Commissioned by The Model as part of model::offsite, Relay is an online music project devised and curated by Chequerboard. The idea is to create a chain or collection of music pieces by Irish and international artists where each work is directly influenced by the one before, creating an open ended but linear, conversation of ideas. On finishing their work each artist is asked to gather a cluster of sounds from their track for the next participant who is free to include them or not. Some responses are purely conceptual. The project will continue indefinitely and all works are available to listen to, and download, for free at the Relay minisite.
To be kept updated join the Relay facebook group here.

Relay at this year’s D.E.A.F.
Relay has existed online since early 2008 and will have its first physical existence for DEAF09 as an installation at FilmBase. There are 8 Relay works so far, from Chequerboard, Jimmy Behan, Loscil, Hulk, Polly Fibre, Pierre Bastien, Bibio and Sunken Foal.
Each piece will have it’s own listening station so the listener can move from one response to the next, following the threads of the conversation.

Duration : Oct 22nd – 31st, 11am – 8pm daily
Venue : Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Admission : Free

Special Relay night: Polly Fibre & Hulk (Live).
Thursday Oct 22nd @ Filmbase, Dublin.
Time : 6pm – 9pm
Admission 5 euro

Contributions from
Chequerboard, Jimmy Behan, Loscil, Hulk,
Polly Fibre, Pierre Bastien, Bibio & Sunken Foal.
All available for free download from the Relay minisite.