Join us on this unique tour of contemporary Irish folk music, at a concert evening curated by Willie Stewart from the exciting Irish indie label Nyahh Records. The concert is presented in collaboration with Final Descent.

“I started Nyahh Records because I kept hearing new music in Ireland that I was really excited about and wanted to work with, and that I thought deserved to reach more people. I find the quality of what’s coming out in Ireland right now to be amazing and I want to help to highlight it,” says Willie Stewart, the founder of the Irish label Nyahh Records. He has now put together two different concert evenings at Alice with exactly that purpose: to showcase some of the most interesting and experimental Irish music right now.

All the artists you can experience across these two evenings are affiliated with Nyahh Records. But what is this … Nyahh? According to Willie Stewart, Nyahh refers to the soul inherent in music. But also to something you can’t quite put your finger on. “I like that the Nyahh is unclassifiable,” he said in the same interview. “That’s how I would like the releases on the label to be as well.” Nyahh Records mainly releases experimental music and folk music from Ireland. And tonight you can look forward to everything from harp playing fused with electronica, to high-energy rap, and instrumental music that will transport you to another dimension. On the evening you can experience:

Méabh McKenna
Méabh McKenna is a multi-instrumental sound artist based in Eastern Ireland. She plays various types of harp and also uses her voice, electronics, and found objects to create her enchanting sound. With many years of experimentation and collaboration behind her, her live performances have evolved from creating eclectic worlds of traditional, classical, and early music to weaving them together with contemporary and electronic elements. Her performances are in dialogue with both past and present, interlacing inner and imagined worlds.

E The Artist
Daranijoh Sanni, better known as E The Artist, is an experimental rapper, producer, and art director from Ayrfield in North Dublin. Inspired by Afrofuturism, E The Artist reimagines modern Black club genres in their loudest, boldest, and most intense expressions. Dance and rap styles, from jungle to grime, fuse with heavier tracks. With roots in Ireland, E The Artist turns his gaze toward the ever-emerging neocultures growing across the diaspora. You can be sure to be blown away by E The Artist’s high-energy show!

Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis
Cellist Eimear Reidy and experimental all-round artist Natalia Beylis conjure forest landscapes, cosmic moonrises, and drone journeys in their mesmerizing and seductive music. Based in Leitrim, Ireland, the duo has developed a distinctive musical language representing common ground between their individual styles. Often, the cellist and multi-instrumentalist improvise at their joint performances, where the tones intertwine like the roots of ancient trees.

In 2021, they released their first album together, followed in 2023 by the successor She Came Through the Window to Stand by the Door, recorded on Ireland’s second-oldest organ. Writing about the second album in The Quietus, Daryl Worthington noted: “The idea of sound being world building is common in ‘electronic’ music, whether modular or computer. Beylis and Reidy show that surroundings can be bypassed with acoustic means, and the conjured realms can be full of motion and life. Transportive isn’t quite the right word. Their music induces hyperphantasia.” Look forward to stepping into new worlds with Eimear Reidy and Natalia Beylis!

Willie Stewart has curated two different concert evenings. If you wish to attend both, you’ll need to purchase two separate tickets.

Kom med på denne enestående tour de irsk folkemusik af i dag, til en koncertaften sammensat af Willie Steward fra det spændende, irske indielabel Nyahh Records. Koncerten præsenteres sammen med Final Descent.

“I started Nyahh Records because I kept hearing new music in Ireland that I was really excited about and wanted to work with, and that I thought deserved to reach more people. I find the quality of what’s coming out in Ireland right now to be amazing and I want to help to highlight it,” har Willie Stewart, der står bag det irske label Nyahh records, udtalt. Nu har han sammensat to forskellige koncertaftener på Alice med netop det formål: At fremhæve noget af det mest interessante, eksperimenterende irske musik lige nu.

Alle de artister, du kan opleve på de to koncertaftener, er affilieret med Nyahh records. Men hvad er det her … Nyahh? I følge Willie Steward refererer Nyahh til musikkens iboende sjæl. Men også til noget, som ikke helt er til at sætte sin finger på. “I like that the Nyahh is unclassifiable,” sagde han i det samme interview, “That’s how I would like the releases on the label to be as well”. Nyahh records udgiver især eksperimenterende musik og folkemusik fra Irland. Og denne aften kan du se frem til at opleve alt fra harpespil forenet med electronica, til energifyldt rap og instrumentalmusik, der vil transportere dig til en anden dimension. På aftenen kan du opleve:

Méabh McKenna
Méabh McKenna er en multi-instrumental lydkunstner bosat i det østlige Irland. Hun spiller på forskellige typer harpe, og bruger desuden sin stemme, elektronik og fundne objekter til at skabe sin fortryllende lyd. Med mange års eksperimenter og samarbejder bag sig har hendes liveoptrædener udviklet sig fra at skabe eklektiske verdener af traditionel, klassisk og tidlig musik til at væve dem sammen med nutidige og elektroniske elementer. Hendes optrædener er i dialog

med både nutid og fortid, og væver indre og forestillede verdener sammen.

E The Artist
Daranijoh Sanni, bedre kendt som E The Artist, er en eksperimenterende rapper, producer og art director fra Ayrfield i det nordlige Dublin. Inspireret af Afropunkisme gentænker E The Artist de moderne sorte klubgenrer i deres mest højlydte, bramfrie og intense udtryk. Dans- og rapstilarter, fra jungle til grime, smelter sammen med de tungere spor. Med udgangspunkt i Irland retter E the artist blikket mod de konstant spirende neokulturer, der vokser frem på tværs af diasporaen. Du kan være sikker på at blive blæst bagover af E The Artist’s energifyldte show!

Eimear Reidy og Natalia Beylis
Cellisten Eimear Reidy og den eksperimenterende altmuligkunstner Natalia Beylis fremmaner skovlandskaber, kosmiske måneopgange og dronerejser i deres dragende og forførende musik. Duoen, der er bosat i Letrim i Irland, har udviklet et særegent musikalsk sprog, der repræsenterer et fælles ståsted mellem deres individuelle stilarter. Ofte improviserer cellisten og altmuligmusikeren til deres fælleskoncerter, hvor tonerne snor sig om hinanden som rødderne på urgamle træer.

I 2021 udgav de deres første album sammen, og i 2023 fulgte opfølgeren She Came Through the Window to Stand by the Door, indspillet på Irlands næstældste orgel. Om det andet album skrev Daryl Worthington i The Quietus, at: “The idea of sound being world building is common in ‘electronic’ music, whether modular or computer. Beylis and Reidy show that surroundings can be bypassed with acoustic means, and the conjured realms can be full of motion and life. Transportive isn’t quite the right word. Their music induces hyperphantasia.” Glæd dig til at træde ind i nye verdener med Eimear Reidy og Natalia Beylis!

Willie Stewart har sammensat to forskellige koncertaftener, og vil du med begge dage, skal du købe to separate billetter.