Kipunji, aka Paul Jarvis, is a Wicklow-based electronic artist. After having spent the last six years playing and touring with Clannad, Moya Brennan & BANYAH, as a highly regarded keys player, percussionist, producer, and songwriter, Kipunji is Paul’s first solo endeavour, and one that has been extremely successful in a short space of time. Drawing influences from the harmonious folk & new age world he grew up in and being later inspired by Bonobo, Maribou State & Four Tet, the music he creates is warm, uplifting, and melodically rich.
Kipunji burst onto the Irish electronic scene in 2021 with his first single, ‘Fortress‘, which has gained over 1.5 million streams on Spotify, to date. Since then he has collaborated with a plethora of other Irish artists including BENJAMYN, Conor Hamilton Long, Bridin, and Blimp, and has received radio play both in Ireland and abroad, including on BBC Radio 1.
Named as a wave making Irish producer for 2023 by Hot Press Magazine, Aran Sheehy is an artist and electronic musician from Dublin. His 2022 debut single ‘Burn,’ a collaboration with AILSHA, went to number 1 in the iTunes Electronic Charts, and his follow up ‘Mandala’ has seen endorsements from legends of the electronic music scene such as Sasha and Job Jobse. Music written, recorded, and produced by Aran has been featured on platforms such as RTÉ, Hot Press, iHeartRadio, SBS Australia, SpaceAmbient (over 100,000 subscribers) and The Psychedelic Muse (over 250,000 subscribers) Aran’s music has also gained over a million streams on Spotify and other online streaming platforms.
Aran released his debut EP ‘Bridge Burner‘ on May 26th, 2023, a hugely ambitious four track release which attempts to the bridge the gap between raw, energetic 90’s jungle and pristine, immaculately produced modern techno.
Apart from his solo work, Aran is also one half of electronica duo Manyana, and has a space ambient music side project entitled TrES-2b.
In the artists words;
‘We are so happy to bring you our first collaborative single, ‘The Waiting Room.’ Created in Shire Studios, our shared artistic space, this song is the first of what we hope to be many beautiful collaborations. It was such a joy getting to meld the beautiful, uplifting, floating house melodies of Kipunji with the dusty and dark analogue synthesis of Aran Sheehy. We consider ‘The Waiting Room’ not to be lo-fi, but rather to be our own unique brand of ‘Nostalgic House,’ as we truly believe this is a song that could sound at home in any decade from the 90’s through to today.’
Kipunji x Aran Sheehy – ‘The Waiting Room’
All music written, produced, mixed, and mastered by Paul Jarvis and Aran Sheehy at Shire Studios in Blessington, Co.Wicklow.
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