Month: September 2014

RÖYKSOPP ANNOUNCE THEIR FINAL ALBUM ‘THE INEVITABLE END’ RELEASED ON 24TH NOVEMBER (21st in Ireland) 2014

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RÖYKSOPP ANNOUNCE THEIR FINAL ALBUM ‘THE INEVITABLE END’ RELEASED ON 24TH NOVEMBER (21st in Ireland) 2014

ALBUM OPENER ‘SKULLS’ REVEALED

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Röyksopp will release their fifth and final album ‘The Inevitable End’ on 24th November 2014, through their own Dog Triumph via Wall Of Sound and Cooking Vinyl.

‘The Inevitable End’, is electronic music overlords Röyksopp’s most personal album to date and the second album release in the space of 6 months, following the critically acclaimed mini album and sell out tour ‘Do It Again’ with fellow Scandinavian legend Robyn.

“With ‘The Inevitable End’ we’ve moved into a darker subject matter, with emphasis on the lyrical content. This candid approach feels very both personal, sincere and conclusive.” says Svein, “With this album it became clear we wanted to make an album in a classical sense even if it’s the last one we make,” adds Torbjørn

Having now created five complete bodies of work, the pair feel like the future is open to being more experimental with how they share their music.

“We feel like this is a goodbye to the traditional album format,” explains Svein. “In our consecutive run of albums, we have been able to say what we want to say and do what we want to do with the LP. We’re not going to stop making music, but the album format as such, this is the last thing from us.”

’The Inevitable End’ features Jamie Irrepressible, Ryan James (Man Without Country), Norwegian singer songwriter Susanne Sundfør and Robyn.

Röyksopp have revealed the first track from their album ’Skulls’: http://show.co/IJACd3B

If you wanna ride with us tonight… (This lyric is a hyperlink to this site: www.theinevitableend.com)

The Inevitable End’ tracklisting:
1) Skulls
2) Monument feat. Robyn (T.I.E. Version)
3) Sordid Affair (Ryan James, Man Without Country)
4) You Know I Have To Go (Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles)
5) Save Me (Susanne Sundfør)
6) I Had This Thing (Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles)
7) Rong (Robyn)
8) Here She Comes Again (Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles)
9) Running To The Sea (Susanne Sundfør)
10) Compulsion (Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles)
11) Coup de Grace
12) Thank You
Single and tour to be announced.

Notes To Editors:

Röyksopp are one of the biggest electronic acts in the world winning 7 Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannprisen) and 5 Norwegian Music Prize Awards (Alarmprisen) as well as nominations for Best International Group at the Brits and Best Remix at the Grammys. They have had 4 number 1 albums in Norway and ‘Do It Again’ debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 marking the highest album chart position ever for a Norwegian artist. Röyksopp have headlined some of the biggest festivals in the world and played the Hollywood Bowl three times. They are sought after remixers and have remixed for the likes of Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon and Depeche Mode.

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John Spillane announces new album and Irish National tour dates

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John Spillane Picture: Miki Barlok

Announces brand new album “The Man Who Came in from the Dark” Release date: Oct 31st

+ Tour dates just announced with more TBA:

20/09/2014 Clonakilty, Co.Cork Clonguitarfest

24 + 25/09/2014 Ratheniska, Stradbally County Laois, Ploughing Championships

26/09/2014 Main Street, Ratoath, Co. Meath, The Venue Theatre

02/10/2014 Clonakilty, Co.Cork, DeBarras

03/10/2014 Cork Folk Festival, A Stór Mo Chroi

04/10/2014 Siamsa Tire Tralee, A Stór Mo Chroi

20/10/2014 Queens Festival Belfast,  A Stór Mo Chroí

26/10/2014 Sligo, A Stór Mo Chroi

This October the acclaimed Irish Singer and Songwriter John Spillane, celebrates 33 years of an ever-consistent vastly illuminating and exciting career within the world of music. And what better way to celebrate than with a brand new album. On October 31st 2014, his brand new 10th studio album, ‘THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE DARK’ will be released followed by a list of tour dates Nationwide.

Having sold over 100,000 albums in Ireland, John has also been awarded with two Meteor Irish Music Awards for ‘Best Act Folk’ and ‘Traditional’ act. His songs have been covered by many Irish folk lumineer’s such as Christy Moore, Sean Keane, Karan Casey, Pauline Scanlon, Solas, Mary Black, Méav, Sinéad Lohan and Sharon Shannon.

Building on last years hugely popular album ‘LIFE IN AN IRISH TOWN’, which was based on songs from the TG4 series SPILLANE AN FÁNAÍ (Spillane The Wanderer), this year sees John traveling around Ireland and writing MORE BRILLIANT songs about Ireland’s towns, rivers, legends and people. The album’s release will coincide with the broadcast of series 2 of SPILLANE AN FÁNAÍ on TG4 in October 2014 (release 31st of Oct).

THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE DARK – track listing.

  1. THE VOYAGE OF THE SIRIUS
  2. KILLALOE
  3. THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE DARK
  4. KELLS
  5. YOUGHAL
  6. RIVER LEE
  7. MOONE BOY
  8. GOREY
  9. IRELAND AND AUSTRALIA
  10. HAITIAN GIRL
  11. PRINCE’S STREET/ FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
  12. BAILE ÁTHA AN RÍ
  13. THE ENGLISH MARKET CHRISTMAS SONG.

(All songs composed by John Spillane except 9. John Spillane/Shane Howard. 10. Christy Moore/John Spillane. 11. John Spillane/Conal Creedon)

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ENCAS SERQHAR ‘Mesmerise’ – EP OUT NOV 7th

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Encas Serqhar is an electronic music project entirely composed, recorded and produced by the artist MDK who is based in Galway, Ireland. Drawing comparison to such acts as Clint Mansell, Daft Punk, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode. Encas Serqhar strive to create unusual sounds, emotive melodies, strange sonic atmospheres and generally eclectic yet memorable and catchy music with a broad appeal. The 3 track EP ‘Mesmerise’, due to be released in early Nov 2014, demonstrates the musical connotations of the aforementioned.

colormixA brief summary of MDK’s relevant academic qualifications would include; Masters Degree in Musical Composition, Honours Degree in Multimedia (majoring in Audio Production), and a Diploma in Film Scoring from the Berklee College of Music. On a more practical level, he has been working in the industry for about two years now and has written several high profile pieces that have received public acclaim, for both television and radio. Writing music since the age of 7 years old, it was around that time that his Father purchased a piano for his Mother (on her birthday) and once he heard her playing it – he was hooked. The exploration of sounds and his musical journey had begun.

The name itself is taken from a short story that MDK wrote when he was younger. It featured a fictional city (entitled Encas Serqhar) and it basically represents creativity and original thought. All the music is written by MDK, and the music for the first album, from which the Mesmerise Ep is taken from is primarily electronic and reminiscent of bands like Justice, Kavinsky, College, Clint Mansell, Moby and Depeche Mode. It’s heavily inspired by French House and 80’s electronica. Much of the themes for the songs with lyrics are inspired by the sci-fi literature and the fictional story upon which the Encas Serqhar name was base. Due to this unusual creative basis, much of the music sounds a little otherworldly and bizarre – but in a pleasant way. Also, as a professional (classically trained etc) composer and sound designer, most of the songs are very heavily layered and not at all minimal, despite the current minimalist craze in pop/electronic music these days. There are upwards of 50 individual tracks/instrument parts on each song – “My attitude is if less is more, more is way more (if done correctly). Minimalism is often an excuse for mediocre musical minds”.

EP Tracklisting:

1 – Mesmerise

2 – Solas

3 – The Voices Of Our Dead Friends

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ROYKSOPP HINT AT FORTHCOMING ALBUM RELEASE WITH NEW VERSION OF ‘MONUMENT’ AND SOCIAL MEDIA POST

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Today Röyksopp released a new version of the Robyn collaboration track ‘Monument’ to fans with the following quote:

“Monument (The Inevitable End Version)” represents a bridge between our recent work with Robyn and the new Röyksopp album – it is also an indication of things to come…” (Röyksopp)

Listen to ‘Monument’ (The Inevitable End version) here:

http://ryxp.co/montievst

http://open.spotify.com/album/5Mx4XcdwmkZL127EP9eUO6

https://soundcloud.com/royksopp/monument-the-inevitable-end-version

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Eleanor McEvoy upcoming National tour dates

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Irish chanteuse Eleanor McEvoy has just recently announced a list of Irish dates after her incredible stint of festival and gig dates in Australia earlier this year. Her solo show has been described as ‘an entire band on stage in one shimmering, mesmerising person. Absolutely not to be missed’. 

Here is Eleanor performing her hit song A Woman’s Heart on The Late Late Show with just her guitar.

List of Solo dates include:

FRI 05 SEPT

Roe Valley Arts Centre

Limavady, Co. Derry

N. Ireland

 

SAT 06 SEPT

Coastguard Cultural Centre

Tramore

Ireland

 

FRI 12 SEPT

The Venue Theatre

Ratoath

Ireland

 

SAT 20 SEPT

Shoreline Arts Festival

Portumna

Ireland

 

SAT 04 OCT

Kulturbahnhof

Werdohl

Germany

 

SAT 01 NOV

Mill Theatre

Dundrum

Ireland