Electronic producers but longtime punk, hardcore and metal heads, Blawan and Pariah take Patrick Clarke through the thirteen records that shaped their swerve into heavy music as Persher, from Meshuggah and Napalm Death to Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ahead of performances of Thar Farraige (Over Sea) in Bradford and London for the New Music Biennial, Patrick Clarke speaks to composer Linda Buckley and musicians The Maxwell Quartet and Brìghde Chaimbeul about the work's blending of Irish and Scottish music, its guiding themes of migration and connection to place, and more