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Snakes on a Plane.

Posted by Mark on August 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment

photo credit: Matti Mattila A conversation on a Thai-airways flight from bangkok to London mid august 2008 approximately 6am many miles above central Europe. Mark wakes up from a Valium induced stupor still groggy and not quiet in contact with reality. Gentleman seated beside Mark: “Where are you from?” Mark: “Ireland, where are you from?” Gent: “The Philippines. Where are you going?” Mark: “To Ireland... Read More

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Gig Review: I Still Love You Kid 606

Posted by Mark on August 30, 2007 · 3 Comments

Mark keeps the home fires burning with this review of kid 606. (Photo by Gusset) Last Friday was a big night for Gigs in Dublin, with Battles, Chris Clark, and Kid 606, all billed. It was to The Mighty Kid 606 for me who was supported by Irelands finest Herv and new boi Creator. For those who are familiar with 606 they will know that he is as versatile as he is spanner bendingly mental, from the beautifully organic ambient sounds of Resilience to... Read More

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Gig Review: Modeselektor…. So tell me….

Posted by Mark on March 21, 2007 · 3 Comments

photo credit: nudevinyl Ha ha see what I did there clever yes? No? Oh well never mind Modeselektor are Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary a two man DJ /producer team from Germany releasing almost exclusively on Ellen Alien’s Bpitch Control label their music is influenced in turns by hip-hop break beats techno and dub exemplified by their first full album Hello Mom released in 2005 and remixed and re-released in 2006 featuring the brilliant... Read More

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Interviews

The Child of Prague Stares At The Workers.

Interview With Alex Foti: Mayday Had Become A Funeral.

photo credit: cinocino In a special themed issue of Green Pepper, Foti and the Chain Workers Collective sketched a very attractive understanding of the work discipline of contemporary capitalism. In their understanding, society had found itself in a situation of profound disjuncture with our working pasts – life today was defined by contingent employment rather [...]

Don’t Mention Art Rock.

Photo is copyrighted to Lindsay Foley Sometimes a piece of art can represent more than just itself. Through how it intertwines with what’s around it, it can take on new meanings. You might be able to say the same of Estel. One of the photo sliders on their Myspace sails through a montage of gig [...]

More Words On Zines..

photo credit: donkeycart I said I’d do this some time ago, but never got around to it. Well, after the leap you can read the full text of the interviews carried out over email for the piece based around the recent independents day. Simon Reynolds has published the roughs of his own interviews on zines [...]

This is an interview with a band called Adebisi Shank

photo credit: lauranolanphotography Downstairs in Frazers, Adebisi Shank are celebrating the launch of the their debut album, it’s a pure drunken tantrum of a night and from about 10pm the venue looks and feels mentally over-subscribed. It’s all faces rammed in arm pits, and bodies reluctantly pressing against each other. The guy in front of [...]

The Lads From St Saviours.

photo credit: the justified sinner If you’ve ever entered the IFI at peak time, you’ll notice there’s a lot of people just standing around, standing around and waiting, for dates and friends. So, ambling over and interrupting several of the more male looking inpatients waiting with the question “are you one of the lads from [...]