Make Me An Island

May I Introduce To You? Part 8

Some more examples of electronic experimentation from the wild frontier open this 8th instalment of our guide to new music. Firstly ELLES from Lisbon then Lyra Pramuk from Berlin and Okou & Casey MQ from Paris set the twilight reeling. 
The intriguing rapping style of South London Vietnamese artist Triad God is just one of the things that set him apart. He also invents sound worlds all of his own as do the South African band John Wizards, London producer Apiento and New York sonic adventurer Ana Roxanne.
Following on from our last episode we tune into Nicolas Jaar’s 2021 release from his collaborative project DARKSIDE and marvel at the skilful way Mala blended field recordings from his Peruvian travels into his electronic compositions.
To mark the welcome reopening of our dance floors the episode closes with four examples of tunes that have wrecked the gaff in recent weeks from KH, Overmono, Two Shell and Pangaea.
 
Support the music-makers on Bandcamp: 
 
ELLES
https://naivetytrax.bandcamp.com/track/elles-zero-hour-contrac
 
Triad God
https://prestorecords.bandcamp.com/album/triad
 
lyra Pramuk
https://lyrapramuk.bandcamp.com/track/tendril
 
Okou and Casey MQ
https://permalnk.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-beasts
 
DARKSIDE
https://darkside.bandcamp.com/album/spiral
 
John Wizards
https://johnwizards.bandcamp.com/album/john-wizards
 
Mala
https://mala-music.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors
 
Apiento
https://apiento.bandcamp.com/
 
Ana Roxanne
https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/-
 
Two Shell
https://twoshell.bandcamp.com/album/home-3
 
Overmono
https://overmono.bandcamp.com/
 
Pangaea
https://pangaeauk.bandcamp.com/album/like-this
 

May I Introduce To You? Part7

The DIY bedroom-producer stars of this episode are Joseph Kamaru from Nairobi recording in Berlin under the name KMRU, Tristan Arp from Mexico City and CARM out of New York.
We celebrate the release of the wonderful new record from Inni-K which fashions a new sonic cloak for the ancient sean-nós form and re-visit the music of Nicolas Jaar and his deepest work yet, Cenizas.
In between, there’s time to marvel at the powerful sounds of resistance coming from the alto-saxophone of Matana Roberts and at the fruits of a unique collaboration between two uncrowned kings of the wild frontier, Pavel Milyakov and Bendik Giske.
 
Shabazz Palaces
https://shabazzpalaces.bandcamp.com/album/quazarz-born-on-a-gangster-star
John Glacier
https://plzmakeitruins.bandcamp.com/album/shiloh-lost-for-words
Tristan Arp
https://tristanarp.bandcamp.com/album/sculpturegardening
KMRU
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/there-was-nothing-in-between
Pavel Milyakov and Bendik Giske
https://pavelmilyakovbendikgiske.bandcamp.com/
Nicolas Jaar
https://nicolasjaar.bandcamp.com/album/cenizas
CARM
https://carmband.bandcamp.com/album/carm
Matana Roberts
https://matana-roberts.bandcamp.com/album/coin-coin-chapter-four-memphis
Inni-K
https://inni-k.bandcamp.com/album/in-on
 
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May I Introduce To You? Part 6

Episode Six starts off with some DIY magic from Budapest courtesy of Goshaven before relocating to the Parisian suburb of Montreuil to hear the freshest of Moroccan-Egyptian hybrid rap from TripleGo.
Homage is paid to the all-powerful street-fired Kinshasa collective Kasai Allstars and to the electronic pioneer and unique musical spirit Beverly Glenn Copeland.
Hats are tipped to perennial kings of the wild frontier The Bonk and introductions made to new sounds from Welsh electronic adventurer Kellie Lee Owens and Californian harpist extraordinaire Mary Lattimore.
 
Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:
 
Gosheven
https://opaltapes.com/album/leaper
 
The Bonk 
https://thebonk.bandcamp.com/track/weird-tears-a-simple-exorcism
 
USNA
https://usna.bandcamp.com/
 
Mose Sumney
https://mosessumney.bandcamp.com/track/cut-me-2
 
Kasai Allstars
https://kasaiallstars.bandcamp.com/album/black-ants-always-fly-together-one-bangle-makes-no-sound
 
Kelly Lee Owens
https://kellyleeowens.bandcamp.com/album/inner-song
 
Stephen Mallinder
https://stephenmallinder.bandcamp.com/track/um-dada
 
Beverly Glenn Copeland
https://beverlyglenn-copeland.bandcamp.com/track/la-vita
 
Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie "Prince" Billy
https://bitchinbajasandbonnieprincebilly.bandcamp.com/album/epic-jammers-and-fortunate-little-ditties
 
Mary Lattimore
https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/silver-ladders
 
 
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May I Introduce To You? Part 5 - New Music in 2021

Dónal presents a fifth instalment to the rough guide to the year in new music 2021.
 
This leg of the journey starts with some instrumental wonders from Kuwait via Senegal before checking out some more DIY masterpieces from bedrooms in Brooklyn and Moscow.There's underground magic from the evergreen musical hotspots of Berlin and the East End of London as well as another slice of Canadian dance-floor heat from Eris Drew.There's also sublime lockdown music for strings made remotely by Kate Ellis and Laura Cannell across the Irish sea and sparkling new sounds to set the twilight reeling from Ghana and Florence Adooni.
 
 
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May I Introduce To You..? - Part 4 - New Music in 2021

Dónal presents a fourth instalment of the rough guide to the year in new music 2021.
 
This leg of the journey takes in more sounds of resistance from the streets of Philadelphia and Cleveland before celebrating some UK DIY masterpieces from Bristol, London and Glasgow. There's also another example of that particularly unique kind of magic coming from the Equiknoxx crew in Jamaica as well as a journey deep into Arabic soul courtesy of MSYLMA from Cairo and a reminder of the enduring power of Fish Go Deep productions out of Cork city.
 
Support the music makers on Bandcamp: 
 
MSYLMA
https://editionsappaerent.bandcamp.com/album/the-tenets-of-forgetting
Time Cow/RTKal
https://timecow.bandcamp.com/album/elephant-man
Fish Go Deep
https://fishgodeep.bandcamp.com/album/this-bit-of-earth
Moor Mother and Billy Woods
https://moormother.bandcamp.com/album/brass
Mourning A[BLK}star
https://mourningablkstar.bandcamp.com/album/the-cycle
Ishmael Ensemble
https://ishmaelensemble.bandcamp.com/track/visions-of-light
R Aggs
https://r4ggs.bandcamp.com/album/tape-1
SAULT
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/track/i-just-want-to-dance
LNS
https://lnslaurasparrow.bandcamp.com/album/lns-id
Beatrice Dillon
https://beatricedillon.bandcamp.com/album/workaround
Bendik Giske
https://bendikgiske.bandcamp.com/album/cracks

May I introduce To You..? Part 3 - New Music in 2021

Dónal presents a third instalment of the rough guide to the year in new music, 2021.
 
This leg of the journey includes some very modern takes on classical music from India and Guatemala via Mexico as well fresh rap sounds from Paris and Jamaica and an African percussion supergroup based in London. There's innovative electronic compositions from Peru, Belgium, Canada and South Africa as well as a whole bunch of more reasons why Chicago was on the edge of the new frontier once again in 2021.
 
Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:
 
Bitchin Bajas
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/switched-on-ra
 
Gilb'R
https://gilbr.bandcamp.com/
 
Ben LaMar Gay 
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/open-arms-to-open-us
 
JAMIRE WILLIAMS 
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/but-only-after-you-have-suffered
 
Mabe Fratti
https://tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ser-que-ahora-podremos-entendernos
 
Arushi Jain
https://arushijain.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-lilac-sky
 
Purelink, Millia Rage
https://purelink.bandcamp.com/track/maintain-the-bliss
 
Equiknoxx
https://equiknoxx.bandcamp.com/album/basic-tools-mixtape
 
serpentwithfeet
https://serpentwithfeet.bandcamp.com/album/deacon
 
Native Soul
https://nativesoulsa.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-dreams
 
Sofia Kourtesis
https://sofiakourtesis.bandcamp.com/album/fresia-magdalena
 
ØlstrØm
https://olstrom.bandcamp.com/album/udrydde-takeover-ep
 
LNS
https://jaydag.bandcamp.com/track/bitumen
 
Balimaya project
https://balimayaproject.bandcamp.com/album/wolo-so
 
 
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May I Introduce To You...? Part 2 - New Music in 2021

Dónal presents a sound map of the year of 2021 in new music.
 
This second instalment delves into the work of future guest islanders, Karl Jonas Winqvist and Mario Batkovic. It also marks the glorious return of Colleen in 2021 before celebrating the latest wave of fresh magic from the musical hotspot of Chicago in the shape of Noname, Angel Bat Dawid and Kahil El'Zabar.
Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:
 
Helado Negro
https://heladonegro.bandcamp.com/album/sound-and-vision
Ralph Heidel
https://kryptox-music.bandcamp.com/album/relief
Colleen
https://colleencolleen.bandcamp.com/album/the-tunnel-and-the-clearing
Mountain Man
https://mountainman.bandcamp.com/
no name
https://nonameraps.bandcamp.com/album/room-25
Sons of Kemet
https://sonsofkemetmusic.bandcamp.com/album/black-to-the-future
Wau Wau Collectif
https://wauwaucollectif.bandcamp.com/album/yaral-sa-doom
Etran De L'Air
https://etrandelair.bandcamp.com/
David Walters
https://davidwaltersplay.bandcamp.com/album/nocturne
Mario Batkovic
https://invada.bandcamp.com/track/quis-est-quis
Angel Bat Dawid
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/transition-east
Kahil el'Zabar
https://kahilelzabar-is.bandcamp.com/album/kahil-el-zabar-s-america-the-beautiful
Blood Music
https://singasongfighter.bandcamp.com/track/today-and-tomorrow-dancing-dancing-dancing-feat-noi-and-friends-2
 
 
 
 
 

May I Introduce To You...? New Music in 2021

In another singular twelve months for new sounds Dónal charts the year in tunes.
The stated criterion is that it's new names only but some diversions are taken to include essential releases from familiar artists like Shirley Collins, Dean Blunt and Oneohtrix Point Never.
Otherwise it's a voyage of discovery all the way from the frozen north in Norway to the beating heart of Niger. 
 
Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:
 
Lighight - https://lighghtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/holy-endingsDylan Henner - https://dylanhenner.bandcamp.com/album/the-invention-of-the-human
Shirley Collins - https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/shirley-collins/crowlink/download
Onehotrix Point Never - https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/
The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid - https://sethgraham.bandcamp.com/album/the-heart-pumps-kool-aid
Sam Gendel - https://samgendel.bandcamp.com/album/fresh-bread
Gabriels - https://gabriels.bandcamp.com/album/love-and-hate-in-a-different-time
Georgia Anne Muldrow - https://georgiaannemuldrow.bandcamp.com/album/vweto-iii
Gotts Street Park - https://gottsstreetpark.ochre.store/
Utheo Goerer - https://www.lyskestrekk.com/product/utheo-choerer-forste-gir-stiv-kuling-7/
Black Country, New Road - https://blackcountrynewroad.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-first-time
Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture - https://fallenioke.bandcamp.com/album/badiare-ep
Mdou Moctar - https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/afrique-victime
Space Afrika - https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/album/honest-labour
Aya - https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/
Loraine James - https://lorainejames.bandcamp.com/album/reflection
Joy Orbison - https://tossportal.bandcamp.com/album/still-slipping-vol-1
Marco Shuttle - https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis
Tomaga - https://tomaga.bandcamp.com/album/intimate-immensity
Yu Su - https://yusu.bandcamp.com/album/yellow-river-blue
Audiobooks - https://audiobookshq.bandcamp.com/album/astro-tough-2
Ross From Friends - https://rossfromfriends.bandcamp.com/album/tread
Overmono - https://overmono.bandcamp.com/album/bmw-track-so-u-kno
Jehnova - https://jehnova.bandcamp.com/
Dean Blunt - https://roughtraderecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-metal-2
Leo Bhanji - https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Videos-Explicit-Leo-Bhanji/dp/B08NZFFJBT
Celestial - https://celestialecstatic.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-too-much-to-dream-last-night
 
 
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Fresh Éire Part 2: This Year‘s Loves

An entirely incomprehensive review of another certifiably brilliant year for Irish music. Dónal guides us through a selection of this year's loves showcasing the extraordinary range of great sounds emerging from this island in 2021. 
 
Support Irish music on Bandcamp:
 
https://countersunk.bandcamp.com/album/superstrate
https://strangeboytheweirdo.bandcamp.com/
https://bitflowerbb.bandcamp.com/album/dinnseanchas
https://hilarywoodsmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://thisshipargo.bandcamp.com/album/hum
https://ergodos.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-echo-field-recordings-from-earlsfort-terrace
https://fixity.bandcamp.com/album/fixity-7
https://scintillarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/field-work
https://jarjarjr.bandcamp.com/track/whoa
https://poxyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bread-butter-2
https://gaptoof.bandcamp.com/album/looks-like-rain
https://denisechaila.bandcamp.com/
https://soulemusic.bandcamp.com/
https://a92music.bandcamp.com/
https://telefis.bandcamp.com/track/we-need-jape-remix
https://daithi.bandcamp.com/
https://t-woc.bandcamp.com/album/pantangle
https://eomac.bandcamp.com/album/cracks
https://ellll.bandcamp.com/album/housebreaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGv4Mcy6Y4g&list=RDDGv4Mcy6Y4g&start_radio=1
https://aoifenessafrances.bandcamp.com/track/watching-the-willows-burn
 
 

Shared Notes: A Journey into Sound with Martin Hayes at the NCH

In association with the National Concert Hall, a Make Me An Island Live special edition with Martin Hayes.
To mark the release of his autobiography, Shared Notes, Martin gives Dónal an illustrated guide to the many twists and turns that have marked his singular journey into sound.
From his first steps with the Tulla Céilí Band in East Clare through his ground-breaking collaboration with Dennis Cahill to giant leaps undertaken on the world’s greatest concert stages with The Gloaming and all points in between and beyond, these fascinating stories from the voyage so far are brought to life with customary humour and peerless musical skill. 
http://www.martinhayes.com/
www.nch.ie
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