Acstc 5: Nobody's Saved 9:02 AM

Acstc 5: Nobody's Saved by Dusk Grotesk

This is another one from the archives, recorded about two years ago in the recording studio in Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College. As a special prize this week you get a rare chance to hear the delicate glockenspiel talents of Conor 'Twinkles' Hinfey, enjoy!

Harry Clarke at the National Gallery 9:33 PM

I have been a massive Harry Clarke fan ever since a tiny thumbnail of one of his illustrations appeared in our art textbook in secondary school. He is an Irish artist, known both for his stained glass work and his book illustrations. Was thrilled to hear about the exhibition currently running at the National Gallery of his Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's 'Fairy Tales' (also features black and white illustrations from 'The Rape of the Lock'), which I finally got into see today, despite being quite hungover. Below are three of the images included in the exhibition but they really don't do justice to the delicate, intricate pen-work & luminous colour of the originals. The giftshop was an absolute dream/nightmare as there were loads of prints/postcards/books of Clarke's work, which are normally very difficult to find, so naturally I wanted to buy pretty much everything. In the end I settled for a re-production (very beautifully done) of Edgar Allen Poe's 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' that Clarke had illustrated and the hardback programme to accompany the exhibtion which included nice glossy prints of all the stuff from the exhibition (except the black and white illustrations), and a few postcards aswell.

The exhibition is continuing til 20 September, I absolutely recommend checking it out.

Stasis design ideas 2:39 PM

I'm working on some artwork for a forthcoming digital release from Stasis. These two images were early concepts. Think we have settled on the final idea, just have to finish it off. Should be a quality release, features Ed Devane, David Adams, Swarm Intelligence (Simon Hayes), Ventolyn & Becotyde and myself.

Acstc 4: Backroom 3:15 PM

Acstc 4: Backroom by Dusk Grotesk

Acstc 3: Invisible Cities 2:00 PM

Acstc 3: Invisible Cities by Dusk Grotesk

I had this one up for a while on my SoundCloud, but wanted to keep that account for electronic Euphiophoney stuff so I moved it over to my chrisflynn account where all the acoustic tunes live. Anyway, it's kind of a pity for my fragile ego as this song, for whatever reason, had way more listens and downloads then any of the other stuff I've put up & now it's back to zero cause I moved it...but at least it is compartmentalised the way I like...

Anyway, now that this is done I'm gonna work on getting down to some twisted-beaty-synthery for the rest of the weekend.

Some info:
It was recorded live in the Printing House, Trinity College on 2nd February, 2008.
Apart from me warbling and playing rhythm guitar I have other people helping me out:
Sheila Rogers - Flute
Shane McKenna - Lead guitar
Emma Brennan - Glockenspiel.
Much fun was had.

Acstc_2: Daydread Stares 5:43 PM

Acstc 2: Daydread Stares by Dusk Grotesk
Wrote & recorded this today.

Flyer for SSTN5 9:52 AM

I designed a flyer for SSTN 5, check out the details for the gig here.