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September MessyMix #1 Liquid/DrumandBass

Monk's

The Plains Of Boyle

Caoineadh na dTrí Mhuire (Breda Mayock & Peter Gabriel)

New Eyes written by Breda Mayock

Vocals Breda Mayock
Piano, fender rhodes, keyboards Sam Jackson
Percussion Robbie Harris 

Produced by Sam Jackson
Mixed by Fionán DeBarra and Sam Jackson
Recorded at Frequency Studio Dublin and Cloonagh, Co. Mayo 
Mastered by Fergal Davis at Sonochord Studios.

Photo by John Mee

Singer and songwriter Breda Mayock will release a new album January 2017. A collection of ten new songs written by Breda, it features pianist/composer Sam Jackson, percussionist Robbie Harris, violinist Kenneth Rice and bassist Dave Mooney. The album was recorded between Mayo and Dublin, Ireland.

In March 2015 breda released a solo album - ten self penned songs, recorded with guitarist Steve Cooney and percussionist Robbie Harris. The album was made in County Mayo as was the video of the first track Pine, filmed at The National Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park.

Breda’s previous recordings include Lights In the Dark, an album recorded by French producer Hector Zazou in Real World Studios where she recorded with Peter Gabriel. Her singing also features on Hughes De Courson’s O'Stravaganza, Breton harpist Alan Stivell’s album 1 Douar. Breda has also released two previous solo projects.

New Eyes

A Fine Summer At Last is the rather optimistic-sounding title of my fourth summer mixtape for State.  It is, of course, a riff on one of the song titles on the mixtape, ‘A Fine Day At Last’ by Galway-based A Lilac Decline.  It was only after I assembled the selection that I noticed that it begins with the exact same field recording as the last one.  I had forgotten I used it before. Mea culpa.   

About half the tracks featured on it are of a recent vintage, the other half hail from other eras.  Summers of my teenage years are evoked by the inclusion of a scatter of 4AD classics.  Once more, I think that this selection might make most sense on a late night midsummer’s car journey.  

Cian Ó Cíobháin

A FINE SUMMER AT LAST tracklist
01. Linda Perhacs – Morning Colors
02. The Avalanches – Colours
03. The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band – Flowers Never Cry
04. R. Stevie Moore – Here Comes Summer Again
05. Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice? (acapella)
06. Langley Schools Music Project – I’m Into Something Good
07. Jai Paul – Str8 Outta Mumbai
08. JeanGa & George – Sunscreen
09. Four Tet – Angel Echoes
10. Chiwoniso – Zvichapera
11. Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté – Rachid Ouiguini
12. Lush – For Love
13. Pixies – Ana
14. Beautify Junkyards – Piramide
15. Mica Levi – Children
16. Chaouche – I’ll Lose My Head
17. Susumu Yokota – Kodomotachi
18. Sky H1 – I Think I Am
19. Cocteau Twins – I Wear Your Ring
20. Vessels – Echo In
21. Guilt Trips – Sun
22. A Lilac Decline – A Fine Day At Last
23. Yves Tumor – The Feeling When You Walk Away
24. Primal Scream – Shine Like Stars

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