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Kit Downes’ Dreamlife of Debris

IrelandKildare Main Street, Newbridge Riverbank Arts Centre
20 Oct 2021
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An unmissable opportunity to hear Kit Downes’ highly anticipated and critically acclaimed album Dreamlife of Debris in concert.

Kit Downes piano, organ
Tom Challenger tenor saxophone
Lucy Railton cello
Sebastian Rochford drums

The wandering mind is a curious thing, and Kit Downes’ Dreamlife of Debris explores its tangents and threads, subtleties and secrets in this stunning project inspired by W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn novel. There is a suitably zero gravity feel to this music, buoyant, orbital, full of whorls and tendrils and utterly bewitching.

Kit’s playing is highly original and personal, his solo church organ album Obsidian being one of the most remarkable ECM albums of recent years. His three co-navigators on this voyage of discovery are all world-class improvising musicians and their in-flight conversation invites us into a world of restless melody, crisp rhythmic jousting, and a luminous palette of sonic colour and texture. Garnering major attention worldwide, this is an inspired, highly anticipated and critically acclaimed album, already a must-have on the shelves of anyone who is curious about or in love with intelligent, beautiful music.

"Other-worldly beauty – it is jazz, but not as we know it"BBC Music Magazine [on Dreamlife of Debris]
"World-class"The Guardian [on Downes]
"One of the finest pianists of his generation"Jazzwise [on Downes]

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Venue Information - Riverbank Arts Centre

Riverbank Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary venue including theatre and visual arts centre in Newbridge, County Kildare. Riverbank Arts Centre is lively, atmospheric and convenient, a high quality venue which caters for a range of interests and age groups. From theatre, music and comedy to children's events and cinema, Riverbank Arts Centre provides an intimate setting for a broad variety of shows.