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Finbarr Donnelly came from Cork and played in a number of bands from the late ‘70s until his tragic death in 1989.

A lost gem from 1983 'Miss Mauger' is the debut LP of Operating Theatre, a little known proto synth-pop act and experimental theatre group led by Roger Doyle.

'Buntús Rince' translates from Irish as ‘basic rhythms’, and this new compilation explores how Irish musicians were influenced by strands of different genres of music from around the world, merging them to create their own unique sounds.

Mesmerising and soulful in a new way, it brought him to the attention of the leading improvisers of his day - Alice Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Don Cherry and more.

A long time in the making – Quare Groove Vol. 1 – Sounds of the Irish musical underground from the 70s & 80s