Artist: Tenaka

All this week we've been bringing you our annual pick of new Irish musical talent, featuring the twenty acts that State feels will come to define 2012. From hip-hop and electronica to quiet acoustic sounds and loud guitars, we think it's our best list yet. Now you can enjoy the Faces of 2012 in sound and vision, with our download compilation and gorgeous digital magazine - including many shots taken exclusively for this feature by our wonderful photographic team and lovingly laid out by State designer Simon Roche. We hope it showcases not just the musical talent blooming out of [...]

Faces of 2012: Tenaka

Jan 12, 10:15am

'Ephemeral' created by Musea Murison and directed by Cormac O Conaire

Limerick producer Ronan Carroll makes brooding electronica under the moniker of Tenaka . Collaborating with Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Sorcha Brennan, Daithi and Elaine Mai, his Ephemeral EP is an introspective collection of metronomic arrangements and live instrumentation with casting scope and ambition whetting our appetites for Tenaka's debut full length album in 2012. How did you get started making music? I was always passionate about music but never considered writing my own until I bought a guitar a few years back. What first started out as chord based tracks [...]

Whelan's Ones To Watch Festival announces lineup

Jan 5, 6:42am

After last year's long weekend of fun, the Ones To Watch festival is back again next week in Whelan's and The Village from 11th to the 14th of January for four full days. Showcasing the best in new Irish music, Tickets are €5 per day or €10 for a full festival ticke with a free Pint Of Heineken upon entry. More acts are to be announced but here's what we have so far: VerseChorusVerse , Elaine Mai , Hello Moon, Crayonsmith , Wizards Of Firetop Mountain , Lamp [...]

List: Irish Acts' own favourite Albums of 2011 Part 2

Dec 20, 2011, 10:09am

My Pilot, The P Affection, The Riot Tapes, Tenaka, and Youth Mass all pick their top five albums of 2011.

Favourite Irish Songs of 2011

Dec 2, 2011, 9:44am

The Point Of Everything

It's widely accepted that 2010 was a classic year for Irish bands, one that was always going to be difficult to reciprocate. Last year, the Point of Everything did a Best Songs of 2010 list that featured a measly six Irish bands. Looking back, so many more Irish bands deserved [Read more]

Listen & download Owensie's I Saw The Flashing Lights Remixes & Aliens debut

Nov 29, 2011, 10:10am

Owensie launched one of our favourite Irish albums of 2011 back in January and 11 months later, he is releasing Aliens as a free download for a limited time along with a cassette version featuring remixes entitled I Saw The Flashing Lights Remixes on the B-side of the tape by Sertone, Sacred Animals, Tenaka, Bantum, Lar from Adebisi Shank, Toby Kaar, Reid and more. The cassette with download code is available on Out On A Limb from next week at www.outonalimbrecords.bigcarte l.com while Owensie embarks on a UK [...]

Le Galaxie – Laserdisc Dawn Remixes EP

Nov 24, 2011, 7:37am

Le Galaxie are releasing a brand new EP of remixes today for free download. The Laserdisc Dawn EP features reworks of tracks from Le Galaxie's debut album

Tenaka – EPhemeral EP

Sep 15, 2011, 5:43am

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Limerick producer Ronan Carroll aka Tenaka has just released his second EP, the stunning 7-track, EPhemeral. The EP is a collaborative affair featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Sorcha Brennan, Daithi and Elaine Mai and was produced by Ian Maleney. It is a brooding blend of chillout electronica mixing deep and dreamy atmospherics with subtle, crisp and shuffled beats, not to mention the equally atmospheric vocals. It is quite different [...]

Artist: Daithi
Title: The Dog (Tenaka remix)
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Emotive

Artist: Tenaka
Title: Open Out (featuring Holy Roman Army)
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Emotive

Artist: Tenaka
Title: The Alaskan (featuring Sacred Animals)
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Emotive

Download Tenaka's EP featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Daithí and more

Sep 13, 2011, 8:40am

Download Tenaka's EP featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Daithí and more

It's always interesting to watch the evolution of a producer particularly over the course of few years. Ronan Carroll aka Tenaka is one such case. A regular reader of this here blog, his tracks and remixes have appeared here before. His second EP entitled EPhemeral (available for your own price at Bandcamp or below) is a step up from that EP. Production has moved into a more nuanced and universal direction. First track 'Three' features a vocal sample that could fit beautifully into an electronic DJ set, 'Home' featuring Galway [...]

Tenaka - EPhemeral EP

Artist: Tenaka
Title: EPhemeral EP
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Emotive

Download Tenaka's EP featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Daithí and more

Sep 13, 2011, 8:29am

Tenaka - EPhemeral

Sep 12, 2011, 3:48pm

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Tenaka - EPhemeral EPhemeral EP by Tenaka

Tenaka - EPhemeral EP

Artist: Tenaka
Title: EPhemeral EP
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Emotive

Download: Tenaka – EPhemeral EP

Sep 12, 2011, 5:05am

Asleep on the compost heap

Tenaka's second EP features a Who's Who of Irish musicians among its guest stars. Highly recommended.

I am speaking through barbara

Aug 1, 2011, 8:29pm

Whuh-oh my x chromosome is all itchy and shit, which can only mean one thing - I'm going to write another list. A short and sweet one, though; just long enough to ease the symptoms of restless list syndrome. It will be a list of what I think are the best home-listening techno albums, albums which shine on headphones but which would work in clubs too. I've seen people list their favourite home-listening dance albums on Amazon, and they mostly seem to select glitchy, fiddly, Warp records-y stuff. I'm ruling all that out. My criterion is simple. You must be [...]

Artist: Tenaka
Title: State Mix
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Mix

Artist: The Former Soviet Republic
Title: I Mean Everything
Link Text: I Mean Everything
File Name: 02 I Mean Everything.mp3
Bitrate: 252 kbps
Genre: Indie
Year: 2011

Daithi - The Dog (Tenaka remix)

Jul 21, 2011, 4:55pm

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Daithi - The Dog (Tenaka remix)

Artist: Daithi
Title: The Dog (Tenaka remix)
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Electronica

State Mix #35 – Tenaka

Jul 18, 2011, 10:37am

Our latest State Mix comes from electronic producer Ronan Carroll who we've been keeping on eye on ever since he released the EPonymously Titled free EP back in 2009. Tenaka is now putting the finishing touches to his full-length debut which will feature Daithi O'Dronaí, Elaine Mai and a large cast of other musicians from Ireland on its tracks. We're looking forward to hearing it. In the meantime, Tenaka has put together this 21 minute mix of original music from the album with diversions into mashups featuring Little Dragon, Four Tet, [...]

Tenaka - Promo [2011]
Tenaka - State Mix

Artist: Tenaka
Title: Promo [2011]
File Name: SoundCloud

Artist: Tenaka
Title: State Mix
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Mix

Daithí – 'The Dog' (Tenaka remix)

May 13, 2011, 8:35am

Ronan Carroll aka Tenaka is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album Drifting . Tenaka was featured in MAP way back in February 2009. With the album imminent and Daithí O'Dronai likely to feature on its tracklisting, Tenaka has remixed 'The Dog' a track from Daithí's recent EP The Embrace . Download: Daithi - The Dog (Tenaka remix) Here's the original: The Dog [...]

Artist: Daithi
Title: The Dog
File Name: SoundCloud

Artist: Daithi
Title: The Dog (Tenaka remix)
File Name: SoundCloud
Genre: Electronica

Watch: Daithi – The Dog (Tenaka Remix)

May 12, 2011, 5:48am

Watch the enchanting video for Tenaka's remix of Daithi O'Dronai's 'The Dog'.

Download: Daithi – The Dog (Tenaka Remix)

May 11, 2011, 7:55am

Listen to and download the excellent remix of 'The Dog' by Tenaka.

List: Most Anticipated Irish Albums of 2011

Feb 7, 2011, 10:12am