Artist Profile: Irish Steph

As Tim was kind enough to bring to my attention, it has been quite a long while since we've had any of that genuine French electro banger shiz up on the cheetah. So I present to you - Irish Steph. Despite what the name implies, he is very, very French, being from Cannes, and even though he labels his music 'Electro/Celtic', his work is very, very banger. I've been watching this guy ever since he appeared on Vogelspand about a year ago, but Ive been waiting for him to drop something new since I wasn't really posting much back then. However, in the interest of helping them gain a little buzz, he is only 17 after all, and because our neighbors to the north Trashbag Kids posted working links (cheetah luvs Trashbag)

Irish Steph plays out alot like Justice did when they wrote Planisphere for that fashion show. Its got the electro banger energy and beat, but with some absolutely vicious guitar riffs that grab your attention and send the music on its own trajectory. Power is a good example, opening with some very Sebastian style bass noise and distortion, until some straight heavy metal guitar arrives to rock your world (with a nice "Prepare --- To Headbang").

Irish Steph - Power

The Guide is another great example, with a super Justice-esque opener moving into some glorious funk movement before coming back to catch the listener off gaurd, before punching it in twice as hard.

Irish Steph - The Guide (ft. Apricot'Yo)

Again, not alot of his stuff is accesible on the blogosphere, but enjoy the stuff below and remember - long live French Electro!

Irish Steph - MS

Irish Steph - Leprechauns Eat Red Socks

Irish Steph - Shamrock (Deluce Remix)

Irish Steph - Leprechauns Head Bang tinymix