volta sounds night this thursday

kaz

just wanna pass on some great volta news...





PAUL O’REILLY – FIRST THING IN THE MORNING (CD, released Sep 21)

Eight songs from the wee man from Dublin with the cute smile, dazzling finger-picking guitar style and voice of an angel. Having spent the last year playing support to likes of David Kitt, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Kristin Hersh, January and numerous others, Paul O’Reilly made this home-recorded debut album with the talented Steve Fanagan in Dublin. A gentle folk resonance permeates the record. It is indeed the sound of a city asleep or, at least, ready to wake up. Fading bristles of soundscape noise buzz in the background, as Paul sings looping, mesmerising words. And you can hear every scratch of the fret-board. There’s also Steve Fanagan directed video on the way.

CREATIVE CONTROLE – BLOODRUSH/ THE DOSE (12", released Sep 21)

Key figures in Dublin’s embryonic hip-hop movement, you may have caught Creative Controle live, supporting the likes Jurassic 5, Jeru the Damaja, Mark B & Blade, Cannibus and the Pharcyde. CC are The Expert (beats), DJ Mayhem (cuts) and Messiah J (mic) and this is their debut single on our Volta Beats off-shoot label. Quite simply, it’s one of the most incendiary Irish singles of all-time, audacious, funky, aggressive, complex and led by Messiah J’s mind-boggling balance of battle-talk and conscious intelligence. Keep an eye out for the Bloodrush video, animated and produced by the D.A.D.D.Y. crew, in the coming weeks.

THE FRAMES/ CALEXICO – NEW PARTNER/ CLOTHES OF SAND (7", released Sep 21)

We like to release nice little artefacts from time to time, such as this Irish-American split seven inch of cover versions. The Frames recorded Will Oldham’s New Partner for a BBC Session some time back. We managed to get our hands on that and we’ve paired it up with a cover version of Nick Drake’s Clothes of Sand by Tucson, Arizona’s godlike Calexico. Remember this is a seven-inch vinyl only, limited stock, one for the history books type affair. It also gives us the opportunity to give props to two great record shops – Road Records in Dublin and Toxic Ranch Records in Tucson.

VOLTA SOUNDS NIGHT – WHELANS, DUBLIN, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20

To celebrate three bizarrely diverse records being released on Volta Sounds on the same day (September 21), our latest label night features live hip-hop from CREATIVE CONTROLE (12am), the dulcet tones of Paul O’Reilly (11pm), very special guests (who knows?) and late-night DJ sets Eamon ‘Swench’ Sweeney and Leagues ‘Beagle’ O’Toole. Admission is £6 for the whole night. Come early, open-minded and with money to buy our records.

TOURING: PAUL O’REILLY

Saturday, September 15, Whelans supporting Grand Drive
Thursday, September 20, Volta Sounds Night, Whelans, w/ Creative Controle & guests.
Saturday, September 21, Road Records live set & album signing, Fade St., Dublin
Saturday, September 29, Vicar Street, Dublin (supporting Pernice Brothers)
Sunday, September 30, Cleere's, Kilkenny (supporting Pernice Brothers)
Monday October 01, Whelans, Dublin (supporting Adam Snyder)
Tuesday October 02, venue tbc (supporting Pernice Brothers)
Wednesday October 03, The Lobby, Cork (supporting Pernice Brothers)
Thursday October 04, Dolans, Limerick (supporting Pernice Brothers)
Thursday October 25 – Whelans, Dublin (supporting The Czars)

TOURING: CREATIVE CONTROLE

Thursday, September 20, Volta Sounds Night, Whelans, w/ Paul O’Reilly & guests.
Friday, September 21, Tower Records, live appearance, 6.30pm
Thursday, October 18, Amsterdam, Access To Amsterdam Festival
Saturday, November 17, Craze All-nighter, Derry, w/ Groove Armada, Dreadzone