Krea aka Karen Cowley is one third of Wyvern Lingo, the Choice Prize-nominated group who are currently on hiatus.  Krea has just released her debut EP, The Callows. Here, she talks about the band's hiatus and how her solo project started up, before we talk through the EP track by track.

Cowley was awarded the prestigious Music Bursary by the Arts Council, as well as a residency at the renowned Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. It was during this residency that she dedicated her time to crafting the songs that would make up The Callows. She says: "The Callows are the flat grasslands along the Shannon, and the word comes from the Irish 'caladh' for meadow. My mother is from Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly, where I spent a lot of time as a child. There’s something really tranquil and ancient about the landscape there. I wrote 'The Callows' at a time where I was feeling unmoored and craving a stronger sense of identity and rootedness. Images of this beautiful part of the country kept coming to mind, particularly the view from where my grandparents are buried at Clonmacnoise Monastery along the river.  The Irish landscape and the effect that it has on me comes into each of these songs in some way, so I wanted to acknowledge that in some way in the title and artwork."

Krea tour dates:
July 20 - Frank’s Place, Wexford
July 21 - Sea Church Ballycotton, Cork   
July 30 - Workman’s Cellar, Dublin EP LAUNCH
August 17 - Harbour Bar, Bray, Double Headliner with Caoi de Barra

Buy The Callows: https://krea.bandcamp.com/album/the-callows

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LIMITLESS (prod. RJPASIN, FLOWRENCY)

This is a live mix by The Avalanches from back in 2006.

Big Tent Set 2006 - The Avalanches

Catch Ital / Halal and crew at Club Time on January 23rd: restlessnites.com/clubtime/

A few words from Ital on this incredible mix showcasing the best of Lovers Rock:

This mix is exclusively made up of artists on Lovers Rock, in various permutations & aliases. The DJ Python (aka DJ Wey) track will come out on Prohibito; many of these tracks also aren't made for release. A few of them of course have already been released: DJ Wey "Tare Gent Us," Earthen Sea "Beat 13" and Ital & Halal "The Thirst." The "Radio Interference" is a recording of some very unsettling, drifting noise that sometimes comes through the radio unprompted at LR HQ. As for the rest of them, we'll have to wait and see. 

Tracklist:
Damon Eliza Palermo & Earthen Sea - Unreleased
Ital - Vacation (Unreleased)
Lovers Rock Studios - Drum Track (Unreleased)
Anonymous - Unreleased
DJ Wey - Tare Gent Us 
DJ Python - Ciudado (Unreleased)
Earthen Sea - Beat 13
Ital & Halal - The Thirst
Ital & Halal - Unreleased
Ital & Halal - Unreleased
Ital - Unreleased
Earthen Sea - Unreleased
DJ Wey - Unreleased

Damon Eliza Palermo - Meera & Geetesh
Sleeper Cell - Unreleased
Anonymous - Unreleased 
Lovers Rock Studios - Bassline (Unreleased)
Earthen Sea - Unreleased
Sleeper Cell - Unreleased
Anonymous - Unreleased
Radio Interference 
Ital & Halal - Starving (Unreleased) 

Fine Time Session 3: Lovers Rock Mixed by Ital

The best that ever did it. 
This year's a UK special. All UK: eternal, factory, yaz etc. 

something brand new in there too

Year 9 (2016)

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Valentines Slow Jams Chapter 9

Run Away With Me Remixes

Run Away With Me (EMBRZ Remix)

Taken from 'Anagrams' released 1st July 2016 on Melodic.
Pre-order DIGI/CD/LP/Deluxe here: www.melodic.co.uk/anagrams

Written & produced by Stephen Steinbrink. 
Engineered by Nich Wilbur at UNKNOWN, 2014 - 2015


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Stephen Steinbrink - Building Machines

Comfort Fit

Here’s a live mix, just my records, two turntables and my old rotary….a bunch of records I’ve been playing lately, new and old.

DJ Dates:
Sept 2: Zukunft - Zurich, Switzerland
Sept 4: Panorama Bar - Berlin, Germany
Sept 9: Sporting Club - Beirut, Lebanon
Sept 10: Badaboum - Paris, France
Sept 11: Berkley Suite - Glasgow, UK

Juan Maclean - End Of Summer DJ Mix

With Feeling

Got to play some vinyl on this great soundsystem. Back there July 28th.

Nialler9 vinyl set @ Hang Dai Chinese

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