A unique and sincere songwriter with an expert ability to meld inspirations, eras and sounds, Kitt’s music glimmers with a sense of timelessness well earned after over twenty years immersed in music. Genre-bending Irish musician and producer, Kitt has released his ninth studio album ‘Idiot Check’ and will be performing in Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 20.
Idiot Check sees the artist tap into a diverse range of influences once more, emerging as an ambient and atmospheric record that puts an eclectic experimental spin on traditional folk music. Produced and recorded by Kitt himself using his “Breaking Bad mobile studio setup”, the album was written between 2016 and 2022 in Dublin, Paris and eventually the remote town of Ballinskelligs in south west Kerry, where the artist moved during the pandemic and has stayed ever since.
Kitt explains: “The lack of environmental noise and distractions, and being 30 seconds from the Atlantic Ocean all created the perfect environment to get the job done. It still continues to be a source of great inspiration, succour and the principal driving force in what’s been a genuine purple patch for me.”
Blending acoustic and electronic elements with expert precision, the record showcases both the diverse circumstances of its inception and Kitt’s personal breadth as a songwriter and producer.
Kitt adds: “Many of the songs were started in a pre Covid world, but when Covid happened it gave the half finished songs a new hue as if they were from some former version of reality, and this led to all sorts of creative inspiration that was quite unexpected. The pandemic gave everything the quality of a remote dream that was somehow really healthy for my imagination and made finishing them much easier and more creative than expected.”
Tickets are available from roisindubh.net