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Press Release:
Artist:
Various Artists
Album: An Taobh Tuathail
Release Date: August / September 2007
Cat. No.: PSY 021
Distribution: Arabesque [ www.arab.co.uk
] / RMG Ireland
Contact: Keith Downey psychonavigation@gmail.com
Background on the radio show:
The radio show has been broadcasting the cream of underground music from around the globe on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta/Anocht FM since May 1999. Cian Ó Cíobháin who has been presenting the show since its very first broadcast, presents the show Mondays to Fridays, 11pm-1am.
http://www.rte.ie/rnag/antaobhtuathail.html
http://www.myspace.com/antaobhtuathail
Reviews:
"The record is a veritable goldmine of quiet, hitherto-unacknowledged gems, which really do merit greater exposure."
- Hot Press review by Kilian Murphy 7.5/10
" As an introduction to one of the country's best alternative radio shows… An Taobh Tuathail Vol 1 is essentially flawless. Shivers down the spine guaranteed."
- METRO Album Of The Week by Eamon De Paor
" … this show is one of the most important outlets for underground Irish artists and in particular those in the leftfield electronic genre, really beautiful from start to finish"
- Road Records
"Speaking of compilations, An Taobh Tuathail, one of the best music shows on the Irish airwaves, release a compilation on Psychonavigation, featuring the kind of music the show is lauded for championing."
- www.sineadgleeson.com
"Cian O'Ciobhain's compilation trawls the outer reaches of abstract electronica, with the string-soaked neo-classical beauty of OST, Fug and Phelan Sheppard's contributions standing out."
- Richard Brophy, Hot Press
"While the 12 tracks collected together on this disc stick close to the lower BPMs, one of the first things that impresses is the sheer diversity of approach displayed by the featured artists, no doubt a reflection of Ciobhain’s own eclectic programming selections. An Taobh Tuathail Volume 1 certainly provides a suitably wide-ranging intro to the more downbeat end of Ciobhain’s radio sets that also manages to expose the work of a number of lesser-known Irish artists alongside a slew of more immediately recognisable names."
- Chris Dowton, www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=1518
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Felix Laband - 4/4 Down The Stairs | Listen | |
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Every Night I Die At Miyagi's | Listen | |
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Cane 141 - Sticky Lips | Listen | |
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OST - Socrates Dream | Listen | |
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Fug - By Gadd | Listen | |
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Phelan Sheppard - Weaving Song | Listen | |
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United Bible Studies - Columba's Song | Listen | |
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Anne Garner - Home (Dean Honer Mix) | Listen | |
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Beatpoet - Tao | Listen | |
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Chequerboard - Konichiwa | Listen | |
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Heftord - Seperation | Listen | |
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Jimmy Behan - Gate 28 | Listen | |
Felix
Laband:
The music of South Africa's premier electronic musician is fluid and deceptively
simple, freakish, quirky but user-friendly, funky and day-dreamy. Polyphonic
funk like the sound-adventures of Warp´s “Boards Of Canada“,
“Autechre“ or “Aphex Twin“ and measures at the same
time the dope downtempo flavour of their label-mates “Nightmares
On Wax“. If one had to categorise the musical style of Felix Laband
he would have to create a new genre called "Indietronica". There's
a level of professionalism in his work that is breathtaking. www.openrecord.co.za/felixlaband.html
Ariel Pink:
Ariel Pink (born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg on June 24, 1978) is an avant-garde/hauntology
musician who is based in Los Angeles. Pink has been recording his music
on tape since 1996 but it wasn't until after he passed a CD-R to the New
York-based band Animal Collective that his commercial musical career took
off. He has since caught the attention of various media sources, especially
in the Los Angeles area. As most of his albums are self-made, many of
them have never been heard by fans. The only albums which have been commercially
released come from his "Haunted Graffiti" series and are thus
the best known. www.myspace.com/arielpink
Cane 141:
The group Cane 141 have released two albums and five singles to date and
sporadically highlight these releases with live shows centred around their
own marriage of electronic and organic sounds. Their sound is at times
experimental, electronica with a smooth production edge, mixing atmospheric
vocals with eclectic instrumentation. Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank is already
a fan of this new material, and has been playing it on his Blue Room and
One Music shows - as is the legendary Steve Lamacq, who has featured “Joe
Meek Shall Inherit the Earth” (from the 7" EP) on his Radio
1 show. The "Moon Pool" album has also received a nomination
for the prestigious Irish Mercury Music Prize.
www.myspace.com/cane141
Phelan Sheppard:
Keiron Phelan and David Sheppard make records together and separately
under various guises. Their most recent album together, harps old master,
was released last year on the leaf label and features Phelan and Sheppard
playing nylon string guitars, double bass, various woodwinds, xylophones,
keyboards and electronics, while spanish singer Ines Naranjo also coats
several songs with vocals. www.myspace.com/phelansheppard
Fug:
Their only full-length LP, Ready For Us is arguably one of the touchstones
of the live cinematic breaks movement that really took a foothold in the
UK in the late-90s. Utilizing guitars, bass, drums, keys, strings, horns
and the occassional vocalist, Fug threw down one of the finest and most
underrated records of 2001, lost among Nuphonic's roster of House producers
www.shivarecords.com