The Comet Is Coming - Future Jazz Series
At a glance
About this event
The Comet is Coming are an East London-based trio who soak up a wide range of otherworldly and musical influences - from electronica, funk and psychedelic rock - into their pumping future-jazz sound.
“Our music orbits around ideas of apocalypse, hyperdimensions, out of body experience and an obsession with the macrocosmic mystery and power of the cosmos,” explains Danalogue The Conqueror, who plays analogue synthesisers in the band and has co-produced their albums Prophecy and Channel The Spirits with Betamax Killer, the drummer.
The spiritual trio is made whole by none other than King Shabaka on saxophone, who forced his way into the band three years ago by jumping up on stage to blow the life out of his horn when Danalogue and Betamax performed together as duo Soccer96.
Firing on all cylinders into the stratosphere, The Comet is Coming have reached new heights this year after Channel The Spirits was nominated for the 2016 Mercury Music Prize. The band employ an idiosyncratic, free-ranging approach to making music and the experimental nature of their recording process reflects itself in their explosive live sets, which leave an impact-crater-sized impression on audiences.
Location
8 Leeson Street Lower
Venue details
"It's a venue to die for. Wood panelled walls, plush banquette seating and a pristine sound system render the rest of Dublin's night-life cruddy in comparison."The Irish Times
After opening in 1963 The Irish Film Theatre closed its doors in 1985. It would be another 14 years before the space would be used again and so it was in August 1999 that The Sugar Club was born.
