DUBLIN 2003 - 2006
OVERVIEW
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Gavin Prior writes, plays, produces and records music. Since graduating from the University of Limerick with an MA in Music Technology, he has been involved in noise, free improv, folk, rock, singer-songwriter projects all of which bleed into each other. His main instruments are guitar and sundry electronic devices some of which are made and modified by himself. He currently plays in Toymonger and Sabre Series. He has also played in United Bible Studies, Wyntr Ravn, Agitated Radio Pilot, Amygdala, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Murmansk, The Magickal Folk Of The Faraway Tree and many other occasional or once-off improv groupings.

The sixth release from Deserted Village is an unedited recording of the first meeting of a truly odd and exciting line-up: Dave Carroll (The Wormholes) on percussion, Fergus Cullen (Papercop) on guitar, Gavin Prior (Murmansk) on percussion and electronics and Paul Roe (Concorde Ensemble) on Bass clarinet. This unplanned hour of improv arose from two overlapping sessions in the Deserted Studio and was an enjoyable departure for everyone involved. It is an extremely fluid set with frenetic grooves twisting and turning before dissolving back into sonic sludge.
Paul Roe draws on his contemporary music background, exploiting a wealth of extended technique. His humming and clicking blends in and out of whatever noise or groove comes his way. He is met half-way by the non-academic musicians in a stew, stranger than the sum of its parts.

This CD was unleashed at a gig in Lazybird (where else?) which rocks harder than the cd as you can hear from the mp3 extract. The Amygdala album is now on sale in Lazybird every sunday as well as from us.
Check out some the reiews in Amydala's

2003
- Band formed
- Release of 'Amygdala' EP [19 September]
2006
- Band splits