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June 2006 Carol is working
on a new project called
The Natural History Museum with Dunk Murphy. There's also talk of
maybe another collaborative project with Donal O' Mahony.

April 2005 From the Tychonaut mailing list:
Tychonaut exclusive mp3s, News + Cork Gig This Saturday
Upcoming gigs: * Sat 23 April - Cypress Ave, Cork. 10 euro * Thurs 23 June - Roundstone Arts Festival, Galway * Sun 10 July - Roisin Dubh, Galway Arts Festival
News: Sorry about the radio silence. We have been writing-demoing the next Tychonaut album which is due out some time in 2006. We have also begun to start work again on the 'Low Babies' archive album which is back on track. (2 mp3s can be found further down this email)
Del 9 http://www.delicious9.com made a very nice video for 'your house from mine' which will be released in the UK in the next few months with our cover of Depeche Mode's 'world in my eyes' as a b-side. We will put the video up on the site around the same time.
All Tychonaut releases available from http://www.tychonaut.com/shop.htm
MP3s: "Jigsaw" - www.scientificlaboratories.com/tycho/jigsaw.mp3 "Alice" - www.scientificlaboratories.com/tycho/alice.mp3
Above are 2 tracks from the Tychonaut/Low Babies album 'Lions Teeth'.
For those who are new to the mailing list, Carol, Donal and Diarmuid all worked together as 'Low Babies' 11 years ago when we were, well... babies back in 1994. Donal and Carol went on to form The Plague Monkeys. Then all 3 came back together.
This 'Tychonaut/Low Babies' album will contain our first steps into the world of song writing and recording.
"Reducing noise, the hiss, the atmosphere ..."
All tracks are recorded a 4-track tape recorder by either Diarmuid or Donal, which explains the hiss.
The Running order:
********************* Jigsaw Lilliput Spudgun Wardrobe Digging for Diamonds Angostura Bitters Moher The Plague Monkeys Gyroscope Alice Cobweb Theory
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March 11 2005 "This Is" was voted No.98 in Hot Press People's Choice Top 100 Irish albums of all-time.

January 31 2005 "Please join us at The Sugar Club on the 12th of February 2005 (at 8pm) for a blazing 3-hour show of song, laughter and gratuitous flirtations with boys from the North!"
Nina Hynes Emmett Tinley 66e Tychonaut MEDEA Aurel The Evangelists Edgeweather Thought Trawler Holy Ghost Fathers Michael Knight Crumb and Tom Dunning & Your Boyfriends will all be celebrating the thing more of us like than care to admit.

December 2004 Tychonaut play The Stag's Head, Dublin on December 8 2004.

October 2004 New album due out in early November (4 track recording from 'Low Babies' 1994).
Upcoming gigs: Oct 9, Sat - Crawdaddy, Harcourt St, Dublin + Joe Chester, 12 euro Oct 30, Sat - Hope and Anchor, LONDON £6
Nov 5, Fri - 8.40-9.15 onstage Dublin Castle. LONDON £6/4.50 w flyer

September 2004 Two upcoming gigs:
- Sept 19th, Sun - Whelan's - Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Benefit w/ Jimmy Cake, Katell Keineg, The Carnival Saloon and Declan O'Rourke. 15 euro
- Oct 9th, Sat - Full show - Crawdaddy, Harcourt St, Dublin. Support Joe Chester. 12 euro

July 19 2004 Hot Press interview with Tychonaut.

July 2004 The Tycho Brahe newsletter:
"Tickets for our Wednesday show in The Parlour, Stags Head, Dublin are now available from Road Records. This room is Dublin's equivalent to The Lobby Cork (our favourite venue). It only holds 70 or 80 people so get those tickets fast...
Tix - 6 euro from Road Records. Wed 7th July. Doors 9pm.
Then we are off to play to thousands of pissed-up teenagers in the Oxegen campsite on Friday. Nice!"

June 3 2004 The Tycho Brahe are planning a name change to Tychonaut.
June 18 - Half Moon, Cork midSummer in the City
June 19 - The Courtyard, Schull, Cork [cancelled] June 22 - Ruby sessions, Doyle's Pub, Dublin June 24 - 93 Feet East, London with the Dudley Corporation June 25 - The Upstairs Hobgoblin, Brighton with the Dudley Corporation
July 3 - TráFest, Waterford July 7 - The Stags Head, Parlour, Dublin July 9 - Oxegen Festival - Campsite Stage July 11 - Oxegen Festival - Ticket Stage July 16 - Model Arts + Niland Gallery, Sligo
Aug 27 - Roisin Dubh, Galway

June 2004 Czar/Lobby Promotions present "midSummer in the City"
6 bands, 2 stages, 1 night
Special Guests Featuring Meteor award winnners FUTURE KINGS OF SPAIN
This year’s Midsummer Festival brings you an exciting live music event featuring some of Cork and Ireland’s finest bands on two stages for one night only.
Meteor 2004 nominees THE TYCHO BRAHE join some of Cork’s new wave including FRED, RULERS OF THE PLANET (Oxegen 2004), REST and STANLEY SUPER 800 for a special ‘midSummer in the City’ gig at The Half Moon Theatre.
Half Moon Theatre Friday 18 June @ 8pm Tickets: €16. Tel: 021 4270022 Advance tickets also available from The Lobby Bar

May 25 2004 New dates for The Tycho Brahe:
June June 18 - Half Moon, Cork June 19 - The Courtyard, Schull, Cork June 22 - Ruby Sessions, Doyles pub, Dublin June 24 - 93 Feet East, London w/ The Dudley Corporation and Econoline June 25 - The Upstairs Hobgoblin, Brighton w/ The Dudley Corporation
July July 7 - The Stags Head, Parlour, Dublin (intimate room) July 9 - Oxegen Festival - Campsite Stage July 11 - Oxegen Festival - Ticket Stage July 16 - The Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo

May 2004 Two new dates for The Tycho Brahe:
June June Fri 18th - The Tycho Brahe, Rulers Of The Planet, Rest, Fred, Stanley Super 800 + more – Midsummer in the City, Half Moon, Cork
July July Fri 18th - Sligo, The Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo

April 12 2004 Possible new single will be a new radio mix of 'Golden Wedding'.
Upcoming gigs from The Tycho Brahe: Thur 29 April - The Lobby Cork + alphastates Fri 30 April - The Lobby Cork + some Plague Monkeys songs (carol and donal) Thurs 6th May - Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin + some Plague Monkeys songs (carol and donal) + Chequerboard

February 2004 Saturday 28th February - Temple Bar Music Centre, All-Seated Headliner show - 12 euro - book now. Support from 'The Rotators' (which is Dave from Bell X1's own band / side project)
Saturday 20th March - an Taibhdhearc Theatre, Galway - 10 Euro Sunday 28th March - DJ set at the 'Union' Club Liberty Hall Dublin Thurs 29th + Fri 30th April - The Lobby, Cork - 10 Euro

January 25 2004 The second series of RTÉ music programme 'Other Voices, Songs From a Room' will be launched at a concert in Dublin's Vicar Street on Monday 9 February.
Last year's successful first series, which featured The Frames, Josh Ritter, Damien Rice, Damien Dempsey, Mundy and Mark Geary, also topped the charts with the 'Other Voices' album.
This prompted a return to Dingle to record a second run of programmes, hosted by Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club and featuring artists such as David Kitt, Simple Kid and Turn.
The show will be broadcast from Tuesday 10 February on RTÉ Network 2.
Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, Bell X1, Luka Bloom, Karan Casey, Paddy Casey, Cara Dillion, Glen Hansard, Declan O'Rourke, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Pauline Scanlon, Simple Kid, The Handsome Family, The Tycho Brahe, Turn, David Kitt, Simple Kid, Bell X1, The Tycho Brahe and Turn will all play at the launch.
Proceeds from the concert will go to TRUST, a social service for homeless people.
Tickets are priced €25 and are available from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

January 14 2004 Carol and The Tycho Brahe have been nominated in this year's Meteor Awards:
http://www.campus.ie/user?cmd=item-detail&itemid=6961

January 9 2004 BENEFIT GIG FOR VICTIMS OF BAM EARTHQUAKE VICAR ST TO HOST DUBLIN’S MUSICAL RESPONSE
On Wednesday January 28th, Vicar St will host a concert to mark the Dublin music community’s response to the earthquake which devastated the Iranian city of Bam on St. Stephen’s Day, killing over 40,000 people.
The night will include solo performances from Lisa Hannigan, Paul Noonan (Bell X1), Steve and Joe Wall, cellist Vyvienne Long, the Tycho Brahe, Shakram Music and Dance Company and other special guests including Damien Rice (now confirmed).
All proceeds from the gig will go to support the work of Belfast-based “Save the Children” which has a special project working with children who have been left homeless or orphaned by the disaster. It is estimated that over 80% of the city was destroyed in the earthquake and besides the devastating loss of life, caring for the survivors is a major concern with no proper buildings, food supplies or sanitation. Tens of thousands of people are now living in tents or makeshift dwellings, enduring the sub-zero temperatures of an Iranian winter.
The night is being organised by Tanja Raab and Damien Rice drummer, Tomo who were drawn to the plight of the citizens of Bam.
“One thing that best exemplifies the plight of the children of Bam is the realisation that thousands of children have been orphaned by the disaster” said Tanja. “To make matters worse, Bam’s only orphanage collapsed in the quake, killing 54 of the 60 children sleeping inside,” said Tomo.
Tickets for the gig will go on sale Tuesday the 13th from Road Records, Sound Cellar, City Disk, Claddagh Records and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, priced at €28.

January 2004 "In an effort to combat January blues The Tycho Brahe play Lazybird (upstairs in the International Bar Dublin) this Sunday Jan 11th, price is a silly 4 euro."

December 19 2003 Thumped Christmas Party: " Organised in cahoots with those charming people from the Ballroom of Romance, this year's Christmas Do takes place in the Lower Deck in Portobello on Friday 19th December. All proceeds will go to charity, & so far confirmed to be playing and / or DJ'ing on the night are: " -
The Tycho Brahe
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Knifed
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The Gentlemen Of Exotique
Admission is €8, and there'll be a free CD-R.

December 14 2003 'Here Comes the Night Live' - featuring The Tycho Brahe http://www.thetychobrahe.com ... takes place on Sunday 14th Dec upstairs in the Project Theatre, Dublin.
DJ Donal Dineen is putting on a audio visual show mixing live visuals of the bands performing. Late club after with tunes from Mr. Dineen.

September 26 2003 New tour dates announced:
Thursday 25th September - HCTN, Today FM Friday 26th September - Whelans, Dublin €10 (tickets available from Road Records)
Saturday Oct.4: In-store in Tower Records, Wicklow St., Dublin - 2pm Tuesday Oct.14: Today FM interview
Saturday 1st Nov - Glen Tavern, Forum, Waterford + radio session on Beat FM at 7PM Thursday 13th November - De Barras, Clonakilty Friday 14th Nov - The Lobby, Cork Saturday 15th Nov - The Stables, Mullingar Friday 21st Nov - The Olympia, Dublin Thursday 27 Nov - The Warwick, Galway Saturday 29 Nov - Spirit Store, Dundalk Saturday 13 Dec - Zoo Club, Kilkenny
New web-site design also launched.
"Exactly one year after the release of their debut album, The Tycho Brahe go one better with the release their second album by making it a double studio album entitled Love Life, with the first disc entitled 'Love' and the second 'Life'. The idea for a double album wasn't originally planned but when the group found themselves with plethora of strong songs that seemed to belong with each other and when a totally unintentional twin theme became apparent, Love Life was born. The Tycho Brahe are made up of Donal O'Mahony, Diarmuid Mac Diarmada and Carol Keogh. Their endless eclecticism and bottomless supply of musical ideas are enhanced by Carol Keogh's enchanting voice and highly poetic use of language that renders their songs heart-stoppingly sublime. The band launch their sophomore album on Friday 26th September at Whelan's with more Irish dates to follow from 1st November."

September 2003 The Tycho's new double album titled "Love Life" is available September 19 online and from September 26 nationwide. The band have put some sample sounds online.
"Tune in to Today FM and listen to the Mr. Donal Dineen (10pm-1am) who will be playing tracks from 'Love Life' all next week."

August 2003 Some new gig dates: |
August 2 2003 |
Blackfort Organics Art Gallery, 4 Crow St, Dublin 2 | |
August 23 2003 |
Mor Festival, Tullamore, Offaly |
Carol appeared on stage with Autamata at Witnness 2003.

July 4 2003 Thomas Dunning's FULL-ON SEX Hoot Night at Dublin's SUGAR CLUB!
After wowing the standing-room-only crowd last month with the FANTASTIC BLONDIE vs. BOWIE Hoot Night, Thomas Dunning has put together another SURE-BET crowd pleasing show with The FULL-ON SEX Hoot Night!
12 Dublin bands all playing 2 songs each about DOING IT. Yes, that IT! The evening's line-up includes critic's darlings The Tycho Brahe and El Diablo, along with Stoat, Neosupervital, Mumblin Deaf Ro, Keith Moss, Michael Knight, Medea, Holy Ghost Fathers, Delorentos, Capratone, and Tom Dunning & Your Boyfriends.

June 2003 An interview with The Tycho Brahe can be found here.
Vote for The Tycho Brahe as Pet Sounds Artist of the Week (result 81%+).Second album from The Tycho Brahe due in September, and an upcoming split 7" with The Dudley Corporation.
| June 6 | Sugar Club, Dublin | | June 12 | The Village, Dublin - Jape and El Diablo 10 euro. Doors 8.30 | | June 18 | Szene Wien, Vienna, Austria | | June 21 | Czech Republic playing the ValMez festival |
The set list from June 12 included: Internal Life Of Animals, Your House From Mine, Defiance, Heroes (David Bowie), Half Mast, Listless, Lost In Europe, Out Of The Blue, Lilliput, Don't Fear The Reaper (cover).. and more. 
May 9 2003 A six-piece Tycho Brahe played support to Gemma Hayes in The Olympia, Dublin. Olympia set list included: Your House From Mine, Internal life Of Animals, Mr.Wilson (John Cale), Defiance, The Spike And The Wheel, Listless, Half-Mast ... 
May 8 2003 Autamata (aka Ken McHugh) play the Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin. Source: entertainment.ie "Autamata is the brainchild of Dublin-based artist/producer Ken McHugh. His debut album My Sanctuary was recorded over a year-long period whilst the producer was working on various other musical projects. Having reached a point where the marriage of live instrumentation and electronic programming came naturally and fluently, Ken began to incorporate all these influences into Autamata and set about making his debut album, at the same time establishing his own record label, Lefthand Records. Autamata will be playing the Temple Bar Music Centre on May 8th." 
April 17 2003 The Tycho Brahe tour dates: - 26 April - Ambassador Theatre Dublin, supporting The Go-Betweens
- 30 April - Song from the Parlour, Upstairs Stags Head, Dublin (just off Dame St.)
- 2 May - Blue Room, Upstairs Cork Opera House
- 9 May - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, supporting Gemma Hayes
- 6 June - Sugar Club, Dublin, Hoot night - Bowie v Blondie
- 18-24 June - Short Czech tour also visiting Vienna

April 2003 The Tycho Brahe update: "Road Relish will soon be releasing a split single featuring a mix off between The Tycho Brahe and The Dudley Corporation. TTB remix TDC and vice versa. Ooooh it’s gonna be tasty!" "Having been invited to participate in the Spalicek Festival by the Czech equivalent of John Peel who organises the fest each year in and around the grounds of a castle, the Tychos will be heading to Valmez in the Czech Republic in June. No stranger to Irish music, the festival has been graced in previous years by the effervescent presence of The Frames." "The band will be warming up for a summer of fun with some spanky support slots, notably The Go Betweens in Dublin’s Ambassador (Saturday, 26th April). There will be others. Watch this space." "First though, their own headliner in Whelan's of Wexford Street on Saturday, 5th April, with the rather deadly Paul O’Reilly as their special guest. First 50 people through the door get an exclusive CD with 4 tracks and there may be a small amount of 1970s rock opera going down on the night!" Also: Autamata interview here. 
April 5 2003 The Tycho Brahe play this Saturday 5th in Whelan's with support from Mr. Paul O Reilly. Doors 8.30. Euro 10. Late Club after. Free CD of exclusive tracks for those who get there early. Set list included: Out Of The Blue, Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor), It's Different For Girls (Joe Jackson), Your House From Mine, Half-Mast, Listless, Hooga Chakka, Lilliputian, Defiance, The Spike And The Wheel, Internal Life Of Animals, Tycho Brahe 
March 21 2003 Thomas Dunning's HOOT NIGHT: Chicago vs. Dublin Friday APRIL 4, 2003 The Sugar Club 8 Lwr Leeson Street Dublin 2, Ireland Euro 10. Doors at 7pm Show at 8pm SHARP! Featuring performances by: The Tycho Brahe, Settler, The Dudley Corporation, Estel, Neosupervital, Playground Pyschotic, Mumblin' Deaf Ro, The Holy Ghost Fathers, Capratone, Michael Knight, Tom Dunning & Your Boyfriends ...and MORE. 
March 2003 The Tycho Brahe - Sugar Club, Lesson Street (Dublin) this Friday 14th. The band have also put two songs from their 2FM Session up on their web-site - The Spike And The Wheel (MP3)
- Defiance (MP3)

February 2003
The Tycho Brahe play the Lobby Bar, Cork, February 15, plus support Ann Scott.
January 2003
The Tycho Brahe play Whelan's, Dublin on Monday January 27. Tickets €8.The set list included a lot of new songs. 
December 2002
On December 1st 2002 Goppa Records was re-launched with a compilation entitled ‘Orang-utan’, bringing together exclusive tracks by a host of Irish talent alongside various artists who work in Ireland or in collaboration with Irish artists. The launch gig was hosted by the Improvised Music Company and headlined by Volcano the Bear.The Tycho Brahe: Childless. An exclusive new song from this Dublin-based group who released their debut album ‘This is The Tycho Brahe’ to great acclaim earlier this year. 
November 09 2002
The Tycho Brahe play the Triskel Arts Centre Cork this Saturday (doors 8.30) and then Lazybird (upstairs in the International bar) Dublin Sunday evening 8.30.Both venues have a *very* small capacity so get there early. The Tycho Brahe were interviewed on November 21 on No Disco. 
October 14 2002
The Tycho Brahe play the Project Arts Gallery in Dublin on TUESDAY October 15 only (8.30ish) and NOT Weds/Thurs as advertised.New band pic. 
October 7 2002
The Tycho Brahe play Tower Records, Wicklow St., Dublin, this Tuesday (8th Oct) at 6.30pm.They have a few dates coming up in Dublin and Cork in the coming weeks. 
August 31 2002 " The Tyco Brahe will be providing musical accompaniment to a Donal Dineen film with Uptown Racquet Club in the Cube in the Project in Temple Bar, Dublin around the 16th of October.Keep your eyes open as tix will be limited to around 90." 
August 1 2002
The Tycho Brahe release their debut album on their own label Konstantin Records.You can buy the album online at the band's official site. 
July 2002 hotpress.com: "Today FM DJ/photographer/filmmaker Donal Dineen continues his adventures in audio-visual symbiosis at the forthcoming Galway Arts Festival with an event entitled Up The Country, a combination of live music and images that will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, July 21 in the Town Hall Theatre." "The music comes from three sources: Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston, plus Irish acts The Tycho Brahe and The Uptown Racket Club, while the visuals are the result of some six months of hunter-gathering by Dineen." 
GIGOGRAPHY
July 25, 2003 - Warwick, Galway with the Jimmy Cake. July 9, 2003 - HMV Playlist CD launch, Reynards. July 4, 2003 - Hoot night, Full on Sex, Sugar Club. June 2 , 2003 - Valmez festival, Czech Republic. June 18 , 2003 - Austria, Vienna, Szene. June 12 , 2003 - The Village, Dublin support Jape and El Diablo.
May 24, 2003 - The Village, Dublin supporting The Jimmy Cake. May 16, 2003 - The Village, Dublin, supporting David Couse. May 9, 2003 - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, supporting Gemma Hayes.
April 30, 2003 - Song from the Parlour, Upstairs Stags Head, Dublin. April 26, 2003 - Ambassador Theatre Dublin, supporting The Go-Betweens. April 5, 2003 - The Tycho Brahe play Whelans, Friday with support from Paul O Reilly. April 4, 2003 - HOOT NIGHT: Chicago vs. Dublin, Sugar Club.
March 14, 2003 - The Tycho Brahe - Sugar Club, Lesson Street (Dublin) Friday.
February 15, 2003 - The Tycho Brahe play the Lobby Bar, Cork, support Ann Scott.
Jan 27, 2002 - Whelan's Wexford Street, Monday support Rollers Sparkers. Jan 25, 2002 - Whelan's, supporting The Jimmy Cake.
December 01, 2002 - Goppa launch of Orang-utan, at the project, Dublin.
November 10, 2002 - Lazybird, International Bar, Dublin, Sunday. November 09, 2002 - the Triskel Arts Centre Cork Saturday.
October 14, 2002 - the Project Arts Gallery. October 7 2002, Tower Records, Wicklow St., Dublin, Tuesday. October 4, 2002 - Nothing festival, The Project, Dublin
July 21, 2002 - First Tycho gig, Moving up Country, Galway arts festival, Town Hall Theatre Galway with James Yorkston and Uptown Racket Club. |