What’s on Wednesday: Gorgon City, Phronesis and Banter 101

HOUSE
Gorgon City

The Academy, Dublin 7.30pm €19.90 gorgoncity.com
The current fondness for large dance-pop tunes has been good for London producers Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott. Thanks to the soulful vibes of the MNEK-featuring Ready For Your Love, the duo have found themselves at the sharp end of the charts over the last 18 months. Their debut album Sirens is full of similar radio-friendly beauts, accompanied by such vocalists as Katy B, Laura Welsh, Jennifer Hudson and Maverick Sabre. This is deluxe 21st-century dance music.

PUBLIC TALK
Banter 101

Twisted Pepper Upstairs, Dublin Doors open 6pm, Adm free (donations at the door to the Peter McVerry Trust). For tickets, go to thisisbanter.com
After 100 editions of the best damn touring live discussion show on the planet, Irish Times journalist Una Mullally turns the tables on longtime Banter host Jim Carroll, who, after aeons as the one asking the questions, submits to his first ever in-depth interview. Also on the panel tonight will be Molly King, producer of Banter@Other Voices; writer, film-maker Derek O'Connor; and Angela Dorgan, founder and director of First Music Contact.

JAZZ
Phronesis

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 8pm, €15/12 (Wednesday). Triskel Christchurch, Sth. Main St., 8pm, €18/16, (Thursday) musicnetwork.ie
Anglo-Scandinavian trio Phronesis have that rare ability to appeal to jazzers and civilians alike. Led by Danish bassist Jasper Hoiby, with UK pianist Ivo Neame and Swedish drummer Anton Eger, Phronesis have been compared to EST, the first European piano trio to break out of the jazz ghetto, but particularly in the live setting, Hoiby and co take more risks and fewer prisoners. Their six-date Music Network tour continues in Carrick-on-Shannon (6th), Letterkenny (7th), Dublin (8th) and Castlebar (9th). CL