Hunters Moon late-night special at The Dock

The Dock has partnered with Hunters Moon for a night of searing dark drones, Scottish small pipes, ear-altering cello, viola improvisation, and more.

The late-night special concert takes place on Friday, May 3, with Ian Lynch (Lankum, Fire Draw Near), Brìghde Chaimbeul (Bree-chuh CHaym-bul), and the legendary Lori Goldston with Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh. 

The full ticket price will be donated to UNICEF's Gaza emergency appeal.

One Leg One Eye by Ian Lynch explores submerged leylines of music and song, drawing on the raw aesthetics of black metal, noise and drone while also being deeply embued with a sense of Irish history and myth.

And Take The Black Worm With Me (Nyahh Records, 2022) is a slow-burning suite of five expansive soundscapes that has found its audience largely through word of mouth. 

Partly recorded in an abandoned Dublin factory where his father worked when he was a child, Lynch's harrowing vocals are underpinned by vast pillars of uileann pipe drones, overlaid with effects and field recordings to conjure up a sound that is at once dark, mysterious and ultimately transcendental.

Brìghde Chaimbeul (Bree-chuh CHaym-bul) is a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music and Scottish smallpipes, a bellows-powered set of bagpipes with a double-note drone. 

She has devised a completely unique way of arranging pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the instrument. The constancy of sound creates a trance-like atmosphere, played with enticing virtuosic liquidity.

Brìghde's mesmerising musicianship has earned her global recognition, including a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award, and in 2021 performed to world leaders at the opening ceremony of COP 26.

Lori Goldston is an American cellist and composer. Accomplished in a wide variety of styles, including classical, world music, rock and free improvisation, she came to prominence as the touring cellist for Nirvana from 1993–1994 and appears on their live album MTV Unplugged in New York.

Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher from Seattle. Her voice as a cellist, amplified or acoustic, is full, textured, committed and original. A relentless inquirer, her work drifts freely across borders that separate genre, discipline, time and geography.

Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh is a viola player based in Glasgow whose playing is influenced by improvised, traditional, and early music styles. She has played with a variety of musicians and groups, including Woven Skull, Josephine Foster, Circuit des Yeux, Alasdair Roberts, and Irish improvisers David Lacey, Aonghus McEvoy, and David Donohoe. 

Her first solo recordings were released by Fort Evil Fruit under the title Oreing and include four semi-improvised pieces for viola and tape delay.

First Fridays is a series of events curated by Natalia Beylis and special guests on the first Friday of every month and is part of the Arts Council's Late-Night Events pilot programme.

The concert takes place on May 3 at 8pm. Admissions are €10.