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Formed in November 2014, this new project from Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty draws from early Celtic harp traditions, 60s folk and electronic pop to create ‘atmosfolk'—a mix of soulful vocal harmonies, dreamy synth and electro-acoustic harp.
Formed in November 2014, this new project from Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty draws from early Celtic harp traditions, 60s folk and electronic pop to create ‘atmosfolk'—a mix of soulful vocal harmonies, dreamy synth and electro-acoustic harp.
It's the last NO ENCORE before the festival hiatus is shattered and there's a superstar guest on board in the form of the quite excellent Saint Sister. Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty release their long-awaited debut album on October 5, with a headline show in the Olympia Theatre the following week. Don't miss out. ACT ONE: A busy preamble. ACT TWO: Saint Sister in conversation. ACT THREE: MTV VMAs, Nicki Minaj defending her honour, Lana Del Rey in political hot water and a trio of strange tales; it's the news. ACT FOUR: Ariana Grande is back and poised to make a major statement with Sweetener. Does she? ACT FIVE: Songs of the Week ft. Disclosure, Soft Cell, Lost Under Heaven, Wild Nothing and We Were Promised Jetpacks. EXIT MUSIC: Saint Sister - 'Twin Peaks'
Pantisocracy season 3 2018 Episode 8 ‘Borders’ In this ‘cabaret of conversations’ Panti Bliss explores borders, both physical and psychological - what divides us and what brings us together? And can art be more powerful than politics in mapping and crossing borders? Guests are the visual artist Rita Duffy and musician/writer Steafán Hanvey both from Northern Ireland although Hanvey is now settled in Finland. With them is Gemma Doherty, from Derry, and Morgan MacIntyre, from Belfast, the two halves of the musical duo Saint Sister who share their experience of life on both sides of the Irish border. In the conversation too is David Honeyford, son of a Presbyterian minister, who has crossed the green and orange lines of Co Antrim to fall in love with GAA and the cuplá focal. Saint Sister perform their songs ‘Causing Trouble’ and a new release, ‘The Mater’, from their first album out this October. www.pantisocracy.ie/s3-e8 for more
In the first installment of the 2018 edition of Music Month, Róisín sits down with Morgan MacIntyre & Gemma Doherty, better known as Saint Sister. The duo, who started making music together in 2014, mix Celtic harp, 60s folk and electronic pop to create their unique sound. They talk to Róisín about their mentor Lisa Hannigan, touring with Arcade Fire and share the inspiration behind the three songs they played live in studio on the day this podcast was recorded. Songs in this episode: 1. Causing Trouble 2. Corpses 3. The Mater
Everything Comes From Chaos by Cian Ó Cíobháin 26/12/15 Galway, Ireland. http://www.shockworldservice.com 1. Young Marble Giants - Music For Evenings From ‘Colossal Youth', their debut album which was released in 1980. 2. Katie Dey - y o y o Melbourne-based Katie Dey released one of the year's quirkiest EPs in the shape of ‘asdf asdf'. 3. Kings Of Convenience V Röyksopp - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From One of the key songs in my life, all the way from Norway. This was released the same year as Röyksopp dropped their debut LP ‘Melody AM'. 4. Björk Mit Funkstörung - All Is Full Of Love (seconddotted) Back in the nineties Funkstörung made essential outsider electronica, where they merged complex drum patterns with melancholic melodies. 5. Team LG - On Fire It's been a decade since Team LG released their debut - & only - record. I haven't heard anything about them since and had, indeed, forgotten about them, until I re-discovered this CD, which had been missing from my collection for years. 6. Low - What Part Of Me Everyone's favourite Mormon indie pop band returned with this perfectly-formed pop song in late summer. 7. Marker Starling - Husbands Christopher Cummings is Marker Starling, previously of Mantler. 8. Kingdom - Bank Head This classic on the Night Slugs label is almost 3 years old now, but a month doesn't go by that I don't find myself returning to it. 9. Venetian Snares - Your Face When I Finally (Glass Version) Yes Aaron Funk is actually his real name and this hugely talented Canadian producer has been pretty prolific since releasing his first records in the late 90s. 10. Inga Copeland - I Am Your Ambient Wife Inga Copeland is your ambient wife. & I'm not going to argue with her. 11. Junior Boys - Teach Me How To Fight The debut LP from Junior Boys, entitled ‘Last Exit' masterfully combined 80's synth-pop melodies with yearning vocals & the jittery, irregular rhythms commonly associated with UK Garage. 12. Jam City - Crisis After falling heavily for Jam City's neon-kissed LP it wasn't a huge leap for me to endear myself to the same artist's U-turn towards neon-kissed r'n'b torch-songs that make up ‘Dream A Garden'. 13. David Axelrod - The School Boy Composer, arranger, producer, drummer & ex-boxer David Axelrod has had a huge influence on the music landscape with the likes of De La Soul, DJ Shadow & DJ Premier having sampled him. 14. Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan Susumu Yokota's sounds have haunted me since first discovering him back in '99. 15. Our Brother The Native - Tilia Petiolaris Back in 2006, two Michigan teenagers & their Californian buddy released their debut LP ‘Tooth & Claw', an album born out of acoustic strumming, field recordings, analogue feedback, weird samples & often particularly twee vocals. 16. Jackson C. Frank - Milk & Honey The composer of this song lived a life of heartbreak & woe, but was a huge influence on folk singers such as Nick Drake (who covered this song) & Paul Simon. 17. Saint Sister - Madrid One of the debuts of the year, courtesy of Gemma Doherty & Morgan MacIntyre, which was recorded in Co. Kerry by Alex Ryan of Hozier. 18. Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon A gorgeous cover of a Big Star song, released on Sincerely Yours. 19. Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving Saint Etienne pulled out all the stops at The National Concert Hall last September, performing their classic début ‘Foxbase Alpha' in its entirety. 20. Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlmen We Are Floating In Space (Original Elvis Mix) Back in 1997, Spiritualized's third LP was barely on the shelves when the LP had to be recalled after an objection from Elvis Presley's Estate. 21. King Midas Sound & Fennesz - We Walk Together So many of my favourites on 1 record. feat. Kiki Hitomi, with extra FX-drenched, shoegaze shimmering from Austrian guitarist & producer Christian Fennesz. Total heart-stopper. www.rte.ie/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/ http://cianociobhain.com/