Mixes
State’s Merry Mixmas
Christmas cheer is spreading through the State Office and we’d like to share a little with you.
Here we have this year’s Christmas compilation. It’s a collection old and new, contemporary and revamped classics, to sway to over the festive period – there’s also last year’s doozy streaming too.
So if you’re done with Shakey,…
State Mix #37 – Baxter Beez
Our latest mix comes from French producer Baxter Beez who specialises in electro and tropical-house and has found himself in Dublin for the next month so is available for gigs until December. Beez takes influence from the likes of Sinden, Hervé, Diplo, Foamo and labels like Trouble & Bass, MAN recordings and Wearhouse records.
His…
State Mix #36 – Madu…plus ticket giveaway
Dublin-based band Madu, fronted by Irish/Malaysian brother and sister duo Salim and Aminah, are coming to The Workman’s Club on October 2nd to play a set that steers away from typical dub soul or reggae arrangements to create a psychedelic roots music imbued with mystery and nostalgia. “Madu is the musical communication between my brother…
August Mix – Summer catch up
This months mix showcases the funkier side of UK Bass music and coming in at over 80 minutes is an epic testament to the virility of the current scene. Highlights include Hackman’s futuristic ‘Your Face Pulling My Hair’ and Ramadanman’s dramatic remix of Spark’s ‘Revolving’.
Also audible are the energetic riddims of Zander Hardy, Breach…
State Mix #35 – Tenaka
Our latest State Mix comes from electronic producer Ronan Carroll who we’ve been keeping on eye on ever since he released the EPonymously Titled… free EP back in 2009. Tenaka is now putting the finishing touches to his full-length debut which will feature Daithi O’Dronaí, Elaine Mai and a large cast of other musicians from
State Mix #34 – Avalanche Ammo
Avalanche Ammo has been described as “a one-man eurphoric racket factory.” Ant Boland is the man behind the moniker and he hails from the wilds of Kildare. His Animals EP… is all tightly wound riffs and arrangements – available for free download from his bandcamp. He plays his first ever gig tonight in support of
Benoît Pioulard interview & State mix #34
Some musicians think their music exists just to be heard by others – for why else would they be creating it? – and that praise should naturally come their way. Others are simply glad that anyone has turned an ear to their work at all.
For Benoît Pioulard (aka Thomas Meluch), the kind words and…
Dubstep May Mix – WTF is Post-Dubstep? (Part II)
In the past few months the bass scene has shown no sign of losing creativity as artists both new and established continue to challenge the loose dubstep template and twist it into weird configurations.
This month’s mix catches up with what is happening on the peripheries and draws attention to artists like Lapalux and Asa…
Dubstep April Mix – Dubh Thrian
Following on from Eomac’s blazing mix for State last month we have another guest mix from one of Ireland’s up and coming electronic producers. Operating out of the depths of Leitrim, Dubh Thrian (real name Keith Bredin) has been crafting dark atmospheric tunes in the vein of Burial and Boards of Canada. For this mix…
Dubstep March Mix – Eomac
Our second guest dubstep mix comes from Dubliner Eomac, aka Ian McDonnell, who has extensive experience moving dancefloors and shaking walls with the !Kaboogie collective over the past few years.
His recent EP on Hsuan Recordings… is already one of 2011′s essential releases and with more productions in the pipeline Eomac is definitely one to
State Mix #33 – PUNKSTATIC
Irish-born Helsinki-based producer Dermot Gallagher works under the moniker of PUNKSTATIC.
For the last couple of years he has been creating his own brand “electro-disco-punk” tunes, check them out on his Bandcamp.
Gallagher also makes mini mix ‘n’ mash tapes on a weekly basis and his ethos is admirable:
I aim to condense the top…
State Mix #32 – We Are Losers
They may be one of ours Faces of 2011 but We Are Losers lead bloke Gavin Elsted has knocking about Dublin’s indie scene for a few years now, what with Super Extra Bonus Party, his electronic project Adultrock and now with fuzz-pop upstarts We Are Losers.
The Losers make lo-fi scuzzy guitar pop with garage…
State Mix #31 – Kohwi
Kohwi is Cory Levinson – a sonic arts and math academic by day and an electro-acoustic musician by night, self-described as psychedelic-sleep music.
A graduate of Universtity of Michigan, Cory is now studying at Queen’s University Belfast and will play his first gig in Ireland alongside Sacred Animals and Low Sea at The Workman’s Club…
Dubstep February Mix – Duffstep
State’s dubstep mix series returns with a contribution from special guest Jeremy Duffy aka Duffstep whose debut LP Getting to Sirus… is released this month on his Join The Dots label. His live act has seen him perform alongside Kode 9 and Shackleton, definitely an act to watch for 2011.
Check out his genre bending
