Spectac / Horn

Loaf

“Horn” is the third release for Dublin’s own, Paul Morrin aka Spectac and his debut for LOAF. Fidgeting between sharp-edged percussive sound and melody saturated riffs, “Horn” comes across as a piece full of tenderness, intricacies and streams of warm caressing patterns. Imagine a patchwork blanket lovingly handed down through your family, generation to generation, with each little patch more intricate, textural and inviting than the last.   Spectac is quite the veteran of the Irish electronica circuit. In fact he actually started making waves in Dublin in 1993 under his PSR-400 moniker, using only guitar pedals, broken turntables and scrap metal. Spectac has not confined his creative output to the Emerald Isle, far from it; he’s actually released music around the world, from Poland to China and back again, delighting many with his compositions and execution.   After a debut live show supporting Lee Scratch Perry, he quickly notched up several European festivals and a varied range of fans to boot. But not content with showcasing himself to the world, Spectac returned refreshed and has been key in set-up “Front End Synthetics”, a record label dedicated to Eire-Tronic-Eire (excuse the pun).   Their roster includes Planet Mu’s Ambulance, Rod and Spectac himself (check out his debut album “Rabbid”.   Packaged in LP sleeve to preserve cool 12” sized limited artwork by Manuel Schibli.  Paul is currently working on a live show, to take on the road in the next few months  Some previous press:   “...sounds like it has grown of it’s own accord in the woods at night, emerging spec-  tre-like from the shadows...highly recommended album” – warpmart  “...anthemic, pounding, stately, slinky, and alien...” – grooves magazine

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