With so many festivals in Ireland these days and new ones popping up almost weekly during the summer, it’s easy to take them for granted – miss one and you’ll get your kicks soon enough […]
Tag: Orbital
Orbital: When Chime becomes a loop…
A few months ago, Phil Hartnoll lit up Tengu in Dublin with an Easter Sunday DJ set of Orbital classics, with a few deep cuts and exclusives, including an amazing new cosmic krautrock jam remix […]
Phil Hartnoll interview: Orbital On + On after 30 years
“No worries, I am officially nocturnal,” is Phil Hartnoll’s text assuring me it’s OK to call him for an interview at 11pm midweek. Later on, he jokes, “I can’t tell the time anyway”, when I […]
Beatyard is the easy way out this bank holiday weekend
When it comes to the August bank holiday weekend it really is a punter’s market, with almost too much choice, and Beatyard up against veteran festivals like Castlepalooza and Indiependence, and the new venture All […]
Lookin’ good today for BBC Biggest Weekend
When the Biggest Weekend was announced, Beeb bosses claimed it would be “the biggest single music event ever attempted by the BBC”. No pressure then. With Glastonbury taking one of its occasional years off to […]
Aphex Twin set for all the brain-wrongs at Forbidden Fruit
After Life Fest broke the festival seal last weekend, we’re ready for another summer of three-day sessions, and Forbidden Fruit still has claims on being the handiest of the lot. On the go since 2011, […]
David Holmes interview: ‘I’m too old to make a load of 20-year-olds dance’
DAVID Holmes is working on the soundtrack to a film called I Am Belfast — a lofty title for sure, but it’s one that could’ve summed him up in his hometown’s music circles over the […]
Industrial strength: Legion of Two – Riffs
Here’s one record you can judge by its cover. The colossal sound on Legion of Two’s debut album Riffs is so ‘industrial’ you can almost trace the cables from those spindly pylons back to the turbine […]
The lights are on – Orbital 20 review
After helping to rewire popular culture in the late 1980s with their symphonic take on techno, Orbital seem to be edging into heritage act territory, with this third best-of compilation and a reunion tour that […]
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