©Ziga Koritnik / Festival Druga Godba 2019
I’m a musician and composer from Dublin, Ireland. My work is rooted in improvisation and experimental music. I play in various improvised and new music settings and more regular groupings such as OKO (“a revelation” – The Sunday Times), curating the Bottlenote Festival (“a no-holds-barred celebration of beautiful noise” – The Irish Times) or making music on my own.
A lot of my recent work comes from trying to make the relationship between myself, the guitar and the technology I use a little less predictable. I use software that listens to what I play and pulls information from my improvisations, which is then used to control an unruly collection of electronic hardware. I’m interested in setting things in motion without knowing exactly where they’ll go, and in creating situations where neither I nor the machines are entirely in charge.
“…an extraordinary range of textures…Latimer manipulated the jumble of boxes and leads – as well as his guitar – in a fascinating meeting of man and technology.”
My solo album Residuum, released on Diatribe Records, grew out of this way of working, moving between improvisation, electronics and composition.
“Residuum, by Shane Latimer, is an extraordinary record. You may think you have heard every sampled electronic bump, tap, scratch and groan there is to be heard, but think again.”
I have a PhD in Music from the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queens University Belfast and I teach Jazz and Contemporary Music at Dublin City University. I also teach privately from my studio in Dublin.