The Null Club

The Null Club - the project from Gilla Band's Alan Duggan-Borges - shares new single 'Frameshift' which features Brooklyn-based rapper E L U C I D.

Releasing his debut track 'Slip Angle' feat Mandy, Indiana's Valentine Caulfield last month, it saw support from Pitchfork, DORK, BBC 6 Music, The Guardian, The Needle Drop, The Line Of Best Fit, Stereogum, NME, Hot Press, and more.

Alan has spent the last few years writing and producing music using an array of old synths, drum machines, and guitars – leaning into noise, techno and experimental hip hop, as well as post-punk. On 4th April, he'll release his self-titled debut EP and includes both tracks as well as another with The Horrors' Faris Badwan.

Working with E L U C I D previously, Alan says of the track “ELUCID had reached out to say hey and I ended up producing a track – RFID - for his record “Revelator”. Frameshift was a track that I had for a good while but I didn’t know what to do with it. I had written and recorded most of it at home. For a good while I had seen it as an instrumental, but part of me always imagined vocals in the second half. I had resigned the track to being an instrumental, and mixed and mastered it. But very late into the making of the EP I reached out to ELUCID to see if would be into working on it. I sent him the track and he came back with his part. He made the track what it is”.

Spending time over the last few years learning about synthesis, production, and how to record has been an incredibly rewarding experience for Alan. This project has created an opportunity to explore genres and styles of music outside of Gilla Band that he's never done before, as well as being completely in control of the production and instrumentation. It’s also been an opportunity to work with incredible artists who Alan truly admires and have had a massive influence.

Getting the caliber of talent on the EP happened very naturally and somewhat unremarkably. He reached out to Val from Mandy, Indiana via Instagram and she thankfully agreed. Faris and ELUCID had both reached out to Gilla Band to say hey and he jumped at the opportunity to get them involved in the project. 

The EP will be released on a limited run of 500 12” white label records, each hand stamped by Alan and released independently on a label ran by his wife and himself. The EP was mixed by Daniel Fox (Gilla Band), and mastered by Jamie Hyland (M(h)aol). with vocals contributed by the artists. All instrumentals were performed and recorded by Alan in his home, and rehearsal studio in Dublin, Ireland. with vocals being recorded in a mix of places – NYC, London, and Manchester (sometimes in studios, sometimes in the artists homes).
There will be a number of solo shows across Ireland and England where Alan will be reworking the tracks from the EP live along with a number of unheard pieces of music. There will be numerous synths, noise machines, guitars, and many pedals on stage all being looped into different amps to bring the songs to life in a live setting. Tickets on-sale now.