Some news in advance of the Transcendentalists show at Cork Opera House on May 19th (also The Sugar Club in Dublin the following night).
Fat Cat/130701 are releasing a special EP to commemorate the tour, featuring 2 tracks each by Johann Johannsson, Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka. This is new/reworked material and is being premiered exclusively on the Electronic Beats zine today.
http://www.electronicbeats.net/music/features/eb-listening-transcendentalism-ep-streaming-in-full
Here’s what EB say:
In honor of their 130701 Transcendentalists Tour 2012 (featuring the gorgeous, post-classical experiments of Hauschka, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Dustin O’Halloran) FatCat Records is also issuing an EP featuring exclusive new and reworked material from all three artists. We’re pleased to bring you a pre-release listening stream of Transcendentalism, which is available below. We’re also giving away 2×2 tickets to the May 16th Berlin date of the tour; just send an email to contest@electronicnbeats.net, and we’ll get back to you if you’ve won. Simple, right? But if you don’t live in Berlin, we recommend checking the tour dates below to see if this unique tour will be entering your hometown soon.
15 May – De Duif, Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 May – Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
17 May – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
18 May – The Barbican Hall, London, UK
19 May – Cork Opera House, Cork, Ireland
20 May – Sugar Club, Dublin, Ireland
21 May – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK
22 May – Cafe De La Danse, Paris, France
Having listened to the EP, it is as beautiful as you would expect and it is something you will want to be buying in advance of getting your ticket for May 19th.
