da Googie is the solo project of Deb Googe, the bass player in My Bloody Valentine and Thurston Moore Group. da Googie blends traditional basslines with more abstract noises and field recordings to create songs based around intricate, layered soundscapes.
Cara Tivey is a pianist and composer. During the 80s and 90s, Cara worked as a session keyboardist, touring and recording with various bands, including Everything But The Girl, Billy Bragg, and Blur during their Parklife era. She later taught music and Performing Arts at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford.
Despite decades of stellar work, neither Deb nor Cara have ever released an album under their own names until now, with The Golden Thread, their full-length debut made under the name da Googie + Cara Tivey.
Immersive Visuals designed by Deb Googe and operated and installed by The Fully Automatic Model Co-produced by Oh Yeah presents and CQAF.
This is the second event in the Oh Yeah Presents immersive series, following the commission of VANTA during Sound of Belfast 2025. Each one is unique.
About the Artists
Deb Googe joined My Bloody Valentine during its ascent to legend, Deb joined My Bloody Valentine, and then filled a temporary void in Primal Scream. She also aided in Thurston Moore's late-period artistic high, formed Snowpony with Stereolab’s Katharine Gifford, and played bass in ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith’s all-female band.
Cara Tivey may be best known as a long-time collaborator of Billy Bragg, but she has also played with a remarkable array of artists, including Everything But The Girl, Blur, Lilac Time, Au Pairs, and the greatest living genius of the West Midlands, Robert Lloyd of Nightingales fame.
The Fully Automatic Model is a multidisciplinary artist from Derry working with digital projection, generative art and light as a sculptural medium.