{"id":964,"date":"2011-10-19T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=964"},"modified":"2011-10-19T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T21:24:29","slug":"doesnt-matter-where-you-take-flight-milan-jay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/10\/19\/doesnt-matter-where-you-take-flight-milan-jay\/","title":{"rendered":"Doesn’t Matter Where You Take Flight: Milan Jay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Milan Jay is John Millane (left, above) and Joseph Kenny (right) – the name of the band is a loose reverse anagram of Millane’s name – and they are from Ballinasloe, just outside Galway City, in County Galway, Ireland. Millane began making music on his own in 2008; Kenny joined him 2010, and their producer\/mixer Mike O’Dowd is currently helping out with drums. Right now, in addition to working on new music, they are contemplating a SXSW bid.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping they get to go, because I have told pretty much everyone who asked me for new music recs in the last two weeks (and several who didn’t), y’all need to listen to this. Since their discography is tiny but very rich, like a Faberg\u00c3\u00a9 egg, I’m just going to talk about all of it:<\/p>\n

1. Mellow Funk<\/a> (2009) [available at: Bandcamp]<\/p>\n

This record, their first, is available in its entirety as a free download from Bandcamp. It’s wholly instrumental, and “Mellow Funk” is a very appropriate title. I’ve been putting these songs on when I need some quiet, and yet also need to drown out very annoying people on the train.<\/p>\n

This is the video for Terracotta Nights<\/a>, which is the last song on the record, and will be your five minutes of Zen for today:<\/p>\n

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Milan Jay - Terracotta Nights<\/div><\/div>
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