SUZIE'S ASHES IN THE 2FM SESSION - MONDAY DEC 12
Continuing our series of recording the several offshoots of Humanzi... The origin of Suzies Ashes lay in Berlin as far back as 2007 Taking his signature riffs from former band, Dublin hedonists Humanzi, Colm Rutledge bolts them onto industrial strength electronic beats.
The Humanzi era helped Colm become the hugely accomplished live performer that he is today. With his former band he toured incessantly, playing huge shows alongside Pixies, Foo Fighters, The
Strokes, Kings Of Leon, to name but a few... and also toured at length with Peaches, Juliette Lewis, Dirty Pretty Things, and more throughout the UK and Europe. All of this experience means that
despite having to start from square one with Suzies Ashes, Rutledge knows what he is doing, to put it mildly.
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THE ELECTRIC PENGUINS IN THE 2FM SESSION - TUESDAY DEC 13
Bonded by influences from Kraftwerk to David Lynch movies and much besides Electric Penguins formed amidst a mutual love of vintage instruments, prog-rock and 70's electro legends. The group (these days - Paul Murphy and Mark Cummins) released their debut album in 2007 to substantial press acclaim and promising radio support. Critical praise for the group's second album entitled "II", has come in the form of plentiful airplay. Indeed "II" was among Dan's Top 10 albums of the year. Lead single "Highgate Hill" has delighted media and muso alike.
The Penguins talents can also be heard on Channel 4's "Sounds From The City" series in partnership with BOBCOM.com. The pioneering independent music website charged Electric Penguins with composing and recording its 'score' and incidental stings for not only the Channel 4 series but also its entire launch and accompanying activities.
www.electricpenguins.com
LAFARO IN THE FIVE-TRACK SHUFFLE - WEDNESDAY DEC 14
Those dangerous Rock N Rollers LaFaro supply the tracks for this week's Five-Track Shuffle. The Belfast band released their second album 'Easy Meet' in September. They are in their own words "A wrecking ball of a band. Their rhythmic post-hardcore is designed to pulve...rize dance floors and leave no bottle of beer undrunk - this is music as it should be - We hark back to time when rock music was still fun"
http://www.lafaro.co.uk/
WHIPPING BOY IN THE 2FM SESSION - WEDNESDAY DEC 14
It's been a decade and a half since Whipping Boy recorded a 2fm Session, so to mark the release of their new single, they visited Studio 8 once again. Hear the results of their day of recording tonight.
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DJ SHADOW LIVE AT ELECTRIC PICNIC 11 - THURS DEC 15
One of the highlights from The Electric Picnic - a must for any DJ Shadow fans, in fact, a must for anyone!
Recorded by 2fm at the Electric Arena, Electric Picnic, Friday, September 2.
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