9.57 (SUNSET)

On Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June, join members of San Francisco’s original underground soundsystem, 5lowershop for a weekend of late-night experimental dance music, DJ sets and live performances by local collaborators and free party aficionados, taking place in the TDC at CTC space in Triskel Arts Centre as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival programme.

Magz will open the night on Friday 21 June with a mix of eclectic, punk-influenced party bangers, followed by Tir na gCasta co-founder DJ Milis who will keep the all-vinyl vibe dubby and dark. San Francisco native Binnie will close out the night with his uniquely strange brew of wonky tek, breakcore and old school techno classics.

Opening Saturday 22 June, utilising bespoke instruments Vi (Jeffrey Weeter and Eric Browne) invites listeners to a live performance experiment in evolving sonic textures and disintegrating digital artefacts. Dublin’s finest Cáit (Radiant Love / Dip) will raise the vibes on the dancefloor with a signature high energy set while live performances from Ikeaboy and Darqhorse will satisfy any braindance and electro cravings, ending the programme on a suitably glitchy note.

For full lineup details and to purchse tickets visit:
https://www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/9-57-sunset

STREAM FOR SOLIDARITY
JUNE 13th, 2020

Join 5lowershop Soundsystem on Saturday June 13th, 2020 as we embark on the second in our new series of Live Stream events, bringing together DJ's and producers from the USA, Ireland, and the UK and beaming them directly to you.

Given the events of the past week in the USA we are dedicating this programme to the Black Lives Matter movement and the co-existing struggles of minorities and POC who have suffered under systemic racism and police brutality in the US for far too long.

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Philando Castille, Trayvon Martin - the list of black men and women killed at the hand of police officers in the US goes on and on. We stand with the families and communities unjustly affected by state-sanctioned terror. We stand with the protesters showing up day after day and putting their bodies on the line in the face of military-grade weapons deployed by police departments intent on harming them. We stand with all the victims of anti-democratic violence the world over.

In an effort to offer practical support to organisers who are doing the work on the ground in the US, we are asking our viewers to dig deep in support of the Anti Police-Terror Project to whom we will donate 100% of all proceeds from the event. The Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. They support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing. APTP are working towards the establishment of an all-civilian oversight structure with discipline power that includes both a Civilian Complaints Office and a Police Commission.

To learn more about the work of the APTP please see their website:
https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org

**GoFundMe Donate here*** https://www.gofundme.com/f/5lowershop-anti-policeterror-project-fundraiser

We are so grateful to all the participants who have donated their time and energies to supporting this very worthy cause.

Expect DJ and live sets from:

USA:
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Purpureal Daystar (Olympia, Washington) https://soundcloud.com/agent_scully

Bran(...)Pos (San Francisco, California) https://branpos.bandcamp.com/music

Spukkin Faceship (Oakland, California) https://soundcloud.com/spukkin

Jason Blackkat (New York City) https://sewerratsbk.bandcamp.com/

UK:
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LMajor (West Norwood Cassette Library Recordings) https://soundcloud.com/lmajor

IRELAND:
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Jeffrey Weeter / Lavamatic (Cork)
Vimeo.com/lavamatic

Ikeaboy (Waterford)
https://soundcloud.com/damoikea

Atari Flynn (Dundalk)
https://soundcloud.com/werner-van-winkle

B Agustus (Dundalk)
https://www.mixcloud.com/B_Augustus/
 
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All LIVE, Streaming ONLY on: https://www.twitch.tv/5lowershopsoundsystem

Set times, fundraising information and further artist details to follow. For now, please mark your calendars and prepare for a journey to the far reaching extremes of the electronic music landscape.