irish singer AIDAN has been developing his style on stages in ireland and mainland europe since 1996... sharing the stage and tape with artists as diverse as bobby mc ferrin, jinx lennon, wallis bird and jenny lindfors, he has explored many different aspects of his personality and sound.
during this musical exploration, AIDAN composed and recorded his findings, continuously getting closer to a sound that he can call his own. when asked what his music sounds like, he responded:
"... what i hear in my head today is very different to what i heard yesterday. i hope that tomorrow will bring a sound i haven't heard in my life yet up to today! i like to think that my music sounds like what i feel, what i see, what i smell and especially what i hear when i sit down to play - sometimes even what i touch!"
a product of your environment, so?
"well i don't like to think of my music as the sound of traffic noise, but more or less, yes."
from the american folk-rock collection of songs that is 2002's WALKING INTO WALLS, 2004's lo-fi folk-rock concept album WAITING FOR THE TIDE TO RISE, 2005's stunning live mini-album, LIVE AT BEWLEYS, through psychedelic folk trio, TEA and eccentric 7-peice acoustic collective THE HAPPY GANG, the tapes that i heard of his new project, LORD ALTMONT were an unexpected delight! LORD ALTMONT is a worldly, diverse and mature affair that had every hair on my body standing on end.
here is an artist worth keeping an ear to on every turn and there are many turns!
-ophelia gicker, 2007
"impressive" -EVENING HERALD
aidan "has a top-notch voice, and in the company of seven stirling musicians turns in a finely recorded live album, featuring five of his mostly-charmful songs." -HOTPRESS (about live at bewleys)
aidan and the balcony suicides live on balcony tv, july 2006.
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