A
native of Carlow and residing in Dublin, Jimmy is somewhat
of a veteran on the Irish electronic scene at this point.
His tracks have previously surfaced on several compilations,
Slanted and Enchanted, Synergia 1 + 2, Ballroom of Romance
5, Lazybird 1, Foggy Notions, a 12" EP for Kin Recordings
and a split 7" for Road Relish.
He has collaborated with and remixed both Nina Hynes and Alphastates,
and made regular live appearances, among them support slots
for Four Tet, Lali Puna, Manitoba, Murcof, plus bookings for
Mor 2004 and The Big Chill 2002.
"Granby
row" jumps from ear to ear with a tiny bell and a small
rubbery square that clicks and pings like a drunken spring
inside a floating pinball machine, whilst sunshine rich
guitar wranglings explode and dissolve in the arms of the
charming vocals present.I had visions of the final scene
of a movie to this one, just before the credits roll up,
not sure why. Very cool track
"Mayfly" holds a little creature by its hind legs
and lets it scramble to escape scraping at the floor below,
creating a package of melodic samples, acoustic patterns,
and eastern style callings to envelop everyone in the area,
as "Complete" takes more of a experimental style,
almost like a developing creation, learning to walk and
process images, before bursting into life, sending out swathes
of colour and drumbeat syrup everywhere and nowhere. Both
excellent tracks.
"Hanover" looks at you whilst speaking, but its
hard to tell what its trying to convey. Small elements of
a langauge are possible to make out, as textures rub together
which cause sprinklings of processed but natural sound to
escape, and the overall body of the message begins to fall
into place. Really really beautiful stuff, highly recommended.
"Dandelions" tries to wake up, but everytime he
does, the room rotates and audio samples of last night rattle
from ear to ear like muffled alarms inside a plastic box,
its weird stuff. Gradually his head rewires itself and he
glides down the corridor on a wave of intelligent murmurings,
towards the bright light of the city outside. Cool stuff.
"Under
the woods" jangles its eyes at you in an attempt to
grab your attention and sends out a earth shaking,marble
smashing rumble, that sounds like two xylophones wrestling
in heavy water. Luckily this is a friendly monster, who
only wants to pass on some secret information to you, via
the medium of audio and his tiny friends who line his shoulders
like pigeons. You are witness to an organised display, of
smooth beats, fluttering melodies and dissolving vocals,
and in the end you think youve worked out what he wanted.
If you didnt it was cool anyway.
Jimmy
Behan has crafted an intelligent and information packed
debut album. It is crammed with tiny happy beings and small
glowing items, that must be powerups of some kind,with a
smiling face that really develops from start to end and
inturn keeps you listening.
Quality musics.
Sam
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