Our monthly Patreon episode in which Andrea Cleary and Niall share our favourite music of the past month.
The Best of the Month episode is now Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 20 minutes or so of the episode as a free preview. Members get to hear the whole episode on Patreon for a €5 a month so come join us!
This month, we are discussing new albums from Torres and Julien Baker, Daughter Of Swords, Bon Iver, Maria Somerville and songs from The Hives, Turnstile, mischa and the bear, Frankie Cosmos, Morgana, Myles Manley and a Crossed Wires NTS show recommendation.
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Albums and tracks mentioned
Marika Hackman; Laura Marling - Skin
Daughter of Swords - Alex LP
The Hives - Enough Is Enough
mischa and the bear - Deny
Maria Somerville - Luster LP
Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH
Julien Baker; TORRES - Say A Prayer For Me LP
Bon Iver - SAble, Fable LP
Bon Iver - I'll Be There
Morgana - Power Cuts
Myles Manley - Indieboys of Dublin
Myles Manley - Di Fontaines
Frankie Cosmos - Vanity
Dame Area - La Danza Del Ferro
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Róisín El Cherif is singing for Palestine and Ireland
The Irish-Palestinian singer and filmmaker speaks about embracing her Arabic heritage in her music, and the resurgence of interest in keening and Irish folklore.
The Irish-Palestinian artist Róisín El Cherif has spent 18 months advocating for the people of Palestine, speaking out on the injustice and genocide in Gaza. El Cherif has begun singing in Arabic on stage, noting the connections between Irish and Arabic folk music and culture.
It's best encapsulated in the Róisín El Cherif live show, which debuted at the Fringe Festival and was given a Fringe award for Astounding Performance of Political and Cultural Significance.
The next live show takes place at the Button Factory in Dublin next week, Wednesday April 30th, which will be a blend of live music, poetry and film visuals featuring clips from Arabic films, Palestinian folk music and drawing parallels with Irish mythology and folklore - the cailleach, banshees and keening which is also found in Arabic culture as wailing, and further represents and celebrates the oppressed people of Palestine.
El Cherif recently accepted the Choice Music Prize award on behalf of Fontaines D.C. by reciting part of a poem from Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim written in 1971 called Enemy of the Sun which speaks of Palestinian resistance against Israel.
We also talk about the reaction to Kneecap's recent Pro-Palestine statements at Coachella.
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Why J Dilla was such an influential producer
It’s DILLA TIME
This month's special is about Jay Dee aka J Dilla, a Detroit hip-hop producer’s whose work is so prolific and influential his MPC sampler is in the Smithsonian.
Dilla worked with hip-hop and R&B greats - Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, The Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Common, Madlib and made his own signature rhythm that others copied - he used a sampler like no one had before.
Through his unique methods of playing with layered timing, rhythmic expectation, polyrhythm, samples stretching and feel and his ability to bend time-signatures to his will, Dilla changed how music moves, and made Dilla Time (a term coined in the 2022 book of the same name by Dan Charnas).
We explore his production work, solo music and the legacy of his final album from 2006, released three days before he died - Donuts - a sample psychedelic beat tape of melancholic beauty and a magic trick of sampling that serves as a towering and influential creative statement.
The accompanying Dilla playlist.
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Our music picks of March [Subscriber Podcast preview]
Our monthly episode in which Andrea Cleary and Niall share our favourite music of the past month.
The Best of the Month episode is now Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 15 minutes or so of the episode as a free preview. Members get to hear the whole episode on their member feeds or on Patreon direct.
Discussing music from Lonnie Holley, Bon Iver, Adebisi Shank, Chappell Roan, Avalon Emerson, Niamh Bury, Brighde Chaimbeul, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco, Paddy Hanna, MJ Lenderman and an old choice from Cornelius.
We also chat about what we've been watching lately including Adolescence, Severance, Last One Laughing UK (which I erroneously called Laugh Out Loud),
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Moving Still's Irish-Arab electronic bangers are having a moment 🔥
Jamal Sul has been making Irish Arabic electronic music as Moving Still since 2016. His productions link his Arabic heritage, with his love of synthesizers, dance music and buzzy bangers.
Moving Still’s music is unique in how it brings together styles of music from the SWANA region (Southwest Asia and North Africa) with European and American club genres like Italo, electro, acid, breakbeats, house and more.
Jamal's project has been in the ascendancy with releases on Cooking with Palms Trax, Orange Tree Edits, Dar Disku and his latest Close To The Shams EP on the Bordello A Parigi label.
His 2022 Boiler Room set from London is an all-timer for me, and his Ouddy Bangers series has seen him put a club edit spin on pop, disco and dance classics from Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Kuwait.
I talk to Jamal about all of it: his big gigs, productions, edits, influences, heritage and how Ireland has been slow to catch up on Moving Still until recently. And he picks a selection of songs that has inspired his music (listed below).
Up next on the DJ front for Moving Still is the latest edition of Klub Sukar at Yamamori Tengu on Saturday April 19th.
Tracks played:
Moving Still - Al Disco Haram
Cheick Madani - Laya Habibi
Ragheb Alama - El hob al Kabir
Marvellous Melodicos - sing oh (zagalo mix)
Moving Still -La Titasil Feeya
Haruomi Hosono - Laugh Gas
Omar Souleyman - Warni Warni
Moving Still - Bang of Luban
Ahmed Fakroun - Soleil Soleil
Ihsan Al Munzer - Jamilah
Ettab - Ghorba Wa Moghtaribin (Exile and Exiled)
Chaba Yamina - Sidi Mansour (Moving Still Edit)
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