Beats & Pieces Big Band
Manchester, United Kingdom
Saturday 16 Feb 2013
Dublin, Ireland
From the southern coast of Ireland, drummer/composer Dan Walsh’s Fixity brings listeners on a rollercoaster of melodic and textural development.
Dan Walsh - drums, composition
Emil Nerstrand - saxophone
Philip Christie - piano
Sam Clague - guitar
Sean Maynard Smith - bass guitar
A 5-piece band bringing together improvisers from various fields of intrigue, Fixity explores the impossibility of repeated moments.
"Fixity’s world is one where grooves, rock & roll, noise, motorik, and free jazz all coexist.” - Tristan Bath, The Quietus
Fixity is an experimental music project led by composer/drummer Dan Walsh from Cork, Ireland. The tunes are explored in collective improvisation with a fluid cast of musicians from various fields of intrigue.
Fixity released a Double LP on Penske Recordings in December 2016 entitled "The Things In The Room" featuring Saxophonist Emil Nerstrand, Guitarist Nils Andersson and Fredrik Persson. The double LP was recorded in a single evening at the historic Tambourine Studios in Malmo, Sweden. Since the release of "The Things In The Room" Fixity has continued to expand on the impossibility of stillness in repetition, with an increasing network of collaborators and their welcome voices.
Fixity's second LP "No Man Can Tell" was released in 2019. Produced with the Altered Hours’ Patrick Cullen, the album features an extended ensemble of Irish and International musicians collectively interpreting Walsh’s compositions by characteristically ambitious and future-focused means.
Alongside these larger releases, Walsh has been producing a series of self-titled and numbered solo recordings since 2015 representing a catalogue of new compositions and personal explorations. FIXITY 7 was released on cassette in late 2021.
Fixity perform at 12 Points 2024 on September 25th at 21:30. Click here for tickets!
Fixity is supported at 12 Points 2024 by Culture Ireland
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Mike McGrath Bryan, The Evening Echo“The sound of a polymath at play. ”
Brian Coney, The Thin Air“Carefully-crafted, often masterfully mind-melting music… free jazz, psych-dappled ambient and improvisation wed, pull apart, scrap, push together and fulminate with force, joy and pure conviction. ”
The Evening Echo“Endlessly interesting, pigeonhole-dodging tunes informed by a wide array of musical movements and ideas. ”
