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MIDNIGHT HOUR w/ PADDY STEER

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PADDY STEER

Upstairs@Whelan’s from Midnight. Doors: 11:30pm Sign up for guest list HERE Whelanslive.com is proud to bring you The Midnight Hour.  — — — — — Ahead of his appearance at the Monk and the Nun – BBQ & Sleepover Camp in Leitrim, we’re delighted to have the experimental electronic wizard that is Manchester’s Paddy Steer. Catch him live at the Midnight Hour upstairs at Whelan’s on Thur 11th Aug. Don’t forget to sign up for the guest list, otherwise it’s €5.

PADDY STEER

https://www.facebook.com/paddy.steer https://paddysteer.bandcamp.com/ https://paddysteer.wordpress.com/ Paddy Steer is a Zelig-like character along the timeline of Manchester’s musical activity. It’s a testament to his musicality that he has played with such a wide range of music and artists over the years, be it as a bass player, drummer, Hawaiian guitarist etc. or all these roles at the same time. In rejection of the notion of ‘immaculate reproduction’, live performances from Paddy’s own project err more daringly and admirably on the frontier of chaotic abstraction, expression and focussed blunder, dice rolling down the hill in case of duende, as from behind his stacked array of instruments, the anarchically intrepid punk gargles through a vocoder with his xylophone, all a-clatter under disco lights and doilies. He creates his tools, as he creates his craft, here from scratch, there from new, ever from long-garnered experience that includes running the massive ensemble Homelife, years hence. In style he is unique on the circuit that knows him, on which similarly his blinkered resolve and capacity to create must be unparalleled. This has been reduced down over a long period of time, and applied coat by coat with subtle mastery, for richness, depth, and vivid texture, as if it were some magnificent curry, or a samurai sword. Lounge, romp, deep groove, homely and galactic-expedition whimsy, furry electronic invention, it feels akin to playing and winning a computer game made from reality, to hear.

TICKETS

FREE before 10:30pm, Club entry applies after 10:30pm (Thur/Fri/Sat) Sign up for guest list HERE