Shammen Delly – Charlie Semilanceata
The death of Donegal electronica pioneer Aengus Friel (top) aka Shammen Delly has left his many friends in the Irish music scene reeling.
Aengus had just uploaded this mind-bending video (above) to YouTube of a song from his psychedelic EP The People’s Temple OV Big Tom.
We send our condolences to his friends and family.
Below is the blurb for the EP on his bandcamp page.
‘This is a vivid reimagined vision of a time when Irish Country legend Big Tom and his Mainliners were leaders of ‘The Peoples Temple’ in Monaghan back in the late 70’s and would travel around the country summoning new followers for the sacred dances around stone circles and beaches.
‘His followers would come down the Four Country Roads in droves, the Smithwicks would be flowing and be tainted with thee auwl Magick Mushrooms, the masses would be waltzing and jiving around large fires howling to the skies as the sun rises as the big beat keeps on thumping.
‘The music in this EP is a mixture of old and new music Shammen Delly produced in his Dunge up north in Donegal, which sounds like a surreal noise fest of oneiric electronica distorted whirling warbly synth chords and thoughts of 70’s German Krautrock emotional mellotrons, blending in hidden country bass lines, and a wash of psychedelic industrialistic rhythms and downtempo decrepit trip-hop big beats, and organic recordings of piano,harmonium, and personal recordings from Friel’s family members throughout the past.’
Nick says: Farewell Aengus.
This would have went down a storm after a feed of Mitsis or Mad b’tards in de Olympic ballroom circa 1993.