Lakker
{{Short description|Irish electronic music act}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lakker
| genre = Electronic, techno, experimental
| years_active = 2003–present
| label = R & S Records
| associated_acts = Eomac, Arad
| website = {{url|http://lakker.com/}}
| current_members = Dara Smith
Ian McDonnell
}}
Lakker are an Irish electronic music duo consisting of Dara Smith and Ian McDonnell, both from Dublin, Ireland.[https://www.derivative.ca/events/2014/Lakker/ Lakker Interview] with TouchDesigner creators Derivative (April 2014) Formed in 2003, they have released a number of albums and singles on the independent Belgian electronic label R & S Records merging "IDM, new-school trip-hop, and industrial-strength techno/bass-music hybrids".{{cite web|author= |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9654-lakker-techno-storytellers/ |title=Lakker: Techno Storytellers |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2015-06-02 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}
Lakker were featured on Mary Anne Hobbs' "6 Music Recommends" on BBC Radio 6 during 2014 and 2017,{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03td779 |title=BBC Radio 6 Music – 6 Music Recommends, With Mary Anne Hobbs |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2014-02-06 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/playlists/b091jbfn |title=Mary Anne Hobbs' 6 Music Recommends – 24th August 2017's playlist's Top Tracks – BBC Playlists |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2017-08-24 |accessdate=2018-05-10}} and on Nick Luscombe's "Late Junction" on BBC Radio 3 in March 2017.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hpvyp |title=BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction, Nick Luscombe |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2017-03-15 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}
In 2016, in combination with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Lakker created "a new conceptual work" which was presented as an album, an interactive digital platform, and a documentary.{{cite web|url=http://verhalen.beeldengeluid.nl/lakker |title=Struggle & Emerge |publisher=Verhalen.beeldengeluid.nl |date= |accessdate=2018-05-10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G_xArLoYk |title=Lakker – Struggle & Emerge Documentary |publisher=YouTube |date=2016-05-10 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://revivethis.org/Sessions/lakker-sound-and-vision/ |title=Lakker – Struggle & Emerge (R&S Records) | RE:VIVE |publisher=Revivethis.org |date= |accessdate=2018-05-10}}
Performances and workshops
Lakker perform live, DJ, and present audiovisual shows in Europe and North America. This includes performances at BLOC Festival, Montreal's Mutek Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/artists/9059-lakker |title=Lakker |publisher=MUTEK |date=2015-05-11 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmlGh1gehc Lakker Interview] with Fact Magazine (August 2016) Glade Festival, Rewire Festival, and Sonica in London in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://sonic-a.co.uk/portfolio/lakker-av/ |title=Lakker AV |publisher=Sonica |date= |accessdate=2018-05-10}} In addition to electronic music festivals, Lakker have presented works on Boiler Room TV in 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d3v7u1bRmk |title=Lakker Stroboscopic Boiler Room Berlin Live Set |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-11-04 |accessdate=2018-05-10}} 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBcvvY5QPI |title=Lakker Boiler Room London Live Set |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-11-13 |accessdate=2018-05-10}} and 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI-MzvdKa1I |title=Lakker Boiler Room Berlin Live Set |publisher=YouTube |date=2016-11-22 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}
In 2015 the duo presented a workshop on Ableton for live performance at Berlin's Krake Festival.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.electronicbeats.net/the-insiders-guide-to-berlins-krake-festival/ |title=The Insider's Guide to Berlin's Krake Festival – Telekom Electronic Beats |publisher=Electronicbeats.net |date=2015-07-14 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.urbanspree.com/event/krake-music-production-workshops/ |title=Krake X Ableton Music Production Workshopsurban Spree |publisher=Urbanspree.com |date=2015-08-06 |accessdate=2018-05-10}} And, in 2016 Lakker presented and discussed their "Struggle & Emerge" A/V project at the Europeana Sounds Conference in Vilnius.{{cite web|url=http://www.eusounds.eu/europeana-sounds-2016-conference-programme.html |title=Europeana Sounds 2016: Conference Programme – Europeana Sounds |publisher=Eusounds.eu |date=2017-06-25 |accessdate=2018-05-10}}
Discography
Studio albums
- Ruido (2007)[https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9654-lakker-techno-storytellers/ Lakker Interview] with Pitchfork Magazine (June 2015)
- Tundra (2015)
- Tundra Remixed (2015)
- Struggle & Emerge (2016)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G_xArLoYk, "Struggle & Emerge" Documentary] by RE:VIVE (May 2016)
- Época (2019)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|lakker.com|Lakker}} – official site
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0002037706}}
- {{Discogs artist|artist=Lakker}}
- {{MusicBrainz artist|id=75c5848d-08aa-4e28-97ce-65e16d3e43b5}}
- [http://www.randsrecords.com/artists/lakker Lakker] at R & S Records
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