Jarjarjr.
Cork-based artist jarjarjr has been making noise now for just shy of a decade, amassing a huge cult-like international following along the way. Fusing a vast and eclectic set of influences, ranging from instrumental hip-hop, rap, and jazz, jarjarjr has conjured up a sound in Irish Hip Hop that is entirely new. His lyrics are emotionally supercharged, often indulgently scathing and always an aural treat.
His 2023 release ‘Song 50,000’ is a collaboration with Dublin jazz trio Five to Two. This potent jazz-rap crossover is his first vocal appearance and a mere taste of things to come. His self-produced debut rap album “Catch the Dusk”, being bolstered up by some of the most talented voices and players in the Irish music scene, is highly anticipated and scheduled for release in late 2023.
Last year, jarjarjr presented the inaugural Soul Service as part of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, a curated gathering of the most exciting and experimental voices in hip-hop, jazz, and neo-soul. This saw Kassa Overall (Warp Records), Bricknasty (FAMM) and jarjarjr play to a sold out venue on the opening night of the jazz weekend.
This year he does it all over again, inviting one of the most intriguing and endearing voices in Irish music to the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival: Uly. This will be a night to remember, further reinforcing the soon to be institution that is jarjarjr’s Soul Service.
Socials
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https://www.facebook.com/jarjarjr2
https://bfan.link/song-50-000
Support from Uly
‘Sometimes sad, sometimes groovy’.
Deeply influenced by pop, soul, jazz, nostalgic production value and doing-it-yourself
- Uly (ne? Rafino Murphy)’s work is highly personal, exploratory and largely revolves
around identity and self all against a backdrop of comforting, immersive and
captivating harmony. Since the project's inception in 2018, Murphy has had one
single aim - to create art that not only he himself enjoys, but that which moves the
listener to actually feeling something.
Praised by the Irish music scene as a voice to watch, high-profile placements on both
RTE?/BBC/Hulu’s Normal People and Conversations With Friends, an ever growing
collaborative discography and fresh off the back of the widely acclaimed
1822.demos mixtape release earlier this year and a debut album in the works - Uly is
definitely not to be missed.
[...] The connection between 1822.demos’ impressionistic psych instrumentation and
sci-fi lyrics is a striking departure from the archetypal subject matter you find in soul music. Here, Uly is synthesizing his broad stylistic influences into a cohesive vision.
1822.demos is an elegant, cosmic collection that buttons up the first phase of his
solo career. Anyone searching for old spirits—especially the kind dedicated to
bygone eras of funk and soul—can get behind him. Uly may be a child of the greatest traditions, but he’s also etching out his own corner. - Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork
Socials
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