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A new book on the work of pioneering Irish sound artist Danny McCarthy has just been published by Farpoint Recordings. The book covers selected works by Mc Carthy covering over a twenty year period. Ranging from early installations like "Echo's From An Abandoned Schoolhouse" (1988) up to his current work "Listening With The Sound Turned Off" which has just finished in Triskel Arts Centre.

The work covers both indoor and outdoor installations and is illustrated in both colour and black and white.

The book is accompanied by a thirteen track CD and an introduction by David Toop and a text by Julie Forrester.

Buy the Book/CD now from the Farpoint Recordings web site or from Plug'd Records Cork or Crawford Gallery Cork, Ireland.

Quiet Club - Tesla

The Quiet Club are Mick O'Shea and Danny McCarthy. Formed in Feb 2006 they have met with considerable success and have become recognised as one of Ireland's leading sound art improvisation groups. They have toured extensively in Ireland and have appeared in festivals in both Germany, Canada. and Japan. Most recently at DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival), Static (Liverpool) and I& E Festival, (Dublin). They frequently appear with guests which in the past included Mark Wastell, Viv Corringham, John Godfrey, Harry Moore, Christian Carley, David Toop plus many others. Employing a wide range of sound making devices ranging from stones, home made instruments, electronics, amplified textures, oscilloscopes, thermins, field recordings etc.. they continue to push the boundaries of sound making and listening.

Buy the CD now from the Farpoint Recordings web site

Danny's body of recorded word spans a decade, with works recorded in Cork for Art Trail, INTERMEDIA, Audio Research Editionsin the UK, Amsterdam, Crocodile Records and Crawford Gallery, Cork

Curated and Produced by Danny McCarthy : 2006

100 Track CD For the Beckett Centenary, Art Trail, Shandon, Cork

Those who are familiar with the work of Samuel Beckett will know of the importance of sound in his work. Beckett had a great understanding of sound and a profound knowledge of the practice of listening. To mark the occasion of the centenary of Beckett's birth, Danny McCarthy has curated this cd of on hundred works by over eighty artists, from twenty countries.