Phil Kieran. He Aint Heavy. He’s Ginger.
Collaborations with Belfast based Product Deluxe, Slide and BASIC and Kieran’s own club night Sector One (now gone) have seen the mighty ginger swinger played regularly alongside such notables as Richie Hawtin, Umek and Justin Roberston. Still only 25 and he’s released records on everything from Electrix, Mob and Eukabreaks, PIAS, Bugged Out, Turtle Trax and now Skint. So what’s the Irish ‘beat freak’ up to now? Well he’s just released ‘The Bomb’ – another hard hitting slice of techno tilted house. Not to be confused with the mid-nineties slop of Acid House, ‘The Bomb’ by the Bucketheads, Kieran’s release showcases the chunky blend of techno, electro and cut throat breaks you’ve come to know and love. Not the best record this month. But far from boring.