About herv (new free album out SOON on The Centrifuge!!)
Ewan Hennelly aka Herv is an electronic musician based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been releasing music since 2002 on labels such as Risc, Go Away Recordings, The Richter Collective, Alphabet Set, Net-lab, Acroplane and Cock Rock Disco. Since 2006 he has released all his music for free on various net-labels and 2010 sees him make the jump to the Berlin based The Centrifuge label with a new mini-album.
He is also one half of the electronic improvisation/musique concrete duo Gland and Conduit with Meljoann Ryan.
Herv is available for live bookings and remix / sound design projects. Please see Centrifuge Artist Management for details. For shows in Ireland please contact the artist directly.
"Like watching late period Rick Wakeman being attacked by robots made out of old spring coils. And if you don't think that's a pretty appealing vision, well then, you're missing a few mental teeth."
Byron Coley, The Wire Releases: 2002 - 2010 (See also my page at Discogs.com)
7" single "Warmduscher/Demian" (Compactrisc, risc002, 2002) (Note: 'Compactrisc' became 'Risc Records' in 2005)
"Im Eimer" on "True Love Means Dying Together" (Blue Murder Recordings, Bluemurder 001, 2002)
"Go Away" on "Sick Compilation" (Acidsamovar Records, AcSa002, January 2007)
Northstation remix of "Konnektquartet" from the album "Customer" on mini-album "Normstation" (Slow Loris, slo20, 2007)
Free Online E.p. "Teufelsberg" under the name "Muttermal" available for download from
Digitalbiotope (March 2007)
Free Online E.p. "Migration" available for download from
Net Lab (Net-Lab, NL25, May 2007
Free Online Album "Flot and Retent" available for download from
Acroplane (Sept 2007)
Herv remix of "Cartoon Stair" by Miriam Ingram on Trampoline remix album "Trampalonica". (Go Away Recordings, Go Away 10, November 2007)
"Aoibheann" on "Monographic 7: Acroplane" (INQ Mag, mg007) available for Free download from INQ Mag (Feburary 2008)
"Gestalt" on "Disambiguation" (Alphabet Set / Acroplane, ABCNET10/ACP015) available to download Free from Acroplane and Alphabet Set (Feburary 2008)
Free Online Ep "Lithic" available for download from
The Richter Collective (RICD001, Nov 2008)
Free Online Album "Interiority" (Acroplane, APC 043) available for download from Acroplane (March 2009)
Free digital download of the Herv Remix/Rebuild of the Gestammelorchester
track "Aus Bei Mit Nach Seit Von Zu" available for download from Open Music Net Label as a bonus track on the Open Music Primer 02 to coincide with the release of the second Gestammelorchester 7". (OPN006, May 2009)
Herv Remix of the Not Squares tune "Aye Yo Pa" as a bonus track for the limited edition Cdr version of the "Aye Yo Pa/Iyouusit" 7 inch. (Richter Collective, RIC009CD, June 2009)
"Thy Totalities" on split 7 inch with the Vinny Club as part of the Richter Collective Singles Club, Richter Singles Club 02 (August 2009)
Track "Nylon Amen Jar" on D.E.A.F 2009 Compilation Cd (October 2009)
Free online album "Not figuratively, but literally in love with music..." (Cock Rock Disco, Crockp3-019) available for download from Cock Rock Disco (October 2009)
Herv Remix of the Enemies tune "Nag Champa" on the limited edition Richter Collective Xmas Party compilation Cdr (December 2009)
**NOW AVAILABLE** ACPR002 comes from Dead Sound, last heard on Manchester's Data Trace label with the very well received Bad Thoughts EP. No Faith continues with his varied and unique take on Techno, Breaks and Electronica, and has already received support from DJs including Surgeon, Warlock and Stormfield.
Available now from Boomkat, Beatport, Juno Download, Addictech, Itunes, What People Play, Amazon and most other good online stores.
Gamepak returns on Friday 12th February with another night of music from and inspired by videogames, with live chiptune performances, bigscreen retro videogaming, 8-bit visuals and more.
A double whammy of live gameboy goodness this month, from diminutive Northern Irish lass Houston aka Chipzel (www.myspace.com/chipzel), promoting her upcoming album "Disconnected", pushing an upbeat high-octane sound as she mashes and splices between two gameboys with a dj mixer. Meanwhile, fellow Nordie Skip Gibson aka SKP (www.myspace.com/skppp) makes a welcome return to gamepak wielding a couple more gameboys and padding things out with plenty of Kaos!
Support comes from local beepster Donal McGuinness aka Spank the Chemical Christian, and his partner-in-8bit-crime Machine Code (www.reverbnation.com/donalmcguinness), playing an exclusive set of original 8-bit fusion music. Drop-kicking the night off off will be Gamepak's inimitable DJ C60-Force with his eclectic, decade-spanning selection of Commodore music and game-inspired tunes. And there'll also be a special guest set from chipcore lunatic Creator (www.myspace.com/creatorpop) and a live improvised Nintendo DS set from Glotchbot, aka Gamepak resident DJ Zyme.
And as well as 8-bit visuals from iNFOTOXIN there'll be gaming galore - with such classic retro videogames as Pacman, Frogger, Arkanoid, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Galaga and Marble Madness running on the big, big screen!
From 8pm, upstairs in the Mezz! €8/€10 - get there before 11/with a flyer discount entry and as always mention G
*NOW AVAILABLE* The 1st release in Acroplane Recordings' new line of releases comes from Porcelain Minotaurs; the new project from Jason Kohnen of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble. Dark Dubstep and Breaks, heavy bass, ethnic drums and haunting vocals from Charlotte Cegarra sit alongside varied instrumentation and interludes of jazz/drone experimentalism in this darkly unique 4 tracker.
Available now from Boomkat, Juno Download, Addictech, Itunes and most other good online stores.
Another night of chiptune madness, with live gameboy action from Nordloef & Skp, gamepak resident djs C60Force and Zyme, 8-bit visuals from QPOP, bigscreen videogaming and more!
The second Chip'n'Damned Records release is out now!
Dj Jo Quaid 5 - On The Rince [CND002] Click on the picture to download!
A bright combination of Italo Disco and Jungle with the great sound of the Commodore 64.
And for those who haven't already get it!
Various Artists - Bleep or Die! [CND001] Click on the picture to download!
With Beytah, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou, Célomalabit, Chantal Goret, Divag, Dj Jo Quaid 5, Dr. Von Pnok, Hiromushi, Hypanaut, Iserobin, Motif_r, Osica, Peter Quistgard, The Captain Kirk on LSD Experience, The Toilet, Toxic lipstick, Una niña malvada, Unas, Yatagarasu and Zombectro.
Available for free under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
ah cheers, i know the last !kaboogie session in the twisted pepper was recorded, think the lads were going to upload it the site, though haven't heard it yet myself. will try get that one over to you... nice one!
Gamepak Dublin and NO SIGNAL converge to bring you the GAMEPAK XMAS BLIPNITE!!
FRIDAY 11th December 6pm
ALL AGES SHOW @ EXCHANGE DUBLIN, Exchange Street Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Expect the usual exciting and eclectic selection of bleepy game-inspired tunage, from bitpop to bliphop, chipstep to synthfunk, through to classic chiptunes (and a seasonal 8-bit medley to co-incide with the launch of NO SIGNAL's Xmas window display!!!)
Spread over two nights in Dublin's Twisted Pepper, with artists from Norway, Paris, Denmark, Dublin, Estonia and London, The Bottlenote Festival 2009 is a major event for improvised music in Ireland.
The festival showcases the work of Bottlenote musicians
and promotes collaborative practice between Irish jazz musicians and
their European counterparts, providing audiences with an exciting
snapshot of the best new improvised music both across Europe and here
in Ireland.
Just wanted to let you know that we have proudly released a new Glitch/IDM/Downtempo album by the two Scottish founders of the Section 27 netlabel, Nonima & theAudiologist, titled, 'Almost Tomorrow'. The album is a dynamically crafted work of art, with constantly mutating sounds and textures, over stuttered popping beats, with layers of intricite glitches weaving around the nostalgic melodies, creating a unique wall of sound. The release is available for free download, from our page or the link below, where the tracks can also be previewed. Just click the image to be directed to the page!
The first Chip'n'Damned Records compilation is out now!!!
Various Artists - Bleep or Die! [CND001] Click on the picture to download!
With Beytah, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou, Célomalabit, Chantal Goret, Divag, Dj Jo Quaid 5, Dr. Von Pnok, Hiromushi, Hypanaut, Iserobin, Motif_r, Osica, Peter Quistgard, The Captain Kirk on LSD Experience, The Toilet, Toxic lipstick, Una niña malvada, Unas, Yatagarasu and Zombectro.
Expect to hear bitpop, chipstep, bliphop, live gameboy improv, lofi synthfunk, classic chiptunes and all other manner of crunchy 8-bit goodness, along with yr chance to play classic videogames on bigscreen!!!
Online Now!
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