The Strand Cinema, by Phil Kieran

The Strand Cinema

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of PKR 038 'Out Of My Mind' Feat Cynthia Sley, Phil Kieran "The Strand Cinema" live with the Ulster Orchestra, The Strand Cinema, PKR 037 'Atlantic', PKR 036 Phil Kieran & Green Velvet "Enjoy The Day" (Hardway Bros Meet Monkton Downtown Remix), Karmann Ghia, PKR 017 "Evil Science" EP, PKR 031 "Last Train To Melbourne", and 55 more. , and , .

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Artwork based on the 2019 album 'Life Cycling' that was released on 'Meave'. This image has been in high demand and only a few copies were printed off for the recent album launch at the Strand to help fund the project. Designed by Al Kennington and never released before. These are printed on very high-grade paper and only 10 prints are for sale. The size is A2, and will be delivered in a cardboard tube.

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Phil Kieran The Strand Cinema (LP) vinyl
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Phil Kieran The Strand Cinema (LP) vinyl

Side 1 - Track 1. The Strand Cinema
Side 1 - Track 2. Light Through Trees
Side 1 - Track 3. Strike The Match
Side 1 - Track 4. Atlantic
Side 1 - Track 5. Grand Central Terminal
Side 2 - Track 1. Pensive Clap
Side 2 - Track 2. Transitions
Side 2 - Track 3. Elephant In Castle
Side 2 - Track 4. Monarch
Side 2 - Track 5. Last Words

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1.	The Strand Cinema 06:40	buy track
2.	Light Through Trees 02:57	buy track
3.	Strike The Match 03:33	buy track
4.	Atlantic 04:14	buy track
5.	Grand Central Station 05:07	buy track
6.	Pensive Clap 03:36	buy track
7.	Transitions 03:52	buy track
8.	Elephant In Castle 05:07	buy track
9.	Monarch 05:14	buy track
10.	Last Words 02:47	buy track

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Phil Kieran - The Strand Cinema LP

The Strand Cinema album is a tribute to the art deco cinema building , The Strand, where Phil’s recording studio is. A stirring and beautiful record, it seamlessly traverses the worlds of contemporary classical to beautifully elevated dance music with a recognisably cinematic influence. Managing to sound both grand and expansive, as well as minimal and introspective – it’s a record that explores the macro and the micro.

The opening track “Strand Cinema”, begins with a steady, gentle, looping pulse, almost recalling the kosmische ripples of Cluster, before sweeping and enveloping strings enter, resulting in a track that manages to sound both grandiose and tender in one fell swoop.

Lead single “Atlantic” perhaps most perfectly encapsulates the various sonic worlds that Kieran is operating in, merging a bordering on euphoric dance beat layered with infectious melodies, while remaining anchored to organic sounds, as strings and percussion collide with the driving and hypnotic groove of the track.

“Strike the Match” showcases Kieran’s talents for detail, in a track that feels almost palpably textural and rich in complexity but without feeling overly busy or superfluous; while “Elephant in Castle” utilises intense, almost gargling electronics, that drone with a foreboding and ominous tone, but also produces fractured moments of light, beauty and poignancy.

Created during Covid Kieran’s method was “To literally be like a tuning fork and ask: What's in my chest? If I were to describe what's inside me, and what's going on in the outside world, If I had to score that in a film, what would it sound like right now? I guess I sort of soundtracked my own life”

“One positive side of lockdowns was that we spent more time in natural surroundings where I’d make field recordings. I’d also record acoustic sounds: cello, violin, percussion, guitar etc and then create my own sample bank from all these single one-note sounds. So, creating your own loops and drones. The album was created from organic sounds manipulated by machines; melted, mangled and hacked with computers but machines only sound as good as the human spirit put into them.
The idea of nature and humans versus technology is the concept behind the album’s A/V show which debuts in Belfast in March before touring. Featuring works by 11 artists from across the worlds of film, animation, advertising, architecture, computer science and dance such as Scottish BAFTA nominated Simone Smith, LA based director Frederico Marzio Vitetta who is famous for skateboarding films like ‘Wet Dream’ with Spike Jonze, to futuristic CGI from BAFTA nominated Kris Kelly and a video from contemporary dancer Oona Doherty. onscreen visualisations that explores The visuals explore nature and technology along a timeline from past, present to future with cinema as a loose reference point with varying degrees of utopian versus dystopian moods

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released March 24, 2023

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Phil Kieran Belfast, UK

Phil Kieran has been in the upper echelons of electronic music, working as a prolific and industry-respected DJ, music producer, collaborator, remixer and composer for film, theatre and media since the noughties. Even before then, Phil describes ‘wisely mis-spending my youth; attending art school, learning and experimenting with musical instruments, dreaming, playing in bands and dj’ing at parties ... more

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