Oisin Lunny
("A prime influencer in developing a dance scene in Ireland")
Despite living outside of here for the best part of the last decade. First
it was The Mood Club with Martin Moore which flew the flag against tacky
"niteclubs" way back when. Then Marxman, a Bristol/Dublin thing
which sent off ripple of genuine excitement across Ireland when their debut
single "Sad affair" started surfacing. Their subsequent "33
Revolutions Per Minute" album, a complete and assured collection of
tight, intelligent hip-hop was more encouragement for those back home with
"Ship Ahoy" featuring Sinead O'Connor lodging itself in the consiousness
pretty damn quickly.
After Marxman came 1996's short-lived Minatone project for Howie B's Pussyfoot label and a lot of time spent in the studio with Shara Nelson. Then came Oisins Firstborn incarnation - the first release was "Home Movie" ú the shouting, swearing first collaboration with author and old mate Bennan Murphy, raving shouts of "fucking bollocks" and all.
"Many records are called cinematic but this track is a movie in itself. Like Arab Strap produced by Tricky and remixed by David Holmes - breathtakingly original and utterly compelling" Mixmag on Home Movie.
Then, of course, he finally punched all the right underground buttons with the 1998 release of his single "The Mood Club" and the follow up LP "When It Hits You Feel No Pain" (Independiente).
"When It Hits is about lost weekends, abandonment to the dual pursuit of oblivion and stunningly great music, and about the heart of darkness that beats at the core of every great all-nighter... a breathlessly ambitious and inventive work, holding its hands in the air with a cruelly heavy heart" Hot Press on "When It hits You Feel No PaiN"
This is the sound of bass triumphing above all others, of dark corners in dangerous places, of smoke and dust and madness: the kind of record that Massive Attack would no doubt love to return with." N.M.E."
"For an album that high-kicks in with the sort of skanking euphoria of The Big Beat Boutique circa 1998, this gets suspiciously dark very quickly. But then dance is a thin façade here, and in moments like 'Home Movie' it seems this is more of a disturbing cinematic score for an unmade Irish noir; the subversive mind-fuckery that David Holmes merely aspires to." Mixmag on "When It hits You Feel No Pain.
Mixes available special request.
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