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'Blinded​ By The Sun' sees Belfast born Phil Kieran create a ten track narrative inspired from over a decade in the electronic dance scene. His fourth album was picked up by Jamie Jones and signed to Hot Creations soon after.

The sun has inspired musicians for thousands of years and Kieran was able to draw a direct metaphor between the
burning star and his experiences as a DJ. In an industry with all of it's supposed glamour and beauty, it is the same industry that burns so many. 

Kieran didn't use any samples, rather the focus is on musicians and original sounds. He wrote and produced every track apart from ‘Think Too Much’ where he teamed up with Jess Brien​. The album opens
up with 'Solar Storm' and the listener is met with the enchanting voice of Wilson Magwere​, who met Kieran after fleeing for his life due to the music he was making under Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

Kieran felt drawn to creating something positive and that would empower people on the dancefloor. Light and dark go
hand in hand, and with all things beautiful there is a darker side. In dance music that is often drug use and the hedonistic after parties that can easily switch and become tainted with regrets, addictions and lost dreams. 

The hauntingly beautiful vocal of 'Realities Forgotten' and increased intensity of 'I Can't Help Myself' nod to these lifestyle aspects, a spiralling swell in their rhythms.

Five tracks in and hope emerges, as the second half introduces tracks such as 'Don't Give Up' and 'Let It Go Away', concluding in 'Find Love'. Around the time he was producing the album he was reading Strength To Love’ by Martin Luther King. “I grew up in Northern Ireland and was surrounded by hate and love at the same time, and yet we always used music to escape hatred and bigotry. Ultimately love and music can win”.
“I wanted to capture something very real and raw. Something similar to the feeling you get at the end of the night, and jumping in a car from one after party to another driving through London or New York and then the music comes on the car stereo. It has your attention”.

Tracklisting

1. Solar Storm
2. Make A Change
3. Blinded By The Sun
4. Realities Forgotten
5. I Can’t Help Myself
6. Don’t Give Up
7. Think Too Much
8. No Life
9. Let It Go Away
10. Find Love

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