Hot on the heels of ‘Drag’ – a musical piece featuring Naomi Banks, focusing on sexuality
exploration and the power dynamics within an intimate relationship between men – Northern Irish electronic artist, filmmaker, printmaker and photographer Mount Palomar has teamed up with
Choice Prize-nominated artist Karla Chubb (Sprints) on a single that further blurs the lines
between the post-punk, acoustic and electronic realms; something that is becoming a staple of
the artist’s ethos with production credits for up-and-coming Belfast punk outfit Enola Gay and
previous collaborations with critically acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside and
Harry Wilkinson of Maruja.
‘L’Aliment’ is a pulsating cut of hardware-driven electronica brimming with raw and raucous
energy; designed for low-lit rooms and heavy soundsystems and inspired by the mental angst
that only romance can stir. “When writing the song, I sketched out a couple of initial verses,
drawing on a vocal rhythmic sensibility that in some senses reminded me of early Janet Jackon
material. Not an obvious starting point when working with the front woman of an indie guitar band but I like to carve out something a bit different with collaborators. I then asked Karla to come upwith lyrics that personified mental anguish, as though it were a partner or lover and she arrived at the studio in Dublin with a strong lyrical narrative that felt apt, suited the tone of the track and hopefully shows a different side to her as a singer.”
“I decided to call the track L’aliment as a reference to the ‘eats me inside’ lyric as I could
immediately envisage the artwork, and also because my mum was a French teacher back when Iwas jumping up and down on my bed as a young teen, playing Cannonball badly on my Black
Hondo H76 Strat.”
support arriving from admirers at BBC Radio 6, sharing line-ups with and string of impressive
performances at AVA Festival, Boiler Room and Berghain + Panorama Bar, having been one of
the only live electronic acts to play both rooms in the same year at the iconic Berlin venue, where he has played on three further occasions.
manages to manifest itself on every project he works on – firmly marks him as one to watch in
the coming months; showcasing a strong diversity across a variety of line-up slots, including
support for Or:la, Objekt, Fat Dog, Ibibio Sound Machine and Maruja, and further radio support
from BBC Radio 1 and BBC ATL Introducing.Quotes from previous support
“I hope you love this as much as I do, it’s my Track of The Week here on 6 Music from Mount Palomar, this is called ‘Drag’!” – Emily Pilbeam
“I really loved it, I thought it was cool. I am a sucker for a really squelchy acid 303 bass line and I like the themes of the song, the idea of insecurity, self doubt, nervousness, lust, desire and
confusion, putting all that on the dancefloor, that’s always cool.” – Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) Huw Stephen’s Roundtable