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Onra returns to vintage funk sounds on new All-City album about the “passion of attraction”

Onra follows up the third release in his Chinoseries, with a return to his roots of “future funk,” as heard on the 2010 album Long Distance.

That album’s late ’80s shimmering synths and New Jack Swing and & ’80s R&B influences return on Nobody Has To Know , his newest album which gets a release on All-City on digital and vinyl on February 16th, which purported to be a soundtrack to the “passion of attraction.” in a secret relationship.

The French producer was helped on the album by two multi-instrumentalists New Zealand’s Lewis McCallum and Belgium’s Pomrad on its arrangements.

The 13-track LP is being previewed with ‘No Question ft. Pomrad’:

Here’s one of my favs from that old LP:

Posted on January 15th, 2018

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The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – May Bank Holiday edition

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Posted on April 26th, 2016

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The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

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  • Chris Cornell @ Olympia Theatre (€50+)
    [Rock]  Not a recommendation. Merely a note. Plus, that price.

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Posted on April 19th, 2016

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Castlepalooza announce stage times

Anyone going to Castlepalooza Festival, one of the best small to medium sized festivals in Ireland, will be interested to know that the organisers have posted the stage times to their August Bank Holiday festivities.

Friday is a more electronic-based affair with Norman Jay, Ships, Adultrock and Sleep Thieves lined up. Saturday’s highlights include Andrew Weatherall, Gruff Rhys, We Cut Corners, Tr One while Sunday has Illumsphere, Onra, Gilles Peterson, Funeral Suits, Tvvins, Little xs for eyes and Meltybrains?.

Check the PDF for the stage times.

Posted on July 16th, 2014

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Castlepalooza add Onra, Illum Sphere, Glacial Sound, DMX Krew & more

Castlepalooza has made its second lineup announcement of the summer for the festival in Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co. Offaly from August 1-3rd.

Onra is the festival’s biggest announcement along with Synaesthete; Leni Morrison; Dear Desert; Sam Evans & The Jammerz and Alphabetical.

The Castlepalooza Courtyard has had some good additions though: DMX KREW; Elijah and Skilliam; Illum Sphere; Glacial Sound; Jon K; Platt (swingting), Johnny Dub; Monto; Frankie Grimes; Bentley Riddims and Born Cheating B2B; Spudnig; Dylan Higgins; Watermelon; DJ Deece; Scallywags; Big Dish Go; Boltonmore.

Tickets are €89 for a Three- Day Moat Camping ticket or castle camping for the weekend is €109. A Sunday day ticket is €50.


Posted on June 10th, 2014

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Listen to Onra – Deep In The Night EP

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Coming across as a companion piece to Onra’s 2010 LP Long Distance, the five-track Deep In The Night finds the French producer return to that sleek electro-funk synth sound he does so well. Laser funk, glittering head-nodding beats, synths and R&B vocals are on the menu. You can listen to the whole EP after the jump. It’s out now on Fool’s Gold.

Before that though, another new track that appears on a Supreme Sound From Paris SkullCandy 12″ compilation.


Listen to the EP …→

Posted on June 26th, 2012

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Listen to five tracks from Onra’s Chinoiseries Pt. 2

French producer Onra is releasing a second volume of Vietnamese and Eastern-sampling hip-hop on Dublin’s All City Records. The CD version is out now and the vinyl is out next week.

Chinoiseries Pt. 2 is based on more samples from some crate-digging that Arnaud Bernard aka Onra did on a trip to Vietnam (Bernard is French/Vietnamese himself). There are 32 tracks in total. Hear five of them below.
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Posted on November 21st, 2011

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Electric Picnic additions: Star Slinger, Onra, Factory Floor, Shit Robot & Day By Day breakdown

As announced by On The Record last week, the lineup for the Little Big Tent at Electric Picnic has been announced and includes in order of excitement:

Onra
Star Slinger
Factory Floor
Shit Robot AV show
Toby Kaar
Andrew Weatherall
Rainbow Arabia
Laser Tom And The Blast Crew
Jacques Lu Cont
Tensnake
Crazy P
Zinc
The 2 Bears
Kormac Av Set
David De Valera
Lrb
Gretta Gunn
Trainwreck Djs

Here’s the most recent day-by-day breakdown:

Onra-Long Distance ft. Oliver DaySoul

Lying by Factory Floor

Portfolio #1: Air France – It Feels Good To Be Around You (Mixed by Star Slinger) by Star Slinger

Posted on August 8th, 2011

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Nialler9 Podcast #31 – Keepaway, Summer Camp, Wild Nothing, Onra, HEALTH, Ratatat, Oriol & more

Finally a new podcast to wrap your ears around. Compiling the podcast is one of my favourite things to do and this month we have an extra dimension with some original artwork from Stephen Graham aka Left Overs from Belfast who provided us with the above illustration (click to enlarge). He said it was inspired by a metal-loving taxi driver he had recently. You can also check his blog. Aoife Mc is your podcast host as always – check out her food blog – I Can Has Cook? and her radio show Right Click Radio on RTE 2XM. The latest episode can be heard here.

On with the program, this month we’ve got great tracks from new and recent release in a straight up MP3 format or Soundcloud. All Nialler9-approved. Enjoy! Tracklisting below.

MP3: Nialler9 Podcast #31

Podcast #31 tracklisting »..

Posted on July 16th, 2010

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The Nialler9 Chart: Crystal Fighters, Wild Nothing, M.I.A, Bombay Bicycle Club, Onra..

Nine of the best tracks of the last seven days featuring key cuts from Wild Nothing, Bombay Bicycle Club, Crystal Fighters, Onra, R.S.A.G and more.

  1. Crystal Fighters – ‘Summer’
    A bonkers single from the Spanish band. It sounds like smashing songs together in a wind tunnel or Yeasayer if they really did take lots of drugs. You can download it for free from the band.
  2. Wild Nothing – ‘Chinatown’
    Instant happiness from Virginia’s Wild Nothing. Album Gemini comes recommended from me – lo-fi, shoegazey, acid-washed stuff.
  3. M.I.A. – ‘XXXO’ feat Jay-Z
    As much as Maya Arulpragasam’s “look at me, i’m spouting off” publicity campaign is getting on my tits, this tune remains a constant that reminds me, despite the silly album title, the gingercide video and the NY Times “I said / she said” bullshit, that she might actually produce a good third album. Here Jay-Z provides a short verse that gives you an excuse to listen on repeat once again. Another track debuted last night ‘Steppin’ Up’ with what must a Rusko’s production.
    M.I.A. featuring Jay-Z – XXXO (Remix) by Hypetrak

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Posted on June 11th, 2010

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Win passes to !Kaboogie / All City gig with Onra, Elijah & Skilliam

Friday night sees !Kaboogie and All City combine to bring three influential producer/DJs in grime and hip-hop in Elijah & Skilliam and Onra respectively in the Twisted Pepper. Elijah & Skilliam run the best grime blog going – Butterz , appear on Rinse FM regularly and have started a vinyl label with Terror Danjah as the first release on the label.

French producer Onra meanwhile is launching his album Long Distance which has the brilliant track featuring Olivier Daysoul (below) on it.

I’ve got two pairs of passes to giveaway to the gig which kicks off tomorrow night at 10.30pm, just holler in the comments by 1pm tomorrow and I’ll notify the winners shortly afterwards.
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Posted on May 27th, 2010

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