County: Dublin

Decades Active: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

About Donnacha Costello

Releasing records since 1996, and founding his own label Minimise in 1999, Donnacha Costello first came to wide-scale international attention with the albums 'Growing Up In Public' and 'Together Is The New Alone' on the legendary Force Inc and Mille Plateaux labels in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Together Is the New Alone was originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2001 as the second LP under the Irish producer’s given name and firmly established him as one of the leading artists in the field of forward-thinking electronic music after he had primarily made a name for himself with house and techno releases under the Jayrod moniker. Working with elements from techno culture, glitch aesthetics, intricate IDM rhythms and lush ambient textures, Costello never once throughout the album adheres to tried and tested formulas and conventions, but holistically moulds complex compositions out of distinct and discrete parts. The result is a record that is at once easily accessible and deeply affecting, but also infinitely rich and stunningly sophisticated in musical terms. A personal record expressing a universal sentiment—a truly timeless statement that will reverberate for decades to come.

Costello also released the albums No Matter What I Do and OK, That's Great, Start Over in 2005, 6x6=36 in 2006 and Before We Say Goodbye in 2010.