About Jape
Jape is an Irish electronic-rock band from Dublin, formed by Richie Egan as a side project while he was still in The Redneck Manifesto. Egan, the principal songwriter, initially sought to avoid being labelled just a singer-songwriter, opting instead to present Jape as a band. The band's style has evolved, influenced by various genres, from 1960s pop to punk. "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
Jape's first album "Cosmosphere" was released in 2003 year on the Volta Sounds label showed his experimental side and sense of humour 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".
In 2004 Jape released the album "The Monkeys In The Zoo Have More Fun Than Me". 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.
American super group, The Raconteurs, added their cover version of Floating to their live set list after Brendan Benson was so taken on hearing it, totally by chance, in a tiny Irish bar.
Jape's third album, Ritual, won the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year in 2008, while Ocean of Frequency also received the same honour in 2012. The album This Chemical Sea was released in 2015 and another album Sentinel arrived in 2019.
Jape has performed at prominent festivals like Glastonbury and Electric Picnic, and Egan has been involved in other musical projects throughout his career. In 2015, they released their fifth album and toured Europe. Egan currently resides in Sweden.
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Jape - Floating
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