Fovea Hex is an

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experimental band, formed in 2005 by

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. As a performing unit, Fovea Hex usually consists of Clodagh Simonds,

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, Michael Begg and Colin Potter, with either

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, Kate Ellis or

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on cello. Between 2005 and 2007 Fovea Hex released three EPs, collectively entitled Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent, featuring

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, Percy Jones,

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, Andrew M. McKenzie of

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, Hugh O'Neill, Geoff Sample, Lydia Sasse and

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. Each EP was available in a special edition that included an additional disc, containing an extensive re-working of that EP's material by The Hafler Trio. Their first full-length album Here Is Where We Used To Sing was released in 2011. In May 2007 Fovea Hex performed at the invitation of

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at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, as part of his The Air Is on Fire retrospective exhibition. Having also performed in Austria, Spain and Italy in 2007 and 2008, Fovea Hex made their debut Irish performance at the

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festival in

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, Co. Laois, in August 2008. In December 2015 Steven Wilson announced that Fovea Hex's EP The Salt Garden would be released on his

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label as a limited edition 10 inch vinyl that also included a CD copy of the EP. Pre-orders also included a second CD featuring Wilson's own 21 minute interpretation of the track "Solace" from the EP.

Discography

* ''Bloom'' (part 1 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent) - EP - Janet Records/Die Stadt, 1 November 2005 * ''Huge'' (part 2 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent) - EP - Janet Records/Die Stadt, 10 May 2006 * ''Allure'' (part 3 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent) - EP - Janet Records/Die Stadt, 1 June 2007 * Here Is Where We Used To Sing - album - Janet Records, 2012 * The Salt Garden 1 - EP - Headphone Dust/Die Stadt, 9 March 2016 * The Salt Garden 2 - EP - Headphone Dust/Die Stadt, June 2017 * The Salt Garden 3 - EP - Headphone Dust/Die Stadt, November 2019

References

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External links

Janet Records WebsiteInterview with The Irish Times, November 2008Interview with Tokafi (January 2007) Fovea Hex on BandcampReview of "Bloom", PitchforkReview of "Huge", PitchforkReview of "Allure", Pitchfork
Musical groups from Dublin (city) Musical groups established in 2005 Experimental musical groups