Dalston | London | E8 3DL

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BOYS OF SUMMER: Sunday 22 FEBRUARY 2009
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION / FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM
BOYS OF SUMMER / PAPERCUT

Anseo
18 Camden St Lower | Dublin 2
8pm | €5

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WINTERISER: Thursday 12 FEBRUARY 2009
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Paul G. Smyth + Simon O’Connor

new compositions & improvisations for piano

Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €5

The second in the series of three concerts.

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WINTERISER: Thursday 15 JANUARY 2009
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Paul G. Smyth + Simon O’Connor

new compositions & improvisations for piano

Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €5

The first in a series of three concerts presented by pianist Paul G. Smyth and composer Simon O’Connor. Smyth will perform a new work for solo piano by O’Connor as well as an improvised set at each event. A catalogue and CD recording will accompany the final concert. O’Connor’s three new pieces are composed with elements of Schubert’s Die Winterreise, but O’Connor says his works ‘unlike that particular journey, are odes to the joy of the coldest season’. Warm mulled drinks will be provided before each concert.

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SMYTH – LACEY DUO: Thursday 4 DECEMBER 2008
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PAUL G. SMYTH piano
DAVID LACEY percussion

Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €5

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SMYTH – MARSHALL DUO: Wednesday 29 OCTOBER 2008
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PAUL G. SMYTH piano
HANNAH MARSHALL cello

Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €12/€10

tickets from tickets.ie

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CD REVIEW: THE WIRE: October 2008
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The Wire
Issue 296, Oct 2008
Outer Limits Keith Moliné
CD Review: For Christina Carter

“A 3″CD reissue of an 18 minute piece that originally appeared on a Foxglove label compilation, this showcases Irish pianist Smyth’s considerable gifts as an improvisor. Building from a few hesitant melodic daubings into a huge churning mass of tumbling arpeggios, it’s a genuinely cathartic listening experience. His approach is slightly reminiscent of a more crashing, energised version of The Necks’ mighty Chris Abrahams, in the way he causes his music to spiral outwards from a still point, covering a lot of ground with few abrupt dynamic or harmonic shifts. He just does it a lot more loudly. It would be interesting to see how he might be able to sustain such fuck-you intensity over a longer timeframe. I note with some amusement that he tags his MySpace site “the bad-tempered clavier”. Luckily for us, it sounds like he was particularly pissed off on the day he recorded this.”

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FÊTE QUAQUA: Sunday / Monday / Tuesday 17 / 18 / 19 AUGUST 2008
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Mopomoso @ The Vortex
11 Gillett Square, London N16

kindly supported by

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SOLO PIANO: Thursday 29 MAY 2008
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Goethe Institut
37 Merrion Square West | Dublin 2
6.30pm | €7

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JMI
Volume 8, Number 3
May / Jun 2008
Feature Article: Be Careful Of The Mark You Make
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly

Benedict Schlepper-Connolly talks to Paul G. Smyth, improvising pianist and
keyboard player with The Jimmy Cake.

The full text of the article is here

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NEW RELEASE: 12 February 2008: FOR CHRISTINA CARTER
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Paul G. Smyth | For Christina Carter
Nysha (2008) 3" cd-r

for Christina Carter (18:13)

This is a re-release of the track that first appeared on Foxglove’s Wailing
Bones Vol. 9, which is now long sold out.

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JMI
Volume 8, Number 1
Jan / Feb 2008
Live Review: The Necks / Paul G. Smyth Benedict Schlepper-Connolly

“Paul G. Smyth – who I have come to regard as Ireland’s darkest jewel –
opened the concert with two solo piano improvisations. They formed perfect
preludes: unlike the silky calm of the Necks, Smyth’s style is more troubled at
the surface and is generally groove-less and a-rhythmic; but their
undercurrents are unisonly serene. (That said, Smyth did send out an
occasional beat and pseudo-melody, so uncharacteristic that each one was a
revelation.)
… both made refreshingly clear that non-directional music such as this
deserves our attention, especially in our modern, trajectorial culture. It goes
nowhere and has nowhere to go, and that’s alright.”

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SIMON O’CONNOR: Ovum: Sunday 16 DECEMBER 2007
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(from The Paradise)
featuring Paul G. Smyth (solo piano)

Life After Feldman
The Printing House Festival of New Music 2007
Trinity College, Dublin 2
4:30pm

Admission is free, but advance booking is advised.
Tickets may be booked from the festival website.

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SOLO PIANO: Saturday 3 NOVEMBER 2007
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Daghdha Space
John's Square, Limerick
8pm | €10

supporting The Necks

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