Ambient duo Cahill//Costello from Glasgow bring their shared, highly emotive soundworld to Kings Place for Scotland Unwrapped. Their process fuses elements of minimalism and ambient music, without regard for overcomplication or unnecessary tangents.

Consisting of guitarist Kevin Daniel Cahill and drummer Graham Costello, Cahill//Costello‘s music-making is grounded in patience and clarity, an honest appeal to the heart of the listener. Graham and Kevin met whilst studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2012. Although both studied different disciplines (jazz & classical) they shared a mutual passion for minimalism and improvisation.

This friendship and shared passion ultimately led to Graham and Kevin collaborating together on a number of different solo projects before forming Cahill//Costello. In 2021 they released their debut album Offworld on Gearbox Records. 2024 sees the duo’s return with their second album Cahill//Costello II released on Gearbox Records.

Cahill//Costello embrace an analogue approach to their composition and performance, following the conceptual idea of everything happening strictly within the moment. This approach is evident in their live performances, extended ambient improvisations and aleatoric use of analogue tape loops and soundscapes. The duo is a vehicle for ambient and minimal expression, striving to create a musical language that is uniquely their own.

This event will last approximately 90 minutes, without an interval.

Reviews

‘Offworld is an astonishing debut, right up there with the top division in the field.’ Backseat Mafia

‘Minimalism is the path taken…imbued with mythic qualities.’ Concrete Islands

‘Immersive, meditative music…the sounds of nature are evoked with eloquent percussion, while tape loops achieve a hypnotic intensity.’ Clash Magazine