Nialler has fled the country in the wake of ponytail-gate, so this gives me the opportunity to turn you onto an intriguing recent release from Wicklow’s Sarsparilla. Karahee is the first full length album by electro ace Damien Lynch, and the 8th release overall from Dublin’s Alphabet Set collective. Released on the 10th September this year (coincidentally my birthday), this 13 track assortment of electro-ambient excursions and dubby flavours had been orbiting my stereo a couple of weeks back until it got sucked in and onto repeat over the last week or so.
The stop-start sampling, inventive synths and finely-tuned beats of the opener “Gents Bikes” set an absorbing tone that is consistent throughout. An ample selection of quirky synths and satisfying retro drum machine samples are presented in other songs such as the title track, “Nun’s Cove” and “Strain”, reminding us quite a bit of the likes of Plaid and LFO. Overall this is a polished and cohesive effort that well merits 10 quid. Damo is well capable of pulling it off live too, fusing more upbeat elements to dispel any notion that it’s your standard one-man laptop gig. Below you’ll find 3 of my favourites and a link to buy Karahee from Tower Records.
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[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Sarsparilla_-_Rowboatcop.mp3] [audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Sarsparilla_-_Crumlin_Thunder.mp3]
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Sarsparilla_-_The_Count.mp3]
Buy Karahee from Tower Records!
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
so cool. i’m really digging this.
Hello My name is Tae. I found out about your “Nialler9” not too long ago and ever since then I’ve been enjoying quite a lot. I am also wondering if you would be interested in checking out my music.
I’m Brooklyn based electronica artist under A-ux. My style is big
beat+ melodic ambient and my sound can be compared to Chemical
Brothers, Digitalism, Prefuse 73, Daft Punk and Plaid.
You can check and them at http://www.myspace.com/auxmusic
And here are the direct links that you can download these songs
Cube on Steroid
http://myaccount.dropsend.com/file/7287ac0ceec6899b
Your Mom loves this Beat
http://myaccount.dropsend.com/file/2613abe73e8b8113
Machinaholic
http://myaccount.dropsend.com/file/ab221963ad82302a
Geist
http://myaccount.dropsend.com/file/9f78112c265e8b64
Breaking Point
http://myaccount.dropsend.com/file/aacbb0711bcbe594
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards
Tae
A-ux
http://www.myspace.com/auxmusic
really feeling the first tune, not as much the other two
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well, evan,
I’m glad that u still enjoyed “Cube on Steroid”
Feel free to share the track with your friends.
Tae
http://www.myspace.com/auxmusic
Love it