Award-winning DJ Cian O Ciobhain has been doing the state some service presenting his Raidio na Gaeltachta show An Taobh Tuathail for just over a decade now, and this downbeat and dubby ambient compilation is his third hand-picked selection of the best of contemporary global underground electronica.
You simply can’t fault the man’s taste – Circlesquare, Animal Collective and Peter & The Wolf blend brilliantly with The Caretaker, Miwon and Gdansk-based composer Jacaszek. Even more impressively, four of the 15 tracks featured are by Irish artists — Kilkenny’s R.S.A.G., Dublin’s Rollers/Sparkers and Galway’s Loner Deluxe and B-Movie Lightning (a.k.a. Cane 141’s Mike Smalle).
As with O Ciobhain’s two previous albums, this is an extremely well thought out compilation of truly sublime mood music. The post-Christmas comedown has been sorted. Maith an fear!