ULTAN O'BRIEN - Dancing the Line LP Beats Seeing them play Bottled Smoke

Seeing them play Bottled Smoke Festival and the Neon Commune Festival floored me and put this tape into my crystal ball

the record showcases the Orquesta EGREM in full flow

“Stand For The Rush” introduces the B-side and shifts the sense of stillness towards something more rhythmic where the nocturnal world begins to open its eyes

It was Manuel Göttsching

ULTAN O'BRIEN - Dancing the Line LP Beats Seeing them play Bottled SmokeUltan OBrien is a fiddle player and composer from the wilds of County Clare in the West of Ireland. Ultan is a performer as well as a regular at sessions all of Ireland and can be found by chance in any pub in Dublin, Cork or some remote village on the edge of nowhere, flying jigs and reels around the room. Ultan was reared in the rich tradition of Irish music which is so commonly found and heard in Co Clare, but he also delves deep into sound art and