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  • Tune of the Week // Hare Squead // If I Ask

    Tune of the Week // Hare Squead // If I Ask

    Who ever would have thunk that Dublin could sound this awesome? Hip, fresh and funky as hell.

    Hare Squead are hail from Dublin, are signed to Columbia Records, and according to their press blurb, ‘Their shared central African heritage combined with a mutual love for skating, music and chicken fillet rolls has cemented them as firm friends and an inseparable unit.’

    I don’t eat meat but anyone who manages to get chicken fillet rolls into their press release deserves utmost respect. How Irish can you get?

    There’s no denying that being based in another country hinders the amount of new Irish music that I get to hear. I’m so glad, I got to hear this. Simply pumping and insanely catchy.. press repeat.

    Tony Konstone, Jessy Rose and E-Knock, bravo gentlemen, bravo!

    https://youtu.be/TpTOnpd2THI

    Photo from here

  • Tune(s) of the Week // Fins A Luminous – Setting Souls / Funeral Shake

    Tune(s) of the Week // Fins A Luminous – Setting Souls / Funeral Shake

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    Working under the moniker, Fins A Luminous, Joe Bond and Ross Saunders have recently released a AA single. ‘Setting Souls’ is the A side, while ‘Funeral Shake’ is the AA.

    ‘Setting Souls’ immediately grabbed attention, dark electronica that makes you want to dance, with timelessly clever soulful vocal line that could be from any era. The track rises and falls beautifully til it’s crescendo.

    ‘Setting Souls’ is accompanied by ‘Funeral Shake’, complete with its layered understated grunged sonic landscape, you’ll hear something different every time you listen. It’s airy, has some really great guitar work, so subtle that you won’t even realise it’s there.

    This AA release shows Fin A Luminous to be talented producers, who know how to showcase their talent. The two tracks show different sides of the pair. Initially it was ‘Setting Souls’ that made me take notice but ‘Funeral Shake’ has become a favourite, two very different tracks that work fantastically both together and apart.

    A really good introduction to the work of Fins A Luminous. That’s why they’re both Tunes of the Week.

    You can check out previous releases on Soundcloud

  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 57 featuring Adamski // Nov 26 2014

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 57 featuring Adamski // Nov 26 2014

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    Last week I had the pleasure of catching up with Adamski. Alongside Seal, he is responsible for one of the best tracks of the last 25 years.

    For the past number of years, Adamski has been working mainly as an underground club DJ. But, now he’s back with a brand new EP and a brand new sound, which he calls ‘Futurewaltz’, dance music in a 3/4 time signature.

    Adamski was very generous with his time and I really enjoyed our chat so it was only right and fair that today’s show was devoted to his music.

    Here’s today’s running order:

    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Adamski: Belle of the Speedball
    3. Chat with Adamski (Part 1)
    4. Adamski featuring Harmony: Detonate my Luv
    5. Chat with Adamski (Part 2)
    6. Adamski: Cuckoo Blood
    7. Chat with Adamski (Part 3)
    8. Adamski and David McAlmont: The Last Waltz
    9. Chat with Adamski (Part 4)
    10. Adamski featuring Buck Dexter: Pump Up The Waltz
    11. Adamski: NRG
    12. Adamski featuring Seal: Killer

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

    You can also listen to the show in its entirety on Mixcloud or in the widget below.

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 57 featuring Adamski // Nov 26 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

  • Download: Skylab – Phoenix Calling

    Download: Skylab – Phoenix Calling

    SkylabI’m feeling in quite an upbeat mood today so this has been perfect to dance to. It’s Skylab with Phoenix Calling. Skylab are from Amsterdam and apart from that, that’s all I know really. They’ve got some more free downloads on Soundcloud.

    Their biography states:
    SKYLAB is all about the feeling to discover new places, new friends, wherever and whatever they may be. The funky magic of the music will be with you on this journey. We are not just a band; we’re a movement, a lifestyle. We don’t talk a lot. We look each other in the eye to know we belong. Mind you; this will not be accessible to everyone; you have to be ready to travel both back and forth in time and as far as necessary. Our people can never be found at one place for too long. We move. The only goal is to experience the feeling which can best be described by a 70’s beachparty in the south of France, somewhere on a secret planet in space. Everybody is beautiful. There will be no hate, because it doesn’t exist. There will be no past and no future, because they will be one. If you are puzzled and confused by these words; just follow us and we’ll show you the way. We are SKYLAB.

    Ok… All you really need to know? They make some great tunes.