OLAN MONK - Songs For Nothing LP Techno but rather the initial spark

but rather the initial spark of inspiration for an entire ’70s sub-genre of gritty crime and science fiction films

dirt shoveled

highly atmospheric electronic music

as well as bringing a whole host of new dirges and laments

and Bargeld's voice dominating your dreams for a month after listening

OLAN MONK - Songs For Nothing LP Techno but rather the initial sparkSongs for Nothing was written upon Olan Monks return to the west coast of Ireland. The album is imbued with the influence of sean ns singing, Irish language songs in the old style that often proclaim tales of love, loss and landscape; and also heavily indebted to the late Sinad OConnors confessional songwriting. Reconstructing these influences through their unique perspective has resulted in a fragmentary album veering between collaged pop, machinic