Member Since: 01/12/2006
Band Website: www.cane141.com
Band Members:
CANE 141 Lost At Sea Cd Available to buy from
www.normanrecords.com (UK based)
Road Records (Dublin based - scroll down to "Cane 141")
CANE 141 Lost at Sea Secret Records ****
Over the past 10-odd years, Galway-based Cane 141 - effectively the dabblings of Michael Smalle, who is occasionally aided and abetted by like-minded musicians - have operated not so much under the radar as off the screen.
Created specifically as a sonic accompaniment to a visual art installation (by Galway artist Roisin Coyle) for Project 06, the best compliment one can offer here is that this works very much as a stand-alone piece.
The theme (and I could be adrift here) is the sheer vastness of oceans and why/how humans are, comparatively speaking, utterly insignificant. The coup de grace - which anchors the listening experience - is the use of former Royal Navy officer, Commander Bill King, who tells salutary and salty sea stories as the music ebbs and flows around his words.
The best record of its type this year? Aye, aye, Cap'n. www.cane141.com Tony Clayton-Lea- The Irish Times : The Ticket
Influences:
GEORGE KUCHAR : WILD NIGHT IN EL RENO
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Exceptional
Decor
Micropolis
T & Field
Type of Label: Indie