• Under the Island: Experimental Music in Ireland 1960 – 1994

    November 24, 2023 - By 

    The mission to track down all traces of an Irish avant-garde has received a boost with the release of this delightful compilation, compiled by Nyahh Records. The label has left no dusty attic unexplored in its efforts to drag subterranean Ireland to the surface, providing documentary proof of free-thinking at a time of joint church/state hegemony. This experimental impulse could apparently be found at all levels of society. Take the aristocratic UFO hunter Desmond Leslie, who created electronic soundscapes in his Monaghan castle and took his place with the Meeks and Derbyshires of the world. Outside the country estate, there were pioneers…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 7th July

    July 7, 2023 - By 

    Another stacked week for Irish music sees an incredible traditional and Sean-Nós collection from Nyahh Records, as well as new singles and albums from the likes of Lucy Gaffney, Anna’s Anchor, Larks, Ian Nyquist and Niamh Bury Various Artists – A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style by Nyahh Records Lucy Gaffney – Just Friends Ian Nyquist – Thiar Thiar by Ian Nyquist Anna’s Anchor – The Merries The Merries by Anna’s Anchor Larks – Talking To Myself Niamh Bury – Beehive N.O.A.H – Sour Kiss Jillelli –…

  • The Nyahh made me do it: an interview with Willie Stewart

    October 25, 2022 - By 

    This interview originally appeared in The Thin Air’s summer 2022 print edition It’s spring in Leitrim. The sky is full of birdsong, trees and plants are coming back to life, and Willie Stewart has been mixing cement. Alongside his partner, the sound artist Natalia Beylis, he’s converting his backyard and old stone outbuildings into what he describes as a “future habitat for creative explorations”.  The pair’s life revolves around these explorations, which they frequently let out into the world via shared and respective projects. Both are members of the experimental psych band Woven Skull, and have a wide array of…