Shampain is set to release the first single from his incoming debut mixtape, ‘Catching Up With Myself’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘One Royal Morning’ below.
Centred around the theme of “making up for lost time”, the EP distils the explosive energy of the Irish artist’s DJ sets into five colourful, hardware-centric heaters.
“After almost a decade of proudly being known as ‘just’ a DJ I am emerging from the cave of my studio and bringing u my debut mixtape,” Shampain, aka Cóilí Collins, shared on Instagram.
“It’s a 5-track taster of what’s to come over the next while from me; I’ve been making this stuff entirely from scratch - trying to map out what goes on in my head and this is the perfect representation of what my almost 10 years as a DJ sound like in 3-6 minute segments !!”
The mixtape’s feature single, ‘One Royal Morning’, is set to land tomorrow (6th June) on Cóilí’s own imprint, FREAK MAGAZINE. It’s a colourful invitation into a new realm of the Shampain sonic universe, featuring chugging metallic grooves and bouncy synths overlaid with processed vocals from Galway artist Bethany O’Sullivan, reciting her poem ‘Swallowing The Sun’.
‘One Royal Morning’ is out tomorrow via FREAK MAGAZINE, ahead of the full ‘Catching Up With Myself’ EP release later this summer. Have an exclusive first listen to the lead single below.
Niamh O’Connor caught up with Shampain in his native Galway for DJ Mag’s At Home With series. Read the full feature here.