{"product_id":"caimin-gilmore-blackgate","title":"CAIMIN GILMORE - BlackGate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMC - Hand Numbered Cassette Tape - Limited to 60 copies 4 Panel Full Colour Inlay - Printed on Matt\/Silk Card Stock. In Collaboration with New Amsterdam Records, Brooklyn.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fabulous playing by Caimin Gilmore” — \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Caimin Gilmore’s upright bass-playing was reminiscent of Danny Thompson’s work, fluid and sunlit.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Thursday, June 5, 2025, Irish composer and double bassist \u003cstrong\u003eCaimin Gilmore\u003c\/strong\u003e announces his debut record \u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e, via \u003cstrong\u003eTen Spot Records\u003c\/strong\u003e (Dublin) in collaboration with \u003cstrong\u003eNew Amsterdam Records\u003c\/strong\u003e (Brooklyn) (out on August 1, 2025). \u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e features renowned cellist \u003cstrong\u003eKate Ellis\u003c\/strong\u003e, harpist \u003cstrong\u003eLavinia Meijer\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eCaimin Gilmore\u003c\/strong\u003e on double bass \u0026amp; DX7.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-known as one of Ireland's leading young double bassists, \u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e marks Gilmore's emergence as a major new compositional voice, in a style reflective of his expansive collaborations as a performer. \u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e is an instrumental composition and genre-fluid journey through myriad evocative sonic spaces, with exquisite writing not just for his own double bass, but for the harp and cello, accompanied by subtle Yamaha DX7 synthesiser passages that provide further sonic depth and colour. The record encapsulates Gilmore’s idiosyncratic playing style, which has formed the bedrock to his work with artists across a diffuse spectrum of musical styles—from contemporary music to pop, classical and folk—in turn, becoming a manifestation of them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilmore is a member of Ireland’s ground breaking new music group \u003cstrong\u003eCrash Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e. An interdisciplinary and versatile modern musician, he has shared the stage with internationally renowned artists like \u003cstrong\u003eLisa Hannigan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDermot Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAaron Dessner\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJessy Buckley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Projectors\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSam Amidon\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Saunier\u003c\/strong\u003e, to name a few, and is currently touring with Irish bands \u003cstrong\u003eYe Vagabonds\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Francis Flynn\u003c\/strong\u003e (Rough Trade\/River Lea). He features on over 40 recordings, including releases from \u003cstrong\u003eDamon Albarn\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBoygenius\u003c\/strong\u003e, and on \u003cstrong\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e’s posthumous album ‘\u003cem\u003eThanks for the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e’ with European ensemble \u003cstrong\u003es t a r g a z e\u003c\/strong\u003e, among many others. \u003cstrong\u003eKate Ellis\u003c\/strong\u003e is Artistic Director of \u003cstrong\u003eCrash Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e, cellist with \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Hayes\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cstrong\u003eCommon Ground Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e and has toured with \u003cstrong\u003eBono\u003c\/strong\u003e as part of his \u003cem\u003eStories of Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e show 2022-2023. \u003cstrong\u003eLavinia Meijer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cstrong\u003eSony Classical\u003c\/strong\u003e recording artist and the only classical musician to have reached the top 10 in the Dutch album charts for 3 consecutive solo albums. Her recording of \u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e’ ‘\u003cem\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e’ went platinum in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e sits at the cutting edge of a long history of artists working within a wide range of musical styles dating back as far as \u003cstrong\u003eVelvet Underground\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cale\u003c\/strong\u003e, and continuing through artists like \u003cstrong\u003eDeerhoof\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBryce Dessner\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSufjan Stevens\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eRyan Lott\u003c\/strong\u003e (Son Lux). “There has been a long lineage of non classical artists working primarily in ‘commercial’ music who dig from the contemporary classical music well \u0026amp; also write it,” says Gilmore. “For me, the first time the idea that this cross pollination was rigorously happening was listening to \u003cstrong\u003eNewAm\u003c\/strong\u003e Artistic Director \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Brittelle\u003c\/strong\u003e at Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival (Cork) in 2019, chatting about ‘genre fluidity’ in music on a panel discussion with curator \u003cstrong\u003eMary Hickson\u003c\/strong\u003e. I ended up doing an impromptu gig alongside William and the musicians he had brought over to the festival to perform his music. That interaction cemented, and made sense of, how ‘classical’ composers and musicians were also working in genre-fluid ways internationally and this gave assurance to the idea that my musical ideas, amassed performing across genres, had credibility as a notated work also.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn creating the work, Gilmore explains: ”I was interested in writing a piece that lived somewhere—harmonically and structurally—between indie and minimalist music; using extended string techniques to create a spectral sound world. At the time I was playing and jumping across a broad range of styles—contemporary music, folk\/Irish traditional music, playing in indie groups, and symphonic repertoire with orchestras. I felt that the playing techniques I was using across these genres were transferable, and the diffuse sonic worlds were conducive with each other–they could live together if it was a reflection of how I approached them, or maybe how I understood them. It felt most natural to me to write something with this cross pollination of genres in mind. \u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e as such became a natural reflection of the different types of music and people I was performing and collaborating with at the time of writing it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlackGate\u003c\/em\u003e was commissioned by \u003cstrong\u003eThe BlackGate Cultural Centre\u003c\/strong\u003e (Galway) using funds from the \u003cstrong\u003eArts Council of Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e. The commissioners intention was for Gilmore to create a genre-fluid amalgam andreflection of his multifaceted career. The work was written, notated, and recorded over the course of a year-long residency for \u003cstrong\u003eDublin City Council\u003c\/strong\u003e. It had its world premiere at \u003cstrong\u003eKilkenny Arts Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e (IRL) in 2024 and a further performance as part of \u003cstrong\u003eNew Music Dublin Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cstrong\u003eNational Concert Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e of Ireland, March 2025. It will receive its US premiere on July 21st at the \u003cstrong\u003ePS21 Centre for Contemporary Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e (Chatham), from \u003cstrong\u003eLavinia Meijer\u003c\/strong\u003e and celebrated American cellist \u003cstrong\u003eClarice Jensen\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeluxe 4-panel cassette inlay designed by \u003cstrong\u003eTen Spot Records\u003c\/strong\u003e with layout by \u003cstrong\u003eM\u0026amp;E Studio\u003c\/strong\u003e Sweden. 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