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IASCA and FMC in association with Culture Ireland are giving the gift of music from Ireland to dignitaries travelling with HRH The Queen and President Obama during their individual visits to Ireland this month. 
 
The double CD entitled, Music From Ireland 2011 will be presented to over 1000 visiting dignitaries travelling with the UK and US heads of state. The main aim of the project is to promote Irish artists both at home (pr & streaming) and abroad (CD) and hope the artists involved benefit by being heard by the recipients, which include international press.

The artist selection process involved representative organisations Music Network, The Contemporary Music Centre, Improvised Music Company and First Music Contact nominating artists they feel currently represent a particular genre. The Arts Council and Culture Ireland advised the final list.
 
The music is divided in to four chapters, each chapter representing two genres:

Indie & Rock
Clasical & Contemporary
Traditional & Folk
Jazz & world

Mick Flannery - Safety Rope

Verse 1 : I’ve been hanging out of sight , just hoping to feel a change , a change of fortune , a change to my scene . a chance to turn the page , cause what started out as good has descended so slowly …but wait ..cause maybe I forced it maybe I lost it maybe I’m just to late 


Verse 2 : Out of sight and mind , is just what it used to be , like a sucker for torture , the Achilles to my heal , it’s getting much harder to see , but I won’t lose my hold , I’ve been clutching this  edge so long… yeah I’m gonna make it , I got to just take it , I got to just carry on … 

Verse 3 : I’ve been hanging out of sight , just hoping to feel that change , a change to my fortunes , a change to my scene . a chance to turn that page , cause what started out as good has descended so slowly …but wait ..cause maybe I forced it maybe I lost it maybe I’m just to late … 

Chorus: We always reach for the stars ,my mind is fading , it’s been this way from the start , and still I’m waiting , why do I reach for the stars , in vain I’m sailing when will I wake up and find my way through the night

Reach For The Stars

Robocobra Quartet - Music For All Occasions 12" LP
Released 18th November 2016

Order 12" LP/Digital Download: http://bit.ly/2d8nlex

Chris Brazier - Assistant Engineering
Chris Ryan - Vocals, Drums, Production, Engineering
Dan Coutant - Mastering
Gavin Millar - Photography
Nathan Rodgers - Bass, Effects
Patrick Gardiner - Backing Vocals
Paul O'Reilly - Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
Ryan Burrowes - Oscillator, Effects
Sean Joseph - Backing Vocals
Simon Templeton - Piano
Thibault Barillion - Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Flute
Tim Farrell - Art, Layout
Tom Tabori - Soprano Sax

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Music For All Occasions

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Correct

Famous

No Romeo

No Romeo (Radio Edit)

Unreleased

Teuto

Written by Patrick Gardiner. ℗ and © 2016 Patrick Gardiner.
Produced and Mixed by Patrick Gardiner.
Performed and Recorded by Patrick Gardiner at home in County Down, Northern Ireland, in August 2016.
Mastered by Richard Elder in London.
Artwork by Charlotte Humphries - http://chumphriesz.tumblr.com

LYRICS:
I want to leave this pier with stones in my pockets, 
Warm Socks, shoes of lead
I want to see you again If I don't see a single thing else
I need to feel you again, tear my skin
Blank paper, make your mark
The tide was creeping in
West-Village
Riverside remark

But I, I'm a good swimmer but I love to hold my breath 'til my chest burns
And I, I'm a good swimmer but I'll hold my breath until my lungs burst
Oh I, I'm a good swimmer but I love to hold my breath 'til my chest burns
And I, I'm a good swimmer but I'll hold my breath until my lungs burst

On your kitchen floor again
Fluorescent sun splits our sky
I'm not sure what I've done
Clean my slate but leave some stains behind
We both were sinking, egos bruised
I tasted whiskey in your mouth
Suck in the sea, define this feeling
Then drown it out

But I, I'm a good swimmer but I love to hold my breath 'til my chest burns
And I, I'm a good swimmer but I'll hold my breath until my lungs burst
Oh I, I'm a good swimmer but I love to hold my breath 'til my chest burns
And I, I'm a good swimmer but I'll hold my breath until my lungs burst
And I, I''m a good swimmer but trying to fight your current is a curse
And I, I'm a good swimmer but treading water sometimes starts to hurt
So I'll float down stream until your love returns
Oh I'll float down stream until your love returns

Riverside Remark

Karuna

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2FrOQrhEemPZ78XqLX5Wpx

Hi guys. Currently, I am trying my hardest to make music that is authentic to my thoughts and life. This is a song about going on a make believe holiday because sometimes life doesn't always permit a break. 

I am going to attempt to release music more regularly. But on top of making sample packs for Freaky Loops, attempting to finish my last year of Uni, and general life it is sometimes hard to find the adequate time. None the less I will do my best and keep posting updates on Facebook and Instagram.

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New York

Reflections

Written and performed by Philip Watts d'Alton 

(except Bass by Herb Magee) 

Recorded and Produced by Philip Watts d'Alton 2017

Reflections

Released via ¥ume Recordings (@yume-recordings).

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vOxU9HWXj1CT10PnS4wrR

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Champion

Fresh from releasing his excellent ‘Live At The Mac’ album in December of last year, 2016 Northern Ireland Music Prize winner Ciaran Lavery is back with ‘A King At Night’, set for release on the 22nd of April. A collection of Bonnie Prince Billy numbers, the five track EP will be released as a special Record Store Day offering.

Will Oldham is an artist that has long fascinated Lavery and this release acts as ‘a fitting nod of appreciation’ to the legendary songwriter. Given the depth of Oldham’s back catalogue as Bonnie Prince Billy, Ciaran had a wealth of extraordinary tracks to choose from, leading him to plump for ones ‘that sat well within the realms of the world we created in the studio’. ‘New Partner’, the lead track from the EP, is a beautifully delicate rumination on new - found love, while ‘Horses’ features exquisite strings and brass. ‘Bad Man’ is a punchy, brooding number, its sharp electric guitar part adding a menacing undertone. ‘Beast For Thee’ is entirely subtle yet incredibly powerful and perhaps the EP’s most sensitive moment, while closer ‘Miss Me When I Burn’ needs only simple piano, coupled with Ciaran’s sensitive, aching, vocal performance to carry the weight of such an emotional track.

In 2014, Lavery’s Kosher EP and Not Nearly Dark album achieved global acclaim and recognition when the tracks Shame and Left For America racked up more than 29 Million listens on Spotify, on which he now has upwards of 60 Million plays. Ciaran won last year’s Northern Ireland Music Prize for his second full - length album ‘Let Bad In’, the second time he has been up for the award. In 2015 he won the Big Break, a search for Ireland’s hottest talent, set up by Hot Press magazine. A profoundly beautiful tribute to the work of Bonnie Prince Billy, Ciaran Lavery’s ‘A King At Night’ is released through Believe Recordings on the 22nd of April.

“To me personally, Will Oldham defines the modern day artist in that he is always evolving and creating. He never hangs around long enough in one space to become predictable and he lives through his music” Ciaran Lavery

Bad Man  (Bonnie Prince Billy Cover)

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Young Northern Irish writer, performer, producer based in London.  
"A methodical songsmith that thrives on the intricacies of his craft." - TheThinAir.net
"He has been recognised at Glastonbury as an Emerging Talent and is one to watch." - The Guardian

Magheralin local, Patrick Gardiner, has been singing since before he could walk; hollering along to his dad’s Motown, Soul and Blues records with foetal abandon.

Riverside Remark

Patrick Gardiner

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