Ewan Hennelly, aka Herv, is the elder statesman, becoming one of Ireland's best-known electronic musicians over the past number of years, amassing a considerable catalogue of releases on labels both at home and abroad.
His music is a frantic swarm of 8-bit melody and syncopated percussion, often punctuated by warm wind instruments, layered violin and cello lines.A collection of older and more unusual pieces, ABCNET003 is his excellent mini-album 'ramps M', released February '06, a full description and download of which are available in the audio section :)
While much of his recorded output concerning itself with complex melodic and percussive interplay, his live sets, working solely with a laptop and Nintendo Gameboy, lean more towards the harder end of the electronic spectrum; mixing chaotic chip tunes alongside breakcore and gabba.
In the past, Herv has played with artists such as Venetian Snares, Shitmat, Jason Forrest, Duran Duran Duran, Dev/Null, Xanopticon, Hrvatski, Chevron, Aaron Spectre, DJ Scotch Egg, Ove-naxx, Doddodo, and Max Tundra.Herv also co-runs Irish electronic label "Go Away Recordings" (website link above)
Upcoming Herv shows: