Lakker are an Irish

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duo consisting of Dara Smith and Ian McDonnell, both from

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. Formed in 2003, they have released a number of albums and singles on the independent Belgian electronic label

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merging "IDM, new-school trip-hop, and industrial-strength techno/bass-music hybrids". Lakker were featured on

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' "6 Music Recommends" on BBC Radio 6 during 2014 and 2017, and on Nick Luscombe's "Late Junction" on BBC Radio 3 in March 2017. In 2016, in combination with the

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, Lakker created "a new conceptual work" which was presented as an album, an interactive digital platform, and a documentary.

Performances and workshops

Lakker perform live, DJ, and present

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shows in Europe and North America. This includes performances at

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, Montreal's Mutek Festival,

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, Rewire Festival, and Sonica in London in 2018. In addition to electronic music festivals, Lakker have presented works on Boiler Room TV in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In 2015 the duo presented a workshop on Ableton for live performance at Berlin's Krake Festival. And, in 2016 Lakker presented and discussed their "Struggle & Emerge" A/V project at the Europeana Sounds Conference in Vilnius.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Ruido'' (2007) * ''Tundra'' (2015) * '' Tundra Remixed'' (2015) * '' Struggle & Emerge'' (2016)"Struggle & Emerge" Documentary
by RE:VIVE (May 2016) * ''Época'' (2019)

References

External links

* – official site * * *
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