It seems to me that “discovering” new music is a massively inconsistent process. Some weeks I find 100 great new tracks; some weeks I’m struggling to find one! I’d recently been through something of a barren patch, but I’m hoping this new discovery is the start of a purple patch – and the signs are looking good!
“Far Nearer” was first heard of on XFM about four months ago. I for one was hugely excited about the impending prospect of solo material from Jamie xx. However, it then got a bit lost in the excitement about We’re New Here. Fortunately, the track has been thrust back into the limelight with this awesome remix from Bristol’s Ollie Macfarlane. The reason I mentioned Bristol is that the city sculpts the sound to a certain extent. It’s a unique take on garage – the aftermath of trip-hop is very much evident – and I think it’s a sound that really works well with the Jamie xx original. This one just gets better every time I play it.
What I like is the way it takes “Far Nearer” from something pretty obscure – I’ll happily admit I’m in a minority liking the original – into something deeper, a far more accessible piece of music. There’s almost a hopeful undertone. I could see them playing this in a particularly moving moment of Skins, as they desperately clutch at the straws of “alternativeness” without wanting to alienate an audience who largely listen exclusively to the likes of the Black Eyed Peas. Hopefully this will be the start of some people’s garage odyssey – it’s not all just drum patterns, you know!
Bio Kormac’s debut solo release (The Scratch Marchin’ EP) was released worldwide in 2007 and sold out 2 re-presses having received support from established DJs and stations including Bonobo (Ninja Tunes) DJ Craze, Joe Ransom (Kiss FM, London) DJ Food, Crazy P and a host of others. DJ Yoda is currently giving the track a lot of plays during his sets and included the title track from the EP on his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. Tracks from the record also featured on the highly respected Solid Steel Radio Show . The EP picked up plays in clubs and on the air the world over while the video for Rainstorm also picked up plays on loads of telly stations!
His next EP (The Good Lord EP) will be released March 08 and fuses much sampling of 20/30/40s gospel music with live trumpet, scratching, banjo and a barbershop quartet.
His music also takes the form of a live show featuring, alongside Kormac on turntables and keys, a double bass player, a barbershop quartet, a trumpet player and percussionist literally playing everything from drums to kitchen sinks. The show is constantly developing and the band have played alongside DJ Numark (Jurassic 5,) DJ Food (Ninja Tunes,) DJ Craze (USA,) DJ Premiere (Gangstar,) Nas, The Herbaliser Band and also performed to a packed tent at this years Electric Picnic Festival.
Kormac began his DJing career presenting and producing his own hip hop/drum and bass show on the now defunct Radio Caroline at the tender age of 17. As he started to hone his style he moved on to larger pirates like Power FM and eventually started to get some gigs in clubs playing scratched up, dance-floor sets.
Since then he has played in almost every established venue nationwide at one point or another and has played support to many international acts including DJ Hype, DJ Yoda, Fabio, The Scratch Perverts, Grandmaster Flash, Goldie, DJ Storm, DJ Numark (Jurassic 5) DJ Craze, Doc Scott, Asian Dub Foundation and countless others. Along the way he also won the Irish Student DJ Championships, placed in a national DMC mixing finals and played at several major Irish festivals.
Kormac’s DJ sets are no longer purely drum n’ bass affairs and now incorporates many different styles of music all assembled in a cut n’ paste fashion. He uses Serato Scratch live and also designed his own “live sampling” turntable-controlled program . Kormac is a resident at Scribble and also DJs with the Bodytonic Sound System. He plays regularly around the country and Europe.
He has recently completed 2 film soundtracks, both aired on Irish and UK TV
Word Play Review.
Scribble Records have announced the release date for the debut album from flagship artist Kormac. Word Play features DJ Yoda, DJ Cheeba (Ninja Tunes,) Koaste (Black Grass,) Messiah J & The Expert, MC Little Tree and of course, members of Kormac's Big Band.
Championed by the likes of Annie Mac, DJ Food, and Mr Scruff, a long player from Kormac has been much anticipated since the 2007 release of his Scratch Marchin' EP and subsequent Good Lord and Show Time releases.
Kormac's Big Band are a 10-piece group that perform his tracks. On stage you'll find a mix of brass, a barbershop quartet, turntables, banjo, double bass, drums, live visuals and the occasional guest vocalist.
Kormac DJs all over the world with recent shows in the UK, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, The Ukraine and even in parts of southern Africa.
He also curates and runs his own club night - Kormac's Bakesale - where he invites his favourite acts and also his favourite Irish bakers along to show off their buns.
Kormac will be playing several of the bigger national and international festivals this summer and will also be heading out on tour with Beardyman. Kormac's Big Band will be launching the album with a live performance on Thursday 29th of April at The Twisted Pepper, Dublin with many of the guests from the album also joining them on stage.
Nowadays life without cover songs is hard to imagine. Permanently we run into these remakes while we listen to the radio and sometimes we even don't know that this song has existed for a long time and is now only covered in a rough-and-ready way. Mostly the original versions are much better, but they were not played in the radio any more.
However, sometimes an artist makes it not only to copy the original song, but also improves it drastically. Only in this case the remake should have a right to exist.
On this website you can vote, if a cover band has managed this or if they have just produced a cheap plagiarism. In addition you can also leave a comment for each song.
If you like to hold a vote on a special song you can't find here, you can add your personal song contest here.
And now enjoy voting!
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