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State Mix #30: Alan Meaney - Feed Me Weird Things

State Mix #30: Alan Meaney – Feed Me Weird Things

By | Fri, 4/02/11 - 14:08 | Leave a Comment

Feed Me Weird Things is a Galway based radio show hosted by Alan Meaney & Hubert McIntyre playing the newest electronic developments and strange forgotten treasures every week since 2007. Broadcasting Wednesdays at 9pm, listen on Flirt FM 101.3FM in Galway or stream online. All their shows and mixes can be found on Mixcloud .…

State.ie Mixtape - The Light Raid

State.ie Mixtape – The Light Raid

By | Fri, 28/01/11 - 11:00 | Leave a Comment

OK, nearly there folks. Not long until you’ll be hearing “great stretch in the evenings” but before then we’re delivering some light, and quite a bit of shade, with a collection of ambient sounds, cosmic pop, digital tunes and electro goodness with some guitars and acid house thrown in for good measure.
Taking us out…

State Mix #29: Courtship

State Mix #29: Courtship

By | Fri, 28/01/11 - 7:42 | Leave a Comment

Late last year we introduced you Courtship, the San Franciscan based producer with a penchant for smooth stylish covers and dark, downbeat tunes – most recently delivering a version of Shellac’s ‘Prayer To God’ but turning it on it’s with head with building despondency as waves of beats and synths sweep in. (You can stream…

Download Clark's Phrenic Mix

Download Clark’s Phrenic Mix

By | Wed, 26/01/11 - 11:00 | Leave a Comment

Broadcast on Tom Ravenscroft’s show on BBC 6Music last Friday, January 21st, Chris Clark premiered his Phrenic Mix… which is reportedly “the first in a series of MPC mixes showcasing some new material as well as some choice cuts from elsewhere.”
It’s a 25 minute hard-hitting belter and Warp have made it available to download.

State Mix #28: Kevin Blake

State Mix #28: Kevin Blake

By | Wed, 19/01/11 - 14:50 | 1 Comment

Our second mix of 2011 comes from Limerick native Kevin Blake who has been moving dance floors in Cork for the past four years with his Electric Underground night. Over the last four years EU has put on over 100 gigs, with an array of international acts from some of dance music’s finest labels including…

State Mix #27: Transparent

State Mix #27: Transparent

By | Fri, 14/01/11 - 10:45 | Leave a Comment

Transparent started life six years ago in London as a physical print fanzine. In 2006 the project curated shows around the city with artists including Girls, Laura Marling, Florence & The Machine, Foals, Telepathe, Noah and the Whale, The XX, Late of the Pier, The Very Best to name but a few. Like many print…

State.ie Mixtape - 'Out With The New'

State.ie Mixtape – ‘Out With The New’

By | Fri, 7/01/11 - 12:50 | 1 Comment

Chin up folks, January doesn’t have to be that grim and here we have 15 reasons why. Easing us into 2011 we have new music, mash-ups and remixes from Evols, Dirty Beaches, J Irvin Dally, Papercuts, Young Galaxy, Win Win, Starfucker, Zoo Kid, Saroos, Sun Airway as remixed by Solar Bears, Discodeine, lobsterdust (LCD Soundsystem…

State Mix #26: Niiki Bushido

State Mix #26: Niiki Bushido

By | Thu, 6/01/11 - 10:53 | 1 Comment

Niiki Bushido hails from Yekaterinburg, Russia. He’s a promoter, designer, founder/head of the Subline dubstep radio show which has regular foreign and Russian guests. Bushido is one of the first Ural artists presenting dubstep, future garage and other new wave bass music.
His State mix runs at 135BPM and features music from artists like Horsepower…

State.ie Mixtape - Mixmas

State.ie Mixtape – Mixmas

By | Fri, 24/12/10 - 9:25 | 1 Comment

We are all starting to feel a little more jolly as the season approaches so, in light of that, and as a reprieve from list-making, we asked two of our staff to curate a Christmas-themed cassette for the season.
Side A is provided by Simon Roche and features the track from the now-ubiquitous (and rightly…

Dubstep December Mix - A Ramadanman Showcase

Dubstep December Mix – A Ramadanman Showcase

By | Wed, 22/12/10 - 9:41 | 2 Comments

2010 has been a phenomenal year for David Kennedy, the 24 year old Englishman also known as Ramadanman and Pearson Sound. While he might not have released any albums it seemed every week there was a new project of some form that he was involved in. The Ramadanman EP, his longest release to date was…

State.ie Mixtape - One Possible Cure

State.ie Mixtape – One Possible Cure

By | Fri, 10/12/10 - 15:09 | Leave a Comment

We all know what it’s like to operate through December, with the party season tempting even the strongest out on school nights. What you need is a day off, a warm blanket, a friend to come over with chips and a coke and a soundtrack to get you from the edge of the abyss back…

State.ie Mixtape - Other Voices 9

State.ie Mixtape – Other Voices 9

By | Fri, 3/12/10 - 14:12 | Leave a Comment

Other Voices Season 9 happens this weekend in Dingle, Co. Kerry. The lucky attendees of St. James Church have a feast of music ahead over four nights (full line-up below).
This week’s mixtape is for those not going as well as those making there way down to what promises to be a very special festival…

State.ie Mixtape - Fade to Digital

State.ie Mixtape – Fade to Digital

By | Fri, 26/11/10 - 12:40 | 1 Comment

Maybe we are not as prolific as Bradford Cox but we’re back again with your usual Friday treat. It’s a nice blend of indie-pop, electronic, fresh R&B, folk, ambient, there’s even some slinky harmonic soul on there and it all ends in one of 2010′s best electro-pop songs.
Providing the soundtrack we have Summer Fiction,…

State Mix #25: FUR

State Mix #25: FUR

By | Wed, 24/11/10 - 18:03 | Leave a Comment

We introduced you to FUR about six months ago now, remember, Bryce Isbell, the 22 year old with 52 albums. Well Bryce hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. FUR have expanded 100% with the addition of Gray St. Germain Gideon and the pair are working on an EP featuring Com Truise and Houses as…