BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1265@https://flypost.ie SUMMARY:Alison Cotton (Glitterbeat Records) DTSTAMP:20260619T185516Z DTSTART:20261203T200000Z DTEND:20261203T224500Z DESCRIPTION:“Cotton may expand folk’s raw emotions into more avant garde te rritories\, but\nthey still feel possessed by a blood-red muscle memory th at goes back\ncenturies.” – The Quietus\n\n“Her exquisite voice calls to m ind both the chill of the best British folk…and\nthe psychedelic detail of Occitanian traditional song” – Uncut Magazine\n\nEnthusiastic Eunuch Pres ents\n\n\nALISON COTTON (GLITTERBEAT)\n\nwith special guest tba\n\nThursda y 3rd December\n\nBello Bar\n\nDoors 8pm\n\nTickets €20 via https://billet to.ie/e/alison-cotton-glitterbeat-tickets-1958027\n[https://billetto.ie/e/ alison-cotton-glitterbeat-tickets-1958027]\n\nAlison Cotton is a London‑ba sed composer\, vocalist\, and multi‑instrumentalist\nwhose music centres o n viola\, harmonium\, and layered vocal drones. Originally\nfrom Sunderlan d\, she first emerged in the UK underground in bands including\nSaloon\, T he Eighteenth Day of May\, and more recently\, The Left Outsides before\nb eginning her solo career in 2018.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqdF csAF7E\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqdFcsAF7E]\n\nHer debut\, All I s Quiet at the Ancient Theatre introduced her long‑form\,\nplace‑inspired approach to composition. This was followed with Only Darkness Now\nand The Portrait You Painted of Me\, both acclaimed for their immersive\natmosphe res and emotional depth. All three albums appeared in The Quietus’ End\nof Year lists\, with Only Darkness Now topping their New Weird Britain chart and\nThe Portrait You Painted of Me was also Folk Record of the Month in The\nGuardian.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmeo0bEkEgs\n[https://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmeo0bEkEgs]\n\nIn 2024\, Cotton released Engelchen\ , a work inspired by the lives of Ida and\nLouise Cook and their efforts t o help refugees escape Nazi Germany. The album\ndeepened her interest in n arrative composition\, blending historical research\nwith her distinctive drone‑based sound.\n\nHer music has received regular airplay on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6 Music\, and she\nhas recorded sessions for Late Junction\, Ril ey & Coe\, and The New Music Show.\nCotton tours widely across the UK and Europe and has appeared at festivals\nincluding Le Guess Who?\, Roadburn\, Krankenhaus\, Supernormal and Acid Horse. Her\nrecords have been released by Rocket Recordings\, Feeding Tube Records\, Cardinal\nFuzz\, Bloxham Ta pes\,Clay Pipe Music and now Glitterbeat.\n\nAlison Cotton’s fifth solo al bum is a mesmerizing weave of haunted atmospherics\nand avant-folk songcra ft. Built around her viola\, harmonium\, and transportive\nvocals\, the al bum moves between stark drone passages and more layered\narrangements with piano\, percussion\, and synths.\n\n URL:https://flypost.ie/event/alison-cotton-glitterbeat-records LOCATION:Bello Bar - 1 Portobello Harbour Dublin 8 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dublin,live music,folk music,experimental folk music,gigs,alison cotton,glitterbeat X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Cotton may expand folk’s raw emotions into more avant garde territories, but they still feel possessed by a bloo d-red muscle memory that goes back centuries.” – The Quietus< /strong>

“Her exquisite voice calls to mind both the chill of the be st British folk…and the psychedelic detail of Occitanian traditional song< strong>” – Uncut Magazine

Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents

< h3>Alison Cotton (Glitterbeat)

with special guest tba

Thursday 3rd December

Bello Bar

Doors 8pm

Tick ets €20 via https://billetto.ie/e/alison-cotton-glitterbea t-tickets-1958027

Alison Cotton is a London‑based composer, voca list, and multi‑instrumentalist whose music centres on viola, harmonium, a nd layered vocal drones. Originally from Sunderland, she first emerged in the UK underground in bands including Saloon, The Eighteenth Day of May, a nd more recently, The Left Outsides before beginning her solo career in 20 18.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqdFcsAF7E

Her debut, Al l Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre introduced her long‑form, place‑inspired approach to composition. This was followed with Only Darkness Now and The Portrait You Painted of Me, both acclaimed for their immersive atmosphere s and emotional depth. All three albums appeared in The Quietus’ End of Ye ar lists, with Only Darkness Now topping their New Weird Britain chart and The Portrait You Painted of Me was also Folk Record of the Month in The G uardian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmeo0bEkEgs

In 2024 , Cotton released Engelchen, a work inspired by the lives of Ida and Louis e Cook and their efforts to help refugees escape Nazi Germany. The album d eepened her interest in narrative composition, blending historical researc h with her distinctive drone‑based sound.

Her music has received reg ular airplay on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6 Music, and she has recorded sessions for Late Junction, Riley & Coe, and The New Music Show. Cotton tours widely across the UK and Europe and has appeared at festivals including Le Guess Who?, Roadburn, Krankenhaus, Supernormal and Acid Horse. Her record s have been released by Rocket Recordings, Feeding Tube Records, Cardinal Fuzz, Bloxham Tapes,Clay Pipe Music and now Glitterbeat.

Alison Cot ton’s fifth solo album is a mesmerizing weave of haunted atmospherics and avant-folk songcraft. Built around her viola, harmonium, and transportive vocals, the album moves between stark drone passages and more layered arra ngements with piano, percussion, and synths.

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