• Michael Mormecha Launches ‘See Sea’ Kickstarter

    January 4, 2021 - By 

    Whether in the guise of multi-instrumentalist producer or mastermind behind acclaimed Northern Irish band Mojo Fury, Michael Mormecha has long been considered something of a singular creative force. It’s something that was also on full display on his debut solo album, LOFi LiFE, released back in 2016. Five years on, Mormecha is back with a Kickstarter campaign to make its highly-anticipated follow-up, See Sea, a full-blown reality. With a £3000 goal set, he is well on his way. Check it out and help him reach his target here. Mormecha is posting regular Kickstarter videos and updates via his Facebook. Follow here and watch…

  • Premiere: Kate Nicholson – Freedom Calls

    September 11, 2020 - By 

    It’s safe to say that solidarity and hope are more vital than ever. It’s something artists across the globe have been expressing over the last few months, not least in the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others. Kate Nicholson is one such artist. Hailing from Draperstown in Co. Derry, and currently based in the North Coast, her debut single ‘Freedom Calls’ is a rallying cry written in the days following the death of Floyd back in May. Drawing inspiration the likes of The Cranberries, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix, the track was recorded and producer by Michael Mormecha in the…

  • Watch: Michael Mormecha – The Opera House

    October 24, 2016 - By 

    Taken from his hugely accomplished debut album LOFi LiFE, ‘The Opera House’ finds Mojo Fury’s Michael Mormecha in especially bombastic form. Featuring mantra-like, burrowing harmonies with Fiona O’Kane of RunawayGO, the track marries fuzzed-out grooves, smatterings of urgent percussion and Mormecha’s uncanny ear for a killer hook. The track’s accompanying video ups the DIY ante in perfectly kaleidoscopic fashion. Delve into LOFi LiFE right here.

  • The G Sessions: Orchid Collective & Michael Mormecha

    September 21, 2016 - By 

    Following a three-year hiatus, Glasgowbury’s G Sessions will make its highly-anticipated return with Dublin alt-folk quartet Orchid Collective (pictured) and Michael Mormecha (Mojo Fury, Clown Parlour, Malojian et al.) on Saturday, September 24. Having previously been held in Draperstown’s Cellar Bar, the bona fide Irish music institution will now be held in Glasgowbury’s hub in the Mid-Ulster town, the Cornstore Loft. The show is bring your own booze (strictly no glass). Tickets are £7 and available now here or from the Cornstore. LOFi LiFE by michael mormecha

  • Stream: Michael Mormecha – Family

    February 17, 2016 - By 

    Long one of the country’s more indomitable and fiercely individual musicians, Michael Mormecha is best known as the frontman of quintessential NI alt-rock band Mojo Fury. But rather than ever been bound to either that realm or moniker, Mormecha has pursued his music-making thus far with an idiosyncratic wanderlust via many collaborations, his work as Clown Parlour and – more recently – his own sounds, under his very own name. Having very recently launched a Pledge Campaign to ensure its release, the proverbial seeds of Lofi-Life, the forthcoming debut solo album by Mormecha, were first openly sown a couple of years now. Forever…

  • The Thin Air Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2014 (100-75)

    December 30, 2014 - By 

    Twelve months, a billion tracks (probably) and a ridiculously impressive crop of new, emerging musical talent the island of Ireland over: yes, 2014 was been very generous indeed on the ol’ new music front. In a year when (the altogether sonically disparate) Girl Band and SOAK signed with Rough Trade, Adebisi Shank broke hearts in parting ways and Hozier “did a Kodaline” by going positively stratospheric – more on that later – innumerable lesser-known acts have also been slogging away in the garage, creating some of the very best sounds here or anywhere else on the face on the planet. In the first of a two-part feature,…

  • Line-up announced for inaugural Output showcase

    September 30, 2014 - By 

    With just over a fortnight to wait, the line-up for the inaugural Output have been announced. Northern Ireland’s largest ever one-day conference and showcasing event, taking place throughout Belfast’s city centre and Cathedral Quarter on Thursday, October 16, it will see a series of free talks, workshops and pop-up gigs, attending by around 350 artists, businesses and creative students. We’re very happy to be involved, too. Teaming up with tastemaker par excellence Niall Byrne AKA Nialler9, we will host a most awesome showcase in the Black Box main room with Cork psych rock five-piece Altered Hours (pictured), Dublin electronic duo Contour, Derry…

  • FLAWS – Harsh Words Through Tangled Wires

    June 19, 2014 - By 

    On Wednesday, June 25, The Menagerie, Belfast, plays host to the new project of ex-Mojo Fury member Thomas Camblin, FLAWS. The three piece from Belfast are releasing their new EP Harsh Words Through Tangled Wires through Thomas’ new label OLD FANG which has given us the EP from Little Rivers amongst other singles. Their new record deals with “the rawness of human relationships, from broken friendships to loss and regret – peeling back appearances to show the cracks underneath”. They’ll also be supported by Michael Mormecha of Mojo Fury who will be playing his new solo material on the night. Entry…

  • Watch: Michael Mormecha – Mixtapes

    June 18, 2014 - By 

    Lifted from his forthcoming debut solo album, Mojo Fury frontman Michael Mormecha has unveiled the video to his first ever solo single, ‘Mixtapes’. A wonderfully idiosyncratic affair, nicely placed between Mojo’s symbolic sorcery and Mormecha’s more acoustically-inclined work as Clown Parlour, the track’s intrigue and charm resides in its masterfully stripped-back approach. Watch the video for ‘Mixtapes’ – directed by DogKennel productions, and featuring Mormecha perform the song in the woods – below.