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Premiere: Kev Sheridan’s video for ‘Alone In Berlin’ is a must-see for all Boards of Canada fans

Old VCR family footage the perfect visuals for this nostalgic track.

Today marks the release of a new track from Irish producer and DJ Kev Sheridan.  The track, entitled ‘Alone In Berlin’ is the first single from Sheridan’s debut EP of the same name. The track is released via Maeve records, an Irish label operating out of Berlin. Sheridan himself is based in Berlin and produces an… Read more »

Posted on April 25th, 2018

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Mmoths returns as J Colleran and the contemporary ambient track ‘O+SOH’

An album will be released on Because Music this summer.

Jack Colleran first appeared as Mmoths as a teenage producer of emotionally-charged downbeat electronica and quickly established himself as a purveyor of textured and layered pop electronica. The Mmoths project culminated in a long-player called Luneworks that was already a departure from the early releases so with time and development, it has made sense that… Read more »

Posted on February 12th, 2018

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Cork artist Ghostking is Dead summons the living with ‘Cast Iron’

Matt Corrigan and collaborators' newest extended-player also marks the launch of Leeside label Hausu.

After being announced this week for It Takes A Village festival, Ghostking Is Dead, a project led by Corkonian musical polymath Matthew Corrigan, has dropped its latest extended-player, Sweet Boy, led by dry-humoured, reverb-laden pop highlight ‘Cast Iron’, streaming as part of the EP below. The release treads new ground for Corrigan, after doing the… Read more »

Posted on January 25th, 2018

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Listen to a new compilation from a new Irish electronic label Patrúin

Tóg do chroí briste, a dhéanamh ealaín!

Check out this new 12 track compilation from a new Irish label dealing in ambient and electronic music. The compilation features tracks from six Irish artists including Oli, Moses, Baron Samedi, Fes and Oíche Déanach Guy Ólta. Tóg do chroí briste, a dhéanamh ealaín! Take your broken heart, make art! The comp is on Bandcamp… Read more »

Posted on June 8th, 2017

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Tom Adams’ ‘Time’ is a spellbinding piano ballad

The UK musician delivers a stunning track.

Tom Adams is a Cambridge singer-songwriter and composer with a debut album called Silence on the way on May 5th through Kowloon Records. My introduction to him is the stunning time, a reflective and ambient-tinged piano ballad anchored by Adams’ gentle falsetto. It grows in tone and stature as the song progresses with Adams’ voice… Read more »

Posted on April 12th, 2017

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Body & Soul favourites Jambinai release the slow moving beautiful ‘Connection’

The South Korean band are releasing their debut in Europe.

The South Korean band Jambinai came to my attention when they played Body&Soul festival last year. Their music is post-rock, avant-garde and neo-classical drawing on traditional Korean instruments like the haegeum, the piri and the geomungo. Last year, they signed a deal with Bella Union and released their second album A Hermitage and on 24th… Read more »

Posted on January 18th, 2017

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Brian Eno has already done two great things in 2017

The composer and thinker continues to push things forward.

On January 1st, Brian Eno released his latest excursion into ambient music – Reflection. The 54-minute album continues a long line of work in which the composer has been toiling since 1975’s Discreet Music, having single-handedly popularised the idea of ‘ambient music’. While the term has been co-opted by many other artists, none of them… Read more »

Posted on January 4th, 2017

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Soft glow Dublin electronica from Mangetout – ‘Falling’

Released next week on Loud Mouth's Evenings & Weekends label.

Evenings & Weekends, the subsidiary label of Loud Mouth Collective, has its third release upcoming from Mangetout, called the Throwing Shapes EP on September 30th. Normally a creator of more high-energy music like footwork and jungle, ‘Falling’ is indicative of a softer, ambient glow. The EP will be available digitally & with a limited edition… Read more »

Posted on September 21st, 2016

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Katie Kim announces release of new album Salt

Waterford musician Katie Kim has announced her new new Salt on October 14th. Salt was recorded in Guerrilla Studios and is said to be a departure from previous albums, as it primarily explores the drone side of her music. Production comes from John “Spud” Murphy and one track features Ruadhan O’Meara of No Spill Blood… Read more »

Posted on August 22nd, 2016

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Here’s a 10 minute version of the Stranger Things theme song

If you’re like me, you’re currently obsessing over the Netflix TV show Stranger Things and its mix of ET, The Goonies, Pan’s Labyrinth, Close Encounters, Stand By Me, Silent Hill and Super 8. Stephen King meets Steven Spielberg meets Guillermo Del Toro. While the four kids are the big stars of the show, the music… Read more »

Posted on July 21st, 2016

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Let this 18 minute “musical cosmos” from Bray’s El Grey wash over you

Here’s something I don’t come across to often in my new music travels. El Grey are a Bray-based band who have just released an 18-minute “musical cosmos” that features no pre or post-production. ‘My names A, your names Zed (el-F#)’ is a live recorded track in the vein of contemporary cinematic piano ambience. It’s a… Read more »

Posted on April 19th, 2016

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Ryan Vail’s whispered minimal electronics show up in ‘Mirrors’

Following on from the brittle brooding ‘Wounds’, Derry’s Ryan Vail has dropped a new track from next week’s release of his debut For Every Silence album for preview. Taking the two songs so far and Vail’s previous solo discography (3 EPs), we’re operating in whispered minimal electronic mode here. ‘Mirrors’ rides on an almost subliminal beat,… Read more »

Posted on March 24th, 2016

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