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Free Download: Rosenthal – Afraid of Stairs

Before I even had a chance to post anything about Rosental here, I had contacted his PR people to see if I could have a chat with him for The London Ear. Little did I know, that the Dane, Jeppe Kiel Revsbech aka Rosenthal, was in London and I managed to chat to him the very next day. You can hear it on The London Ear on New Year’s Day at 2pm on RTE 2XM.

This is the debut from Rosenthal and is officially released on December 30th but you can gt your hands on a Free download. The single was produced by Ole Gundahl Sorensen who Jeppe said ‘sculptured’ the sound. It’s a dreamy, tender but melancholic track and was written about his nephew trying to get through the chaos of the world. You can get your FREE DOWNLOAD here.

Great track and really lovely guy to boot.

Check out the video to accompany the track:

December 11, 2013
MTNS: Salvage (Video)

I’m feeling a bit spoiled at the moment, there’s such a fantastic amount of new music that’s right up my street being released. The new one from Brisbane band MTNS fits nicely into that realm. Salvage is taken from the EP of the same name and is the follow up to ‘Lost Track of Time’ which also features. Since then, they have been gaining a lot of radio play in Oz including on Triple J, I’ll be giving them a spin on Irish radio first chance I get. The video was made by Brisbane filmmaker Joshua Lincoln and cleverly plays with projections keeping the laid back vibe of the track intact.

While you’re here, you might as well have a listen to the EP on Sonndcloud, you won’t regret it!

December 11, 2013
The London Ear on RTE 2XM Show 11: Dec 4 2013

Show 11 of The London Ear on RTE 2XM, finally feels like I’m getting into a rhythm with the show. This week I had the pleasure of chatting to David from Strangers and Seven from Uprise Audio.

Here’s what happened:
1. The London Ear Intro
2. Sam Smith: Money On My Mind
3. Aiden: Better Man
4. Chat with David from Strangers
5. Strangers: Fires
6. U2: Ordinary Love
7. Rosenthal: Afraid of Stairs
8. Chat with Seven from Uprise Audio
9. Wayfarer: Reflections
10. Chat with Seven from Uprise Audio (Part 2)
11. Seven feat Joe Raygun: Live from the Future
12. Funeral Suits: All Those Friendly People (Nat Walker Remix)

Thanks for listening, you can listen live every Wednesday at 1400 and the repeat on Sunday nights at 2100. You can listen to the show again on the RTE player.

If you are in a band based in Ireland or the UK and would like to get involved in the show, email me nessy @ nessymon.com (take out the gaps)

Next week’s guest will be Nat Jenkins and The Late David Turpin, thanks for listening!

December 8, 2013
Tune of the Week: Aiden: Satisfy Me ft. Thaddaeus Tribbett

There’s something quite liberating to see an ex-X Factor contestant break free from the chains and reveal their true selves. Now known, simply as Aiden, not to be confused with aidan, Aiden Grimshaw has recently released a self titled 4 track E.P.

He’s been co-writing with Dimitri Tikovoi, who has previously worked with, Charlie XCX, Mikky Ekko, Goldfrapp, and Paloma Faith an the EP has a deep electro pop feel. Every time I listen to the E.P., I have a favourite track. As I started writing this, the seriously danceable ‘Better Man’ was going to be Tune of the Week. The EP moves from pop to dance, Fire and Ice being a single Robbie Williams could have forgotten to write while ‘The Cleaner’ reminds me of Delphic.

This is the first in a new direction for Aiden and if he continues to produce tracks of this standard, which are helped along with mixing from Neil Comber, we’ll be hearing a lot more from Aiden.

The video was made by Crowns, a London based art collective and a naked Aiden has snakes wrapped around him and a scorpion sitting on his shoulder. My only question is ‘Don’t they sting ?’

Listen to the EP here:

Check out the video for Satisfy Me:

December 8, 2013