Elaine Howley

Cork-based singer & musician Elaine Howley of The Altered Hours, Crevice, Howlbux will release her debut solo album The Distance Between Heart and Mouth on Touch Sensitive Records on 12th August. The product of an audio diary kept on a 4 track cassette machine throughout 2019 and 2020, the album recreates the intimacy of a radio show filled with Howley’s favourite sounds, pallets, and textures; joining the dots between pop and experimentation, summoning the kaleidoscopic world of Trish Keenan & Broadcast, the bruised lo-fi soul of Tirzah and the dubbed-out blues of Leslie Winer. Over nine patient, spontaneous self-recorded and produced tracks, Elaine Howley traces the outline of a small space that could be considered one of the longest journeys to be taken. To celebrate the launch of her album Elaine will play in Plugd Records on August 13th.

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Nami grew up in Sendai - the small town on the coast side of Japan. In 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami washed out many towns. Her hometown, Arahama, was one of them. Ever since, she has made music in an attempt to create “scenery, fragrance and a special holy place in mind” for anyone who listens her songs. Moreover, She released the album 'ARAHAMA callings' to rebuild her hometown in music in 2013. It was created as a graduation work of her university, it was picked up in some magazines and it became a big topic.
In 2018, she qualified for Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin as a solo ambient musician. Her music performance in Berlin, brought many of her listeners to tears. Her latest EP 'Our Map Here' is released from London based label in 2019. comprises 5 instrumental tracks reflecting on the area’s recovery by using field recordings in disaster area by the tsunami.
Nami’s atmospheric suites inspire both calmness and wonder. With gorgeous layerings of synth, piano, guitar, field recordings and more, her songs recreate our world as much as they reimagine it.
When not working as a composer for television and short films, she contributes to local art projects and works on independent albums. Her first independent album ‘In spring at the north wasteland’ was released in 2011 as a part of the fund raising project to support orphans.

Poster Images by Mary Kelleher

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