Colours Move to Techno Classics

The Holy Roman Army will launch their debut album this Friday May 15th with a gig in Crawdaddy with support from Tenaka and Storkboy Choons/Colours Move. This should be a fine gig for anyone who enjoys their electronic music song-driven and finely wrought. The Holys (also known as Laura and Chris Coffey) were invented by Donal Dineen in a secret lab in Kerry and come equipped with a sack of rich and languid sounding songs that sit somewhere between Low and Portishead.

Tenaka recorded a nifty free EP of bedroom electro-pop earlier this year which whirred and clicked like that really early Badly Drawn Boy and Andy Votel stuff.

And Storkboy Choons/Colours Move are techno muckers from Kells. One works in a joke shop. The other is my brother. Although they make their music separately, it works well mixed together. They both love brain-damaging beats, but decorate them prettily and dose them with woozy nostalgia.

Here's a brill free gift for everyone in the audience from Colours Move. He mixed a playlist of techno classics that should suit any occasion that requires rhythm, from whisking a meringue to toning up that flabby rear on your aerobostep. It's stonking.


Colours Move Mix
Popnoname - idCard
Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrunn Gebrunn
Modeselektor - Kill Bll 4
Autechre - Eutow
Underworld - Rez
Aphex Twin - On
Orbital - Lush
The Field - Everyday
Jurgen Paap - So Weit Wie Nach Nie
Brian Eno - The Big Ship

MP3: Colours Move-Mix

Irish music round-up coming. I promise.