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  • Tune of the Week // James Darkin – Chase

    Tune of the Week // James Darkin – Chase

    James Darkin Tune of the week nessymon.com

    As I was putting this week’s episode of The London Ear together, I received an email from James Darkin with the video for this song. Immediately I emailed back asking for the track to play on the radio.

    Who is James Darkin?

    James is an extremely talented sound engineer and producer. He’s head guy in Temple Lane Studios in Dublin and has worked on sessions for the likes of Rihanna and Will.i.am and has worked on mixes for Hozier, The Original Rudeboys and Plutonic Dust (who I love).

    Why make Chase ‘Tune of the Week’?

    I love James’ production and I love the electronic industrial-ness of ‘Chase’. This is an instrumental track and you don’t miss vocals. The track builds and ebbs beautifully. I’ve been playing it constantly since I heard it. Being totally honest, this is the kind of music I’d like to make.

    Chase is the follow up to Needle Noise from earlier this year and is taken from ‘Go No Matter What’, James’ album due out on October 31st.

    Hat tip also to Conor Donoghue for the ever so cleverly trippy video.

    You can find James at his website or on Facebook and Twitter

    Photo from here

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 129 with John Gibbons

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 129 with John Gibbons

    DJ John Gibbons on The London Ear on RTE 2XM with nessymon

    After a little break, The London Ear is back and no better reason to get back behind the mic than to chat to Ireland’s very own superstar DJ, John Gibbons.

    Interview with John Gibbons

    John is the man behind the rework of Charles and Eddie’s ‘Would I lie to you?’.
    When we recorded the interview on Tuesday September 27th, the track has 4.7 million streams on Spotify. Last night (September 30th) John posted that the track has passed 5 million streams, an amazing achievement.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 129 // October 1 2016 Playlist

    Here’s what happened on this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    1. Placebo: Jesus’ Son
    2. Submotion: Headchecked
    3. Interview with John Gibbons (Part 1)
    4. John Gibbons: 1984 (Full Tilt remix)
    5. Interview with John Gibbons (Part 2)
    6. John Gibbons: Your Love
    7. Interview with John Gibbons (Part 3)
    8. John Gibbons: Would I lie to you?
    9. The Shamen: Ebeneezer Goode

    Listen Again

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    Check out John Gibbons online

    Check out John’s website. You can also follow him on Twitter and Like him on Facebook.

    Here’s ‘Would I lie to you?’ on Spotify.

  • Stylus Vinyl // Vinyl and Wine straight to your door

    Stylus Vinyl // Vinyl and Wine straight to your door

    stylus vinyl - vinyl and wine -Nessymon

    Get vinyl and wine straight to your door

    Here’s something a little different.

    Stylus Vinyl is a brand new subscription venture bringing vinyl and wine together. Let’s face it, there’s nothing like kicking back, sticking on a great album and having a nice drinkiepoos of a night.

    Every month, you’ll get an album on vinyl and a wine that has been chosen especially, to compliment the music.

    Russ Cook is one of the people behind Stylus Vinyl. He’s been a proper working musician for years and he’s also a journo who writes about music, events and is a Walking Dead nerd. I’ve got to know Russ recently, he’s a good guy.

    What’s in the box?

    Stylus Vinyl have teamed up with Great Western Wine and wine expert, Angela Mount, to chose a wine which will compliment and capture the essence of the music you’re listening to.

    It’s a really interesting idea and I for one will be interested in seeing what wines are selected to compliment albums over the next while. I’ve heard of synesthesia, where people see colours when listening to music so I think it would be really interesting to see how taste and different types of wine would effect and compliment the tunes.

    But what of the music? Stylus Vinyl have teamed up with the big boys so plans are underway to bring albums by Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Amy Whitehouse, Massive Attack, The Strokes and Jay-Z and Prince.

    In every package, you’ll get an album on vinyl, a chosen bottle of vino, interviews with music and wine experts, and artwork created by an independent illustrator, inspired by the particular pairing.

    How much does Stylus Vinyl cost?

    So the package costs £35 plus postage every month. You can sign up for one month or month by month (like me) or you can do a 3 month or 12 month pre-pay which comes in handy as Christmas pressie time approaches.

    Give it a go, expand your music and wine knowledge and turn a night in into something special.

    Sign up at stylusvinyl.com . Sign up before September 30 to get the very first edition!

    Follow the guys on Facebook and Twitter.

    A photo posted by Stylus Vinyl (@stylus_vinyl) on

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 128 with Andrew from Romes

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 128 with Andrew from Romes

    The London Ear Show128 Romes

    On this week’s show we headed to Toronto, to speak with Andrew Keyes from Canadian based Irish band, Romes.

    Interview with Andrew Keyes from Romes

    I first heard about an Irish band in Toronto way back in 2011. They were the band that would eventually be known as Romes. Back in 2011, they were known as Nightbox and I interviewed the band for Goldenplec and featured them on Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM.

    Since then, the band have undergone a line up change and while the current members were part of Nightbox, they have a different edge.

    You can find out more about Romes on their website, Facebook and Twitter

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 128 // August 27 2016 Playlist

    Here’s what happened on this week’s episode of The London Ear.

    1. George The Poet: What do you reckon?
    2. Michael Kinawuka feat Nasir : Black Man in a White World (Gettysburg Address)
    3. The Swedish Railway Orchestra: VI
    4. The Naked and Famous: Higher
    5. Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Summer
    6. Evering: CityFlyer
    7. Dan Amor: Cnoc Cnoc Cnoc
    8. Florence and The Machine: Too Much is Never Enough
    9. The Lemon Twigs: These Words
    10. Cfit: Salvo
    11. Swords: Betty Machete
    12. Wild Beasts: Big Cat
    13. Chat with Andrew Keyes from Romes
    14. Romes: Believe
    15. Buffalo Springfield: For What It’s Worth

    Listen Again

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview and outside Ireland you can listen online.You can listen to the show again on the RTE player. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

    Don’t forget to check out the RTE 2XM website. You can keep up with me here.

    Check out The London Ear on Facebook and Twitter

    Check out the video for Romes’ current single ‘Believe’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1P99Jmuqc