3EPKANO

3epkano biography
Active from 2004 to 2015, 3epkano were a post-rock band from Dublin, Ireland, founded by guitarist, composer and film/media lecturer Matthew Nolan. The group's name is a faux Cyrillic stylisation of the title of Andrei Tarkovsky's 1975 film Зеркало ("Mirror"), an appropriate reference for a group dedicated to improvised live performances scoring silent films of the early 20th century.

On stage and on record, Nolan was accompanied by fellow electric guitarist Cameron Doyle, drummer James Mackin, cellist Lioba Petrie, bassists David Gough and Laurence Mackin, violists Karen Dervan and Abigail Smith and keyboardist Richard McCullough. 3epkano's brand of instrumental chamber-post-rock is reminiscent of like-minded projects En Plein Air, Neil on Impression and Rachel's (indeed, Nolan would later invite the latter's Rachel Grimes to collaborate on live scores in 2016 and 2019).

All released via Doyle and Nolan's label Smiling Politely Records, 3epkano's discography consists of an 2006 EP and two full-lengths: 2007's At Land and 2011's Hans the Reluctant Wolf Juggler. Doyle and Petrie continued to play together in the wake of 3epkano's dissolution, beginning the Unshaped Form project in 2015.