- Headgear music
Infobox musical artist
Name = Headgear
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Origin =Ireland
Genre = Rock,Electronica
Years_active = 2001-present
Label =Marthadigs , Diamond Head
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Current_members = Daragh Dukes
Kevin Brew (live) Orla Dukes (live) Billy Mulqueen (live)
Barra O'Toole (live)
Osgar Dukes (live)
Pat Shortt (live)
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Notable_instruments =Headgear is the current musical project of the
Dublin born musician and producer, Daragh Dukes, and several other collaborators and fellow producers. Musically, it can perhaps best be described as a collage ofelectronica and rock."Where This Good Life Goes", a 6 track mini-album, was released in October 2002 on Diamond Head Recordings.
The eponymous album, "Headgear", featuring the singles "Singin' in The Drain" and "Halibut", was released in 2004, on Dukes' own Marthadigs label, to critical acclaim. Irish music magazine Hot Press called it "a beguiling marriage of bedsit melancholia with laboratory electronica and quite the chamber-pop pocket symphony".
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comedian Pat Shortt plays saxophone on the "Headgear" track "Singin' in The Drain".The Cranberries ' drummer, Fergal Lawler, played live with Headgear in Dublin in 2003.In recent times, the music of Headgear has seen increasing public exposure due to plays on the popular "Mystery Train" radio show on
RTÉ Radio 1 , including a live set, and appearances on "The View" on RTÉ television.Daragh is also currently taking part in the "Wasted Youth Orchestra", a new musical project, with Rory Carlile. Live performances and an album are planned.
Headgear continue to make occasional live appearances, and a new album, named "Flight Cases", was released in early 2007.
External links
* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/theview/archive/20040928.html "Headgear" perform on RTÉ's "The View]
* [http://homepages.nyu.edu/%7Eemf241/work.htm Music Video for "Singin' in The Drain"]
* [http://www.eventguide.ie/articles.elive?session_id=1096580781300138&sku=040909000629 Interview with Daragh Dukes on EventGuide.ie]References
*Headgear on IUMA (now defunct)
* [http://www.zombieguide.com/news/2003/06/09/more-on-fergal-headgear/ The Cranberries drummer plays with "Headgear" (2003)]
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