Ten months ago Si Schroeder re-appeared after a long five-year hiatus with ‘Jump Ship’. Then he disappeared again. But now he’s back (“life in all its facets did a very good job of intervening”) and his new second album Holding Patterns will see the light of day this year.
Before that and as way of re-establishing the dialogue somewhat, Si releases a new single ‘Clocked’ on 7″ on June 1st, the same night as a launch in The Workman’s Club with Katie Kim supporting and David Kitt on DJ duties. According to Si:
‘Clocked’, a song about being hit on the head, with influences ranging from Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’ to J G Ballard’s ‘Empire of the Sun’ was recorded between home setups in Achill and Dublin, and in Asylum @ Bow Lane Studios, Dublin, with Jimmy Eadie. The track is built around samples of musical organ clocks and features Joss Moorkens of The Dudley Corporation on drums. Production is by Si Schroeder & Jimmy Eadie. ‘Clocked’ was mixed by Colin J Morris.
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
