bandcamp: sprayforever.bandcamp.com/album/where-r-u
There’s not many musical journeys that connect Sligo and Ibiza via Berlin, but this is the unique sonic path that Tiarnan McMorrow has been on in recent years. The Berlin-based Irish producer, also known as Spray, is now releasing new music under the Spriitzz alias. “Spray for the club, Spriitzz for the sunset,” he explains of the two monikers.
And Spriitzz’s debut track, ‘Where R U’, radiates the feeling of sunset from every second of its glistening run time. While it’s unquestionably a piece of uplifting, euphoric and hypnotic trance, it also has that beautifully, hazy, dreamy and woozy feeling that most perfectly captures the feeling of a night ending and a new day beginning. “When I wrote it I was in Ibiza,” he explains. “And I wanted to make something that sounded like it could have been on an Ibiza sunrise compilation CD. One of those one-off tracks by an artist you can’t find any other music by. It’s a bit of an ode to an old Ibiza that I romanticize that doesn’t really exist any more but I’m still always chasing when I visit.”
The aim for this new output is to make music that “feels a bit more poppy and less clubby,” McMorrow says. “To not be as judgemental and intricate with the music and let it feel a bit more fun and nostalgic.” And so you have music that captures that floating, fleeting and carefree feeling that a trip to the Island can instill in people.
However, what makes this a truly distinctive and fresh piece of music that elevates it way beyond simply a piece of retro Baelric inspired chill out trance, is the use of the beautiful vocal refrain that loops throughout it. “The vocals came from an old Irish dance track,” McMorrow explains. “The kind of trance vocals I chase always have a small flavour of Celtic sounds in it and this one scratched that itch perfectly - it’s a really nice balance between haunting and hopeful.” And so the music itself, much like McMorrow’s own personal journey, is a beautiful meeting in the middle between Ireland and Ibiza.