The music of Jape is a breath of fresh air to the smoggy atmosphere of Dublin. The first album "Cosmosphere" which was released last year on the Volta Sounds label showed his experimental side and sense of humor with stoner folk and 8 bit electronics rubbing shoulders with friendly ease. It caught the attention of some notable reviewers and deejays with Donal Dineen from Today FM playing it off the air on the show, "Here Comes the Night".
Jape's new album "The Monkeys In The Zoo Have More Fun Than Me" is now available on TMIAT. The album was produced by Jimmy Eadie in Dublin. This album shows a more thoughtful side to Jape's music. This album is preceded by a radio promo single "Floating", co-produced with David Kitt which melds mortality blues, hip hop and gregorian chants to head bopping affect and is proving to be something of an underground hit with club deejays playing it out and getting all sorts of amazing reactions.
"You'll reference quirky bits of stereolab, Kraftwerk and Yo La Tengo and if you have any sense you'll recognise this for what it is: a fully formed class act, with Egan as a cult figure surely bound for crossover success" - Irish Times
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