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  • 18 Sep


  • paul

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***New Record Released on Resist AV***
Limited Edition 12″ LP with screen printed artwork and essay
Digital Release with Remixes by Son Zept and This Ship Argo

 
Ricki O’Rawe and Paul Stapleton Duo
-ence is a collaborative project between free improviser Paul Stapleton and electronic musician and 1/3 of Belfast electro-pop band Not Squares, Ricki O’Rawe. Their Dissensual Grooves LP sits between the uncertainty and openness of improvisation and the stability of the familiar palate of sounds and structures associated with dance music. A dis-sensual groove is one that appeals to a dancefloor’s desire for rhythm and movement while simultaneously disrupting its expectations, defamiliarising our engagement and slowing down our perceptions. Both Stapleton and O’Rawe are also academics and cultural theorists interested in exploring futurity and radical social change.

 

Check out our article in The Sampler (Sound and Music): MAKING THE CLUB STRANGE

 

Extract from ‘Dissensual Grooves’ performance at RESIST, ‘Imagining Futures’, 7th July 2018, Black Box, Belfast




Ricki O'Rawe & Paul Stapleton