A resident of Galway, Frenchie has accumulated quite a number of releases in recent times. His debut EP ‘Fait Accompli‘ was released on Limerick’s Antiqua Recordings in December 2009, featuring two stripped down rolling deep numbers alongside remixes from John Daly and Nicole Moudaber. His follow up track - ‘Case Equal’ - featured on a split Antiqua EP last December alongside three other Irishmen: Duky, Did, and Frawl. Frenchie has entered into remix duty for Galway’s own B-Movie Lightning, reshaping ‘Take Yourself To The City’ into two fabulous 4/4 excursions available here. Needless to say we love all the tracks, and luckily for us, Frenchie is well versed in the art of record spinning. When we asked him for a podcast, the man himself was feeling inspired by a recent warehouse party in Galway. This mix wasn’t too long to follow.
Tracklist:
1. Reagenz - Keep Building (Workshop)
2. Christopher Rau - Always the Same (Smallville)
3. Julius Steinhoff - Something Like Wonderful (Smallville)
4. John Roberts - Glass Eights (Dial)
5. Morning Factory - Radioshow (Yore)
6. Donnacha Costello - Pleite (Look Long)
7. Portable - Fine Me (Perlon)
8. id10ts - In the Gold Room (Dj Koze mix) (LoEB)
9. Prostitune - NJ Turnpike (Just Another Beat)
10. Mark E - Christo (Merc)
11. Chaton - +91 Ahead 3.5 (John Daly version) (Plak)
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RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s Cian Ó Ciobhain releases An Taobh Tuathail Vol IV, the latest in the series as a free download from the RnaG website for 3 months only. The tracklist and a commentary from Cian (who thankfully tags the MP3 through the Lyrics ID3 tag!) is given below. Highly recommended - grab it now while you can.
Tracklist
1.Hildur Guðnadóttir - Unveiled
2.Alex Smoke - Ikos
3.Emika - Cooling Room
4.Actress - Maze
5.Lali Puna - Safe Tomorrow
6.Natalie Beridze / tba - The Face We Choose To Miss
7.Dau Cefn - Hey Baby!
8.Rene Hell - Razor. P+
9.Daedelus - Fin De Siécle
10.Tape - Parade
11.Valgeir Sigurðsson – Grýlukvæði (feat Sam Amidon)
12.Patrick Kelleher - Wonder
13.St. Catherines Home For Lazy Infants - It’s OK
14.The Gentleman Losers - Spider Lily
15.Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon - Two Hours After Dusk
16.alva noto - Anthem Berlin (For The Kingdom Of Elgaland-Vargaland)
If this were a CD, I wouldn’t have put this as first track. Rule no. 1 if you’re trying to sell a disc: put your catchiest song first. But this is a free podcast and the Icelandic cellist’s quixotic ode to flight and movement is as good a place as any to start this trip (and it is a trip).
02 Alex Smoke – Ikos
I believe that this Glasweigan producer is possibly one of the finest producers making music on this planet right now. Normally, he makes moody melancholic techno, but peel the emphasis off the shuddering kick drums and you reveal a thing of bucolic beauty. This is the opening track on his most recent LP ‘Lux’ on his own Hum + Haw label. What a deliciously apt name for his label.
03 Emika - Cooling Room
Young British producer Emika moved to Berlin earlier last year and was immediately drawn to Berghain/Panoramabar, the epicentre of Europe’s techno/house scenes. Her recent project, the ‘Fünf’ compilaton, on the club’s record label Ostgut Ton, inspired her to record the sounds of the immense venue when emptied of revellers, then passing on the field recordings to the club’s DJs and producers to mould new tracks out of. In her own words: “I was in Panorama Bar on Sunday afternoon, and Nick Hoppner who runs the Ostgut Ton label was DJing, and there was like a long breakdown in the track, or he was doing some kind of quiet mix between two records, and I could hear all the metal panels in the building resonating, and I could hear all the motors and the lights above me. Like turning the strobes and stuff like that, and yeah, I carried on drinking and started thinking about all these millions of sounds that must be in the huge space when there’s no party.” She recorded the light rigging, the fridges, people working, the infamous sex swings. This is her own contribution. Her début LP is due (possibly on Ninja Tune) sometime this year.
Modern electronic music, haunted by the pioneering sound of Kraftwerk, from the Londoner’s ‘Splaszh’ LP which deserves repeated listens.
05 Lali Puna - Safe Tomorrow
And finally a vocal! The highlight of the band from Wilheim, Germany’s fourth LP ‘Our Inventions’ on Morr Music.
06 Natalie Beridze / tba - The Face We Choose To Miss
Natalie is a prolific artist from Tbilisi in Georgia who has released five LPs as tba. Last summer, this 80s-flavoured pop song saw the light of day on her ‘What About Things Like Bullets’ EP. Her new LP ‘Forgetfulness’ will be available on Monika Enterprise in March.
07 Dau Cefn - Hey Baby!
Welsh surrealists Dau Cefn occasionally tune into ATT on wet Monday nights and began sending some of their songs my way last summer. I’ve pretty much listened to this ska-tinged ode to joy at least once a week ever since it came my way.
08 Rene Hell - Razor. P+
Provocative synth music that brings to mind early Tortoise, 70’s Kosmiche and ambient techno - this mind-blower is the opening track on the American producer’s recent ‘Porcelain Opera’ LP on Type.
09 Daedelus - Fin De Siécle
This romantic instrumental wouldn’t sound out of place in an old Disney movie. From the LA producer’s 2010 EP ‘Righteous Fists Of Harmony’.
10 Tape - Parade
The musical approximation of sunbeams unexpectingly shining through a slate-grey sky. All the way from Sweden. Check out the ‘Luminarium’ LP on Häpna.
11 Valgeir Sigurðsson – Grýlukvæði (feat Sam Amidon)
Valgeir is something of a renaissance man in his native Iceland: founder of the Bedroom Community label; producer and engineer; composer of music for TV, film & theatre; he has also collaborated with Björk, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Kronos Quartet and CocoRosie. This collaboration with American folk singer Sam Amidon is from the ‘Draumalandið’ (Dreamland) soundtrack.
12 Patrick Kelleher - Wonder
Based in Dublin, though orginally from Rugby in the UK, Patrick perfectly merges lo-fi electronica with phantasmal folk on his ‘You Look Cold’ LP on the wonderful Osaka label. Check him out should he visit your neck of the woods with his band Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands.
13 St. Catherines Home For Lazy Infants - It’s OK
Shimmering hazy guitar plucking from the ‘Old Ghosts’ LP from the prodigious Alex Synge, on Dublin’s distinguished Slow Loris label.
14 The Gentleman Losers - Spider Lily
This Finnish duo’s woozy dreamlike productions recall a vintage of music that predates the use of ProTools & modern digital recording. From their second and most recent LP ‘Dustland’ on City Centre Offices.
15 Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon - Two Hours After Dusk
I used to jostle for space on the dancefloor (i.e. stare at the ground in a fey, sensitive manner, whilst gently rocking back and forth on the one spot, wondering if any cute indie chicks would be impressed by my limited edition Joy Divison t-shirt) at a clubnight called ‘Psychedelia’ in The Castle, Galway in the early to mid-90s, with the two members of PDBTM, who are now based in Nottingham. Their spectral folk LP, ‘The Trees, The Sea, In A Lunar Stream’ on Galway’s dedicated Rusted Rail imprint sounds nothing like The Breeders’ ‘Cannonball’ - which was played incessantly at ‘Psychedelia’ - but instead brings to mind Talk Talk and their luminous ‘Spirit Of Eden’ LP.
16 alva noto - Anthem Berlin (For The Kingdom Of Elgaland-Vargaland)
Hugely influential artist whose installations have been included in the Guggenheim, New York, the Tate Modern and Venice Biennale, Italy. From his second LP of dedications ‘For 2’ on the Line label.
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Recorded live at a secret location in Galway, this mix is a showcase of some fine rolling warehouse techno, brought to you courtesy of a steadfast member of the 091 crew - Lynam. Starting in 2001 in De Burgos, it seems like 091 has always had a place in the heart of Galway’s underground life. Having sold their souls to house and techno since as long as they can remember, the guys rocked out in the GPO, the Vic, the Cellar Underground and these days can be seen behind the bar at their own pub - the Bierhaus in Galway’s west end. As well as our mixmeister for this evening, the 091 crew consists of original ravers Tiddlerz and Frenchie, plus the international crew of Audiofeen (Australia), Jasinski (Poland) and H-Tenza (France) plus the one and only sound & light man (and LowerState man behind a hazy cloud of smoke) - Pete T. And you!
Tracklist:
1. Marko Furstenberg - A (Artless)
2. D.F.T. - Live (Dubwise)
3. Visitor - Stop The Music (D1 Recordings)
4. Sean Deason - The Shit (Substance)
5. Octave One - Night Illusion (403 West)
6. -
7. Convextion - Miranda (Matrix Records Detroit)
8. Jark Prongo - Spadet (Artless)
9. Psykofuk - Psykofuk Remastered & Recut (Decks Classix)
10.Kenny Larkin - You Are…Dark (Planet E)
11. Al James - ‘Bout Time (403 West)
12. UR - Transition (UR)
13. Carl Craig - Darkness Max Mix (Planet E)
14. Wax - B (Wax)
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LowerState started out as a simple idea between two friends and music lovers - to bring quality electronic music to Galway city, trying not to lose too much money in the process. Four years of international guests and countless raise-the-roof moments later, the club grew into one of Galway's most established nights. A balanced musical line between well-known classics and back-of-the-crate platters was kept, yet the sound always moved forward joining the dots between the deepest house and techno. Originally based in the old-school Spanish wine cellar De Burgo's, the night found a new home in 2009 at the appropiately named Deeper - another basement perfect for the trademark up-close-and-personal parties. The night currently is hibernating, but the blog lives on....
