Posts tagged Ireland

Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip – The Logic Of Chance

As you’re still singing along to ‘Get Better’, what better time to release the new album by the most unlikely duo of them all as they explain The Logic Of Chance.

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V/A – Garrincha!! Estrela Solitaria (The Lonely Star)

release the Original Sound Track to the brilliant film Garrincha ‘Estrela Solitaria’ on CD and they couldn’t have timed it better.

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Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy Wins Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009 & Tour Dates

The Big Dada office was a bit quite on Thursday as the surprise winner on this years’ Mercury prize was their very own .

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Soznak – Dear Dad Tango

The debut release from this multi-faceted cross-cultural collective from -upon-Tyne is one of the most surprising and consistently engaging treats of the year.

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The Revolution – Revolution

If you’ve read the latest edition of Jungle Drums you’ll have spotted we’ve review all the album they have apart from this one which they didn’t like too much; will the Cubanistas fare any better on the FLY sound system with Hectic?

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Peyoti For President – Rising Tide Of Conformity

The morning the after the night before sees Manny Pacquiao definitely the hottest “For President” candidate in the world right now but on a music front, its that leads the way as he surfs the rising tide of conformity with a mix of world beats and political pop-!

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Boxcutter – Arecibo Message

(aka Barry Lynn) is from Lurgan, Northern and Arecibo Message is his third album release on Planet Mu and there’s quite a few folks saying it’s his best yet.

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Missill – Targets

Missil’s aim is to hit the Targets of , electro, dancehall, breaks and grime and it comes easy to this DJ, graf artist, producer and all round woman of talent.

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Cadence Weapon – House Music

This is not you’re usual music, this is Cadence Weapon’s Music. Absolutely the best party rave-up track for sometime

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Fat Freddy’s Drop – Fantastic Voyages Vol.1 (DVD)

This of selected highlights of last year’s World Cup Tour captures FFD on their Fantastic Voyage around with a cheap-as-chips bargain price tag.

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The Festival in the Desert 2007 – Essakane, Mali

Quite possibly the most difficult to get to on earth, certainly the most fun, The in the Desert is held at Essakane every January. Head for Timbuktu and when you have reached the middle of nowhere, keep going for a few more hours of treacherous driving up and down sand dunes and you have the that makes Glastonbury seem about as adventurous as a trip to the local garden centre

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Belfast Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 2006 – Live Review

Graham Crothers sees Courtney Pine and Huun Huur Tu wow the crowds at the 7th annual Cathedral Quarter Arts in Belfast

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Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela

Kicking off with some superb rolls and running headlong into high octane // guitar, ’s third and eponymous album picks up from where Live in and Dublin left off, with a live feel that leads the listener to expect well-deserved applause following each number

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Mixmaster Morris of the Big Chill

It was one of those couple of weeks when the Blue Room boys of Chris Coco and da Bank just kept mentioning their mate, Mixmaster Morris. Gerry Hectic tracked down the man himself

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Four Tet – ‘A Joy’

Domino Records is the home of the ‘new Fab Four’ (Franz Ferdinand) at one extreme and nu--funkers, Test Icicles at the other. fits happily in-between.

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