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  • The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 58 // Dec 3 2014

    The London Ear on RTE 2XM // Show 58 // Dec 3 2014

    Londonear58On this week’s show, I had the pleasure of heading to Ayala‘s recording studio for a chat about her new single. She also performed ‘This Year’ especially for The London Ear. Got the opportunity to play some great new music and also a couple of tracks from acts named in the ‘Sound of 2015’ longlist.. here’s what happened:

    1. The London Ear Intro
    2. Kormac and Speech Debelle: White Noise
    3. Stevie G and Christina Underwood: Way Down South
    4. Lyke Giants: Spite
    5. Wulf : Fire
    6. The High Learys: Clear My Mind
    7. The Dirty Jacks: From the Ashes to Attack
    8. Wolf Alice: Moaning Lisa Smile
    9. Lapsley: Station
    10. Lake Malawi: Chinese Tears
    11. Chat with Ayala
    12. Ayala: This Year
    13. Chat with Ayala Part 2
    14. Ayala: 5157 Miles
    15. Soak: B a Nobody
    16. Gar Cox: Too Late for Christmas
    17. Eternal Death: Cry

    Oh, When Ayala and her producer, Juan were playing for The London Ear, I took some video on my phone. I will get it online as soon as I can.

    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 58 // Dec 03 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

    Photo of Ayala from here

  • The London Ear // Show 54 // November 5 2014

    The London Ear // Show 54 // November 5 2014

    Well, today’s show was a little different. It went a direction I really didn’t expect it to go. On Monday night, I had arranged to call Matthew from Phox and have a chat about their upcoming tour. It starts off in Glasgow before heading to The Sugar Club on Sunday 9th November. When I managed to catch Matthew he was in Disneyland, enjoying some rides.. that’s a first for The London Ear!

    Here’s what happened:

    1. Marilyn Manson: Third Day of a Seven Day Binge
    2. Rolls Bayce: On My Own
    3. Bastille: The Driver
    4. The 1975: Medicine
    5. Postcards from Jeff: Veronica
    6. Chat with Matthew from Phox
    7. Phox: Kingfisher
    8. Chat with Matthew from Phox
    9. Phox: Slow Motion
    10. Wulf: Fire
    11. Rhodes: Breathe
    12. The Grey Ghost: Recover
    13. Columbia Mills: Never Gonna Look At You The Same
    14. Vaudeville: Change The Song
    15. Kormac featuring Speech Debelle: White Noise

    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 54 // November 5 2014 by Nessy on Mixcloud

  • Free Music Monday 14/11/11: Speech Debelle

    speech_studiobackpackSpeech Debelle is back with ‘Studio Backpack Rap’ the first track released from her sophmore album ‘Freedom of Speech’. I saw her in The Academy 2 just after she won the Mercury Music Prize two years ago and she put on an awesome show.

    You can download the track for absolutely nothing from Speech’s Soundcloud below the video…

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  • Speech Debelle Live Review 3/10/09

    I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going to see Speech Debelle.

    It could go two ways. The gig on Saturday October 3rd was being held in Academy 2 so it could be that even though she had won the Mercury Music Prize she wasn’t very good. Option 2 The world hasn’t copped on to her immense talent yet. I’m delighted to say it was the latter.

    Upon entering the cavernous venue that is Academy 2, the small crowd seems just to be out for a regular Saturday night at a local pub.

    Heck I got tickets for the gig two weeks after Speech won the Mercury Prize!

    Infomatics
    Infomatics

    The Infomatics take to the stage, (I used to work in the same music venue as their bass player Graham, many moons ago) and I’m impressed.

    This five piece recently won RTE’s Raw Sessions and its not hard to see why. Their brand of funky hiphop is captivating and refreshing. The twin Mcs really work well together, even if one of them cutely leaves his backpack on for the entire set.

    Graham gave me a CD, I’ll do a review.

    By the time Speech Debelle hits the stage the venue has filled up and the anticipation is building.

    Debelle comes onstage to a muted response and begins her set with her debut single ‘The Key’. It’s not long before the rapper has the crowd in the palm of her hand, winning them over with an organic jazzy triphop sound and a wicked sense of humour.

    Speech Debelle (bad photo)
    Speech Debelle (bad photo)

    Debelle tells us tales of the man who drank a pint of Guinness the whole way down leaving the head intact ‘Magic innit?’ She happily asks someone to mind her stage ‘please lady’ before posing for photographs for this person. She also mentions that she won the Mercury Music Prize and that the NME guys don’t like it. She hastens to add ‘her boys don’t wear no skinny jeans’.

    Her trio backing band, double bass, acoustic guitar and drums, is all she needs. The organic funkyjazz base sit beautifully with her vocal rhymes.

    Afterwards she quite happily posed for photos.. I wanted to chat but crutches are still a bit dehabilating. Wonder if she’ll come on DCUFM?

    The gig leaves me with a couple of questions. Has the music industry killed itself? Speech Debelle is currently playing every nook and cranny to ‘make it’. But according to anyone who was at The Academy, she already has!

    www.speechdebelle.com