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ALEX GOUGH & CAL PACINO + support

Electric Avenue

11 John St, Waterford, X91 NNY2, Ireland Munster

52.2579135 -7.111895999999999

Description

ALEX GOUGH & CAL PACINO + support & Jabba Collective DJs Electric Avenue is delighted to announce a double bill of two of Waterford’s most exciting and original acts from the last couple of years. Both Alex and Cal come from a hip hop background combined with serious song writing chops and a love of experimentation. The gig on Saturday 15th October (Doors 7.30pm) will feature full live sets by each act plus support and a late night DJ set from Waterford’s wonderfully eclectic Jabba collective playing the best of Afrobeat, Dancehall, Dub, Funk, HipHop, Latin, Reggae and World Music. Tickets are on sale now at www.universe.com Drummer/Producer/Artist Alex Gough is helping blaze a trail for Irish hip-hop internationally. He’s racked up millions of streams for his 2019 debut EP, ‘80%’, and earned a high profile play on the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’. Sonically, there’s dizzying variety within Gough’s productions. Graduating from the sample-heavy sound of 2018’s acclaimed ‘Infomercial Tape’, ‘80%’ featured both brilliantly old school beats on ‘Breakfast’ and jazz-influenced understatement in the shape of ‘Dear SJ’. Vocally, there’s an engaging authenticity to Alex’ easy flow, adding additional weight to his quick-witted bars. With 2022 EP “LEMON****” further pushing his artistic envelope, the combination of creative restlessness and undeniable talent makes Gough an exciting proposition, even if he’s far too modest himself to admit it. If you are striving to survive suburbia; not to be anaesthetised and homogenized by a drab age of sameness… Cal Pacino’s lyrical feast will make a home in you. Pacino’s undeniable talent transcends time, place, and genre. With a deep rooting in folk music – Cal takes on the soulful role as poet within the funky-fresh 2022’s kaleidoscope of genres. Pacino hooks us with expertly produced pop sounds, only to reel us into the real, spitting matters-of-fact and eternal truths. Flowing effortlessly from soul singing, hinting jazz, and then gliding into raw Irish rapping, he tightropes between transcendent and normal life with the playfulness of a man who knows the craic like his own reflection. Cal has just released his magnificent solo album ‘Sowing Seeds’

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Start: 2022-10-15T19:30:00+01:00

End: 2022-10-16T02:00:00+01:00

Tickets

General Admission 15.0 EUR 180