Death Milkshake

About

Death Milkshake is an Irish multi-instrumentalist live looping artist who fuses electronic sounds with an alternative rock edge, creating a unique and original beat driven hybrid sound. Simple driving beats underpin Bass guitar and synth tones layered beneath heavily effected vocals. The performance is essentially fully live electronica, created by playing instruments rather than triggering samples. The danceable disco-punk songs produced have natural flow and dynamics, and in the main, take cues from electronic dance music, post punk and progressive rock amongst other genres. The lyrical content while seemingly throw-away often has a very deliberate undertone, with serious subject matter approached in a playful or sometimes surreal and ridiculous way. Using scripted looping within Ableton live software, Death Milkshake aims to test the boundaries and expectations of the types of compositions a looping artist can create. The sound has been likened to ‘A more synth Human League’ – Brian Lally (RTE Radio 1), with the live performance being described as an ‘unmissable, powerful one man performance’ – Craig Hughes (Director – Night & Day Music festival) A concept born out of lots of spare time in the 2020/2021 lockdowns, the Death Milkshake project was launched in early 2022 with Festival appearances at ‘Éalú Le Grá’ and ‘Night And Day’ music festivals. 2023 included more Irish festival slots including All Together Now, Livestock and BallaghDream. Early 2023 was dedicated to the recording and production of the debut Death Milkshake EP, with Dáithí O Drónaí (Houseplants / Dáithí) on mixing and production duties. The 6 track EP is made up of songs written during lockdown, with lyrical content expressing both a frustration about that time and the apathy developed as a result. The songs included in the record maintain a dance music feel and a rock music sound. The first singles from the EP are trickling out in ate 2023/early 2024, with the EP in full to be released in March 2024.

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