ØXN | BF30

Special Guest: Ian Nyquist ØXN last took the Button Factory stage in 2024, headlining a sold-out fundraising event for Medical Aid Palestine. Two years later, Button Factory and Enthusiastic Eunuch are thrilled to bring ØXN back to the stage as part of the BF30 Anniversary series. ØXN exist at the cosmic intersection of its constituent parts, melding Lankum’s experimental doom folk (Radie Peat), the motorik euphoria of Percolator (John ‘Spud’ Murphy’ & Eleanor Myler) & Katie Kim’s glorious Lynchian meta-verse, to create a sound which exists somewhere between the traditional, the future and the eternal. What began as a side project duo between Radie Peat & Katie Kim in 2018, blossomed into a full-on sonic tapestry with the addition of Myler & Murphy during lockdown, resulting in one of the musical streaming highlights of the Covid era with an unforgettable live performance from the Martello Tower in conjunction with visual artist & Lankum collaborator, Vicky Langan. In October 2023, ØXN released their debut album 'CYRM' on the relaunched Claddagh Records to global critical acclaim, including a five star review as The Guardian's Folk Album Of The Month, #4 in The Guardian's Folk Albums Of 2023 & a five star review in The Irish Times. This is a rare chance to catch ØXN in any form. Ian Nyquist Ian Nyquist is a musician and sound artist whose most recent work centres on the re-contextualising of traditional material. His most recent project, Gilded, captures an ongoing exploration of live, software-altered bodhrán playing. Through electronics and digital processing, Ian transforms a familiar instrument into something entirely new. &list=RDCWYWIthiIYU