What with Gruff Rhys shacked up in the Hotel Shampoo , dissociating himself from fellow Super Furry Animals, our telluric isles are in dire need of space cadets and their extraterrestrial sounds. And that, quite fortunately, is precisely what Ocean Of Frequency, the fourth (yes, fourth) full-length from Dublin's Jape is brimming with. The 53 seconds of opener An Hallucination prove suitably delirious, and sound like Tears For Fears drifting in and out of various solar systems, Richie Egan's vocals feathery and warped as if crossing time zones of varying lightyears. (Time, logic, and [...]
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With CMJ just a few days away, let's reflect a little bit on the chaos that is about to hit NYC. In the midst of the city's largest music festival where thousands of bands go apeshit across at least three of the five boroughs, where the per capita consumption of alcohol makes Sodom and Gomorrah look like 1950s Levittown, PA, and where techies, bloggers, label owners and casual fans engage in a weeklong bubble of heightened relevance and self-congratulation. It's pretty awesome. Going along with this pre-reflection, exfm asked us to [...]
Following the success of 20082s Ritual, Jape's new album was always going to be one of most anticipated Irish albums this year. While I have yet to find the time to delve fully into Ocean Of Frequency, his latest single 'The Oldest Mind' won me over straight away. As has Brendan Canty's wonderful video which perfectly compliments the essence of the song. Jape [...]
When I first posted about Jape a month ago, I latched on to the repeated line celebrate what it is to be young . Now there's a video to accompany it, which seems to be musing on life and aging (plus the equally intriguing themes of bugs and kaleidoscopes). Naturally it's great, and makes me love the track even more. Stream the rest of the album here .
Jape - The Oldest Mind Holy wow. via yvynyl : PREMIERE This song is a wicked web - I’ve already blogg’d it once - but it’s due another listen because the Irish artist Richie Egan has the luck to have given a saturated and vivid treatment by the team behind Feel Good Lost . The countrymen teaming up makes a ton of sense - their complimentary aesthetics fit like a glove. The new album Ocean of [...]
Jape The Oldest Mind Official Video Watch the official music video for Jape’s song ‘The Oldest Mind’ directed and edited by one of the coolest kids I know, Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost . These Cork boys sure know how to stimulate. Great work. “The Oldest Mind” is off Jape’s record Ocean of Frequency out now via Music For Losers [...]
Posted in Music Videos Brendan Canty [Feel Good Lost] continues to impress with his music videos. Jape is the latest artist to get the psychedelic visual treatment. 'The Oldest Mind' is taken from Jape's latest album Ocean Of Frequency, which is available to purchase here. Thanks for the head's up Nialler9.
The video for Ocean Of Frequency standout was produced by Brendan Canty aka Feel Good Lost who has been prolific of late. After the jump, Brendan explains the video and what's coming for him next. Jape's album can be bought here . What was the concept of the video? - Richie loved my Moths video and wanted something of a similar style, trippy visuals. I wanted to give him that but also to give [...]
Jape is part of this wonderful Irish extravaganza in New York at the end of October! Here's a new song from Jape's recently released new album Ocean of Frequency: Jape - You Make The Love by Jape
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“I had thought that the follow up to Ritual was finished about three times so far, but I kept getting drawn back to writing more and more songs, trying to push my songwriting as hard as I could and see how many different styles and moods I could try out, to feel out the album. Eventually, I realised that you could just keep on doing that forever so I decided it was time to start letting these songs go for a walk around the place.” - Richie Egan, Jape. You've got to admire a [...]
Ritual was always going to be an incredibly hard act to follow for Jape. The victor of the 2008 Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year, it garnered widespread acclaim from critics, fans and fellow musicians alike – undeniably a landmark Irish album. But if anyone’s up to the challenge of beating their best, it’s Richie Egan – and so, three years on, here we have Ocean Of Frequency . Egan has admitted to feeling dissatisfied with the finished product upon completion of recording the record. He walked away from it, taking time to focus on his [...]
Posted in Play-This-List Yesterday we relaunched the site with a brand new design (which I hope our regular readers like!), it's long overdue, and something we worked hard on getting done. In light of that I figure a bit of reflection on the blog makes sense, and a catch up on some tunes that deserve attention - so [...]
Once upon a time, Richie Egan gave me a call, and asked me if I’d like to play bass in his band. Naturally, I jumped at the chance, having heard his solo stuff before. Already on board was drummer Graham Hopkins and Paula Pee-Pee Cullen of the Chalets on backing vocals. We met up, listened to the tracks Richie had written, did some rehearsals in Matty Bolger’s shed, a shanty of some repute, as it was where the Redneck Manifesto recorded their first record, and went to the Four Roads for a few scoops after. What are you calling yourself, [...]
A little mid-week magic never hurt nobody. Jape- The Oldest Mind ANR- It's Around you
Radiozero Mix 72 by Tyler Fedchuk [DL] Tracklisting: 0:00 1. Mike Simonetti - "The Third Of The Storms" 2. Elite Gymnastics - "o m a m o r i" 3. The Rapture - "In The Grace Of Your Love" 4. Glass Candy - "Beautiful Object" 5. Jeremy Glenn - "New Life ( Perseus 'Summer of 832 Remix) 6. Neon Indian - "Polish Girl" 7. Jape - "The Oldest Mind" 8. [...]
It's been raining here in DC for days now, and I have found myself subconsciously shifting towards more mellow tracks. Luckily our inbox seems to be full of them these days. This track by Jape , off of his forthcoming album Ocean of Frequency , floated to the surface recently. It's the kind of track that hooks you immediately and sort of pulls you under, making the album title seem perfectly appropriate. It starts out ambient, transitions into a melody, and then begins to rest on its chillwave haunches. He ends by singing [...]
Lykke Li – Main Stage All the talk about all the talk at Lykke Li’s Dublin show earlier this year diverted from how she is as a performer. An unlikely pop star, she’s media shy – or just a bit moody. Where others have to play the game to stay in it, Lykke Li obstinately plays by her own rules. So, how does she get away with it? Well, as an artist, Lykke Li is a master communicator. The staging of EP’s main stage is simple and dramatic, filled with billows of smoke and flashing lights, while she [...]
With a successful Electric Picnic gig behind Richard Egan and co. and new album Ocean Of Frequency coming on September 30th, Jape have announced Irish tour dates in September and October. September: Friday 16th - The Dock, Carrick Saturday 17th - Clonakilty Guitar Festival, Clonakilty Thursday 22nd - The Venue, Meath ** Saturday 24th - Dolans, Limerick ** Friday 30th - Cyprus Avenue, Cork ** October: Saturday 1st - Button Factory, Dublin ** Friday 7th - The [...]
Irish folk-tronic band Jape has a fourth album! This precious work of art is entitled "Ocean of Frequency" and track number three is The Oldest Mind . Although we can only hear one song from this album, I am completely sold. The Oldest Mind will fill your room with distant echoes, nostalgic tempos and a wandering mind. Give it a listen or just download it. Download: Jape - The Oldest Mind "Ocean of Frequency" will be out on the September 30th. [...]
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