Neil Burns is a musician, songwriter and producer who namechecks Derry, Donegal and Down as home(s). Burns who has released an album under the projects Comrade Hat, under his own name, a Derry Soundscape project and collaborated with Paul J. Fox but it’s his solo production work I’m interested in today.
As Withneil And I, Burns has delved into electronic music across two short EPs, the second one, helpfully titled EP 2, has just been released on Bandcamp and it’s a fine intro to that facet of the man.
‘Tír na nOdd’ revels in aquatic atmospheric textures of Fade 2 Mind recording artists and chilled-out passages that recall The Orb, ‘Inner Magnolia’ is a pleasant dreamy meander through percussive hits, bass notes and piano chords and ‘Cosmos Duit’ goes heavy on the low-end for some psychedelic draggy trap beats. To be encouraged.
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.
