Phil Kieran
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Biografía
- 'It's not important you know, the past, there's some I'm proud of, yeah, but a lot of them, really, when I hear them I think they are just a lesson in must try harder. What's important is the next one, trying to make that perfect tune. 'When the sun shines, it makes everything better. But as a child, you were told not to look at it, not to glance up as staring into the fiery depths could destroy your eyes for ever. Most of us did it anyway, the pull of curiosity becoming too strong, feeling in the seconds afterwards that your sight would remain just a blurred glare. It’s like Phil says: “To understand beauty, you’ve got to know ugly. There’s a dark side to everything and I think people are like that too.” This is the basis for Kieran’s new album Blinded By The Sun, his fourth to date but only the second under his own name. Kieran is one of Ireland’s best-loved club DJs and techno legends who has worked with everyone from Green Velvet to Peter Hook and Gary Numan. He’s even remixed for Depeche Mode and has worked closely with David Holmes on numerous projects. Kieran previously released an album on Cocoon Records and two under the monikers Le Carousel and Alloy Mental. Blinded By The Sun is another departure for the producer and electronic master in which he set about to capture the undercurrent that runs through all that beauty and joy. There’s the picture perfect world we all pretend we are living on Facebook and Instagram, coupled with how things really are when you go home at night and close your door on the world. Those times in the wee, small hours when you’re up too late and you can feel the darkness creeping in. For Kieran that darkness has many forms - hanging with the club kids who are on the day three rollover, the hypocrisy in society thanks to obsession with social media, self-doubt, fear of failure. But for Kieran, it’s important to feel that fear and do it anyway. Kieran explains: “I could do a lot more but these days there’s so much music out there so these days I think it’s more a case of trying to make sure when you do put something out that it’s good. “I feel it’s more important that when you say something, make sure it matters.” Blinded By The Sun is a record that will matter - when the tendency in the world of dance music is to make EDM by numbers so the cash comes rolling in, Kieran has taken a step towards something different. It’s a record that crosses genres - all strings and instruments on the record were recorded live, there’s no sampling and trickery so what comes out is fresh and new. Keiran explains: “I only get excited about making music when I think people are going to go ‘What the fuck are you doing?’ “I could easily make techno records that people would just think were good - there are certain types of dance music that you can make that people will like playing in a club but no-one’s going to be amazed by it.” As a DJ Kieran has travelled the world, witnessing some of the best nights ever held and the worst post party comedowns when the glass cracks and the real stories come out of the dark. “You don’t know that something’s really beautiful unless you’ve seen what ugly is.“I think people are a bit like that. There’s ugly stuff and beautiful stuff at the same time “We’re all a bit of both. “For example you constantly get fed all this stuff about Ibiza and people having a good time,. “But we’ve all seen the seedy side, what can happen when you’ve been up for three days and how the tables can turn in an instant.” “It’s that part of life you really want to try and hide away from but also it’s the place where people can sometimes open up and share things with each other, reveal the truth about who they really are.” The haunting vocals on most of the tracks come from Jess Brien, a 22-year-old singer who approached Kieran when he was DJing one night in his home town of Belfast. He says:”She came up to me one night and told me she was a singer. I asked her to send me a demo thinking I wouldn’t hear from her. “Next day she sent me something and straight away I asked her to come into the studio. “Jess has a voice with such depth and tone and she captures the spirit of what I was aiming for perfectly.” Kieran also enlisted the help of Zimbabwean musician Wilson Magwere who escaped the Mugabe regime and ended up in Belfast. David Holmes, Laurent Garnier, Andrew Weatherall and Annie Mac are fans of the record, Weatherall so much so that he has already featured tracks on his radio show. And with the ying and yang, Kieran is feeling nervously optimistic. “There has to be some hope, and that’s how I wanted the record to end.” After all, joy always comes at a price but following darkness there’s always another dawn.̸White Lice (Single) ? (2 versions) Soma Quality Recordings 2006 Worm Of Mouth / Tick Tick Tick (12") Soma Quality Recordings 2006 Pinhole Of Light (12") Flying Cabbage 2007 Skyhook ? (2 versions) NovaMute 2007 The Fear (12") Mikrowave 2007 Triple Crown Split EP (12", EP) Num Records 2007 White Light / Black As You Like ? (2 versions) Soma Quality Recordings 2007 Again And Again (12") Flying Cabbage 2008 Boxes Of Black (12") Flying Cabbage 2008 Missp (12") Cocoon Recordings 2008 Wasps Under A Toy Boat (12") Cocoon Recordings 2008 Remix Showreel (CDr, Promo) Not On Label Skyhook (CDr, Promo) NovaMute Remixes: On The Dancefloor (Part 1) ? (2 versions) On The Dance Floor (Ph... Blue Black 2001 Frequency (12") Frequency (Phil Kieran... Fuju 2002 Ghetto Tears (12") Ghetto Tears (Phil Kie... Loaded Records 2002 La 11ème Marche (12", S/Sided, Promo) PIAS UK 2002 Next Life (Remixes) (12") Next Life (Phil Kieran... Kingsize 2002 Sunglasses And Soda ? (2 versions) Sunglasses And Soda (P... Product Deluxe 2002 Big Fun (Remixes) (Maxi) ? (2 versions) Big Fun (Phil Kieran R... PIAS UK 2003 Bugget Out!, Lionrock, UK (CD, Mixed) Time Of Night (Phil Ki... XMAG 2003 Check Out Ya Pa (12") Check Out Ya Pa (Phil ... Whole Nine Yards 2003 DJ World Series: UK Flava House (CD) Acid Rave Music (Phil ... DJ Magazine 2003 Fergie's Funky Techno Mix (CD) Ruckus Juice (Phil Kie... Mixmag 2003 In The Mix: Rize And Fall (CD, Comp, Mixed) La 11ème Marche (Phil... Cocoon Recordings 2003 La Breeze (Single) ? (2 versions) La Breeze (Phil Kieran... Source UK 2003 Ruckus Juice E.P. (12", EP) Acid Rave Music! (Phil... Shine Recordings 2003 Time Of The Night (Phil Kieran Remixes) (12") Skint Records 2003 Underground Beats (Series 6 Volume 9) (2xCD, Comp) Time Of The Night (Phi... CD Pool 2003 Underground Beats (Series 7 Volume 2) (2xCD, Comp) Big Fun (Phil Kieran R... CD Pool 2003 Yoshitoshi Classics (100th Release EP) (2x12") Dubb Me Some'tin Fresh... Yoshitoshi Recordings 2003 Advanced Electronics Vol. 3 (2xCD) Murderous (Phil Kieran... Synthetic Symphony 2004 Got Milk? (CD, Comp, Mixed) Big Fun (Phil Kieran Mix) Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten 2004 I Can Feel The Sound (12") I Can Feel The Sound (... Music Man Records 2004 I ? Techno 2004 (CD, Comp, Mixed) I Can Feel The Sound (... 541 2004 Lagoa 15 (CD, Comp, Mixed) I Can Feel The Sound (... 541 2004 Mantra Vibes - Finest Italo Export (2xCD) The Resonance Song (Ph... ZYX Music 2004 Mayday 2004 Compilation - Team X-Treme (2xCD) La Onzieme Marche (Phi... Low Spirit Recordings 2004 Murderous (Single) ? (3 versions) Murderous (Phil Kieran... NovaMute 2004 Presents Meganite Compilation (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) I Can Feel The Sound (... Bakerloo SRL 2004 Sil Num Tao (12", Promo) Sil Num Tao (Phil Kier... Skint Records 2004 The Remixes Vol. 1 (12") The Resonance Song (Ph... Mantra Vibes, Mantra Breaks 2004 This World (Maxi) ? (4 versions) This World (Phil Kiera... Soma Quality Recordings ... 2004 Underwater Episode 3 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Le Onzieme Marche (Phi... Underwater Records 2004 Blitzkrieg Pop (Maxi) ? (3 versions) Blitzkrieg Pop (Phil K... NovaMute ... 2005 Blitzkrieg Pop ? (2 versions) Blitzkrieg Pop (Phil K... NovaMute 2005 DJ Mix - 2005 (CDr, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Rocker (Phil Kieran Re... NovaMute 2005 Fear And Loathing 2 (Comp) ? (2 versions) Murderous (Phil Kieran... Resist Music 2005 House Party (CD, Comp) This World (Phil Kiera... Most Records 2005 Live @ Womb (CD, Mixed, Comp) I Can Feel The Sound (... Tresor 2005 Live @ Womb 02 (CD, Comp, Mixed) I Can Feel The Sound (... Womb Recordings 2005 Los Mejores Deejay's Del Mundo Vol. 3 (3xCD) This World (Phil Kiera... El Dance Recordings 2005 Real People (Remixes) (12") Real People (Phil Kier... Electrix Records 2005 The Sound Of The Techno Garden Party (CD, Comp, Mixed, Ltd) I Can Feel The Sound (... Baboarum Records 2005 1X1 / King Of USA (Single) ? (4 versions) 1X1 (Phil Kieran Remix) NovaMute 2006 Addicted - DJ / Producer Series 1. / Issue 1. (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Real People In The Hou... Platipus 2006 Body Rework (CDr, Promo) Murderous (Phil Kieran... NovaMute 2006 Passion Cocktail (12") Passion Cocktail (Phil... MB Elektronics 2006 Electronation 5 Years (CD, Mixed, Comp, Promo) God Is Green (Phil Kie... Lektroluv 2007 God Is Green (Single) ? (2 versions) God Is Green (Phil Kie... Skint Records 2007 Heart Like A Demon / Life Is Everywhere - Remixes 2007 (12") Life Is Everywhere (Ph... DK7 2007 Hold My Hand (Remixes) (File, MP3, WAV) Hold My Hand (Phil Kie... Surrender All 2007 Spinclub (CD, Comp, Promo, Ltd, Car) God Is Green (Phil Kie... CLR (2) 2007 Chris Liebing Presents Spinclub Ibiza - Season 2 - The Complete Collection (2xCD, Mixed, Comp + DVD-V, PAL) God Is Green (Phil Kie... Spinclub Recordings 2008 Dancing Bears (12", Pro) Dancing Bears (Phil Ki... Echoism 2008 Dancing Bears (12") Dancing Bears (Phil Ki... Echoism 2008 Disarmed - Remixed (File, MP3) Life Is Everywhere (Ph... Process Recordings 2008 Toolroom Knights (Comp) ? (3 versions) Dancing Bears (Phil Ki... Style Records (Russia) ... 2008 Production: The Torture Chamber 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Vitalian House Tortured Records 2002 Techno Sessions (2xCD, Comp, Sli) My House Sessions 2004 Selected Remixes Of The Last 10 Years (2xCD, Comp) Fire (Chris Liebing Re... CLR (2) 2008 Appears On: Ischia / Heat (12") TT500 2001 Freak-O-Matictechnophunk (CD, Comp, Mixed) Heat Global AMBition 2002 Inflight Sessions Present Danny McMillan 01 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Pull The Choke In-Flight Entertainment 2002 Visions (Remixes) (12") Visions (Phil Kieran R... Soma Quality Recordings 2002 Y4K ? FreQ Nasty - Next Level Breaks (CD, Comp, Mixed) Voices In My Head (Pla... Distinct'ive Breaks Records 2002 Big Fun (Remixes) (Part 2) (12") Big Fun (Phil Kieran R... PIAS UK 2003 Dubb Me Sometin Fresh (12", Ltd, S/Sided) Yoshitoshi Recordings 2003 Global Underground #025: Toronto (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) I Love You Global Underground Ltd. 2003 House Breaks Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Vitalian House Sessions 2003 La Onzième Marche (Remixes) (12") La Onzième Marche (Ph... PIAS France, PIAS France 2003 Sky High (12") Sky High (Phil Kieran ... Loaded Records 2003 Essential Underground Vol. 09 - EU09: Stockholm (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Murderous (Phil Kieran... DJ-sets.com 2004 U60311 Compilation Techno Division Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Murderous (Phil Kieran... V2 Records, Inc. 2004 Blitzkrieg Pop (12") Blitzkrieg Pop (Phil K... NovaMute 2005 Live In Beograd (Comp) ? (2 versions) Alloy Mental (Chris Li... CLR (2) 2005 Nightdrive (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Black Worm Resist Music 2005 Body Rework - Remixes (Comp) ? (2 versions) Murderous (Phil Kieran... NovaMute ... 2006 The Appliance Of Science (CD) Bla Fuckin Bla Bla DJ Magazine 2006 Cocoon Compilation G (CD, Comp) I Think I'm A Monster Cocoon Recordings 2007 Live In Zurich // Rohstofflager (CD, Comp, Mixed) Skyhook 2 CLR (2) 2007 Selected Remixes Of The Last 10 Years (2xCD, Comp) Fire (Chris Liebing Re... CLR (2) 2008 Tracks Appear On: Electrocuted Presents Sexmachinemusic ? (2 versions) RIP Groovetech Records 2001 Imprint (3xLP) The Bomb, Aftermath Distinct'ive Records 2001 Imprint (CD, Mixed, Comp) The Bomb, Aftermath Distinct'ive Records 2001 Instant Party With Krafty Kuts (CD, Mixed, Comp) Chunka Funk Mixmag 2001 Progressive Waves: Past Present & Future (CD) Scoop Loop Tide NS 2001 Seismic Sounds (CD) Vitalize Kingsize 2001 The Latin Tribal House Session (CD) A Tribe Called Drums H&G Records 2001 2002 (CD Two) (CD, Comp, Mixed) Don't Sit Around Underground Records Hungary 2002 Clubbed 2002 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Chunka Funk Universal Music TV 2002 Destinations: 01 DJ Gee: Bora Bora, Ibiza (CD, Album) The Bomb Edit Recordings (2) 2002 First Take (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Vitalian House Legend Records 2002 Global Underground #023: Barcelona (Comp) ? (2 versions) Juicy Global Underground Ltd. 2002 Lazy (CD, Mixed) You Like? (Ten Dolla!) Mixmag 2002 Modes Of Communication 2 - Electronica (CD, Comp) Aftermath Eukatech, Eukatech 2002 Pacha Ibiza - The Winter Sessions (2xCD) Juicy Bit Music 2002 Roundtrip (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Vitalian House Kinetic Records 2002 SP Groove 3 Years Birthday (CD) The Bomb SP Groove Records 2002 The Mix (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Vitalian House DMC Publishing 2002 The Torture Chamber 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Vitalian House Tortured Records 2002 Ultraviolet (Comp) ? (2 versions) Africa 70 Journeys By DJ 2002 We Are Skint (Comp) ? (5 versions) My House Skint Records ... 2002 Y4K ? FreQ Nasty - Next Level Breaks EP2 (12", EP) Voices In My Head (Pla... Distinct'ive Breaks Records 2002 Y4K ? FreQ Nasty - Next Level Breaks (Comp) ? (3 versions) Voices In My Head (Pla... Distinct'ive Breaks Records ... 2002 F.A.C.T Australia II - A Global Tour (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Copy Prot.) The Bomb Warner Music (Australia) 2003 Global Underground #025: Toronto (Comp) ? (2 versions) I Love You Global Underground Ltd. 2003 House Breaks Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Vitalian House Sessions 2003 Ireland Euphoria (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) My House Telstar TV 2003 Live @ Space (2xCD) Vital 3 (Part 1) Star 69 Records 2003 Rave On Snow Vol. 12 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) I Love You (Adam Beyer... More Music 2003 Summer Of Love Mix (CD, Mixed, Comp) Ways XMAG 2003 Touching Bass (2xCD) Chunka Funk Surge Recordings 2003 Underground Beats (Series 7 Volume 1) (2xCD) Youth (Original Mix) CD Pool 2003 Y4K ? Tayo - Next Level Breaks (Dread At The Controls) ? (2 versions) I Love You Distinct'ive Breaks Records ... 2003 Driven (CD, Comp, Mixed) I Love You, The Bomb Columns Of Knowledge 2004 On The Road Vol. 3 (2xCD) Vitalian House Terminal M 2004 Techno Sessions (2xCD, Comp, Sli) My House Sessions 2004 Tong's Future Classics (CD) I Love You (Adam Beyer... Mixmag 2004 Underground Sound Of Lisbon (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) I Love You (Original Mix) Star 69 Records 2004 Yoshitoshi Ibiza (CD, Mixed, Comp) I Love You (Original Mix) Yoshitoshi Recordings 2004 Chew The Fat! At The End Presents: Friendly (CD) My House (Houseapella) Fat! Records 2005 DJ Face Off (CD) Black Worm DJ Magazine 2005 Live In Beograd (Comp) ? (2 versions) Alloy Mental (Chris Li... CLR (2) 2005 Nightdrive (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Black Worm Resist Music 2005 Soma Compilation 2005 (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) Black Worm, Black Worm... Soma Quality Recordings 2005 Cream Ibiza (Comp) ? (2 versions) Snakefight (Eddie's Li... New State Recordings ... 2006 It's Only A Mixtape: Volume 1 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Reject Ministry Of Sound 2006 Pete Gooding At Sosho (CD) White Lice DJ Magazine 2006 Soma 2006 (Comp) ? (2 versions) Tick Tick Tick, Black ... Soma Quality Recordings 2006 Soma Anniversary Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) Black Worm, White Lice... XMAG 2006 The Appliance Of Science (CD) Bla Fuckin Bla Bla DJ Magazine 2006 Underwater - Solo (Comp) ? (2 versions) Worm Of Mouth Underwater Records ... 2006 Active Agent (Comp) ? (3 versions) Idiots Game Harthouse Mannheim 2007 Cocoon Compilation G (Comp) ? (2 versions) I Think I'm A Monster Cocoon Recordings 2007 Live In Ageha Tokyo (CD) Skyhook 2 MB Elektronics 2007 Live In Zurich // Rohstofflager (Comp) ? (2 versions) Skyhook 2 CLR (2) 2007 OM Summer Sessions 2 (2xCD) Tick Tick Tick OM Records 2007 One+One (CD, Mixed) Pinhole Of Light Trend Discotec 2007 One+One - James Zabiela + Nic Fanciulli (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Pinhole Of Light Ministry Of Sound 2007 Sessions 13 (2xCD) Skyhook 1 Ministry Of Sound 2007 Tobias Becker Macht Trallafitti (CD + CD) White Lice (Lee Van Do... Platzhirsch Schallplatten 2007 DJ Selection 187: Elektro Beat Shock 15 (CD, Comp) Missp Do It Yourself Entertainment Strategic Marketing 2008 Minimal Only (CD) Idiots Game Streetlight 2008 Harthouse Collection (CD, Com) Idiots Game Harthouse Mannheim 2009 Session 014 (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 160) I Think I'm A Monster 6-Ryl Sessions 2009 Island Hopper Volume 1 (12") Clinton Bleeps Island Hopper Recordings Unofficial Releases: Ein Stueck Musik (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) Murderous (Phil Kieran... Led Manville 2004 Nude For Infused I (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) Murderous (Phil Kieran... Led Manville 2006
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