Dj Nocturna Interview with Irish Music Legend Cathal Coughlan

Dj Nocturna of The Queen of WandsJanuary 8, 2022 3

Dj Nocturna Interview with Irish Music Legend Cathal Coughlan Dj Nocturna of The Queen of Wands

Cathal Coughlan is the Irish music legend, Co- founder and singer of acclaimed 80s /90s groups Microdisney and Fatima Mansions. As one of Ireland’s most revered singer and lyricist, Coughlan has been described by the Guardian as “the most underrated lyricist in pop today.” The legendary DJ, John Peel said he could “listen to Cathal Couglan sing the phone book.”

In 2019, Coughlan and the members of Microdisney were the first recipients of Ireland’s National Concert Hall Trailblazer Award, which celebrated culturally important albums by iconic Irish musicians, songwriters and composers (for 1985’s The Clock Comes Down the Stairs)

In 2021 Coughlan released his latest solo album in Dimple Discs called Song of Co-Aklan, his first new music in ten years, along with videos produced by Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker George Seminara. Recorded in London, the tracks in the album features contributions from members of long time collaborators The Grand Necropolitan Quartet featuring Sean O’Hagen (Microdisney, High Llamas, Stereolab), Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder), Rhodri Marsden (Scritti Politti), acclaimed Irish-singer/songwriter Eileen Gogan, Andrias O Gruama (Fatima Mansions) and Cory Gray (The Delines) on Wurlitzer Piano. The tracks also features members from the Grand Necropolitan Quartet, such as Nick Allum (The Fatima Mansions, the Apartments), James Woodrow, Audrey Riley ( Lush, the Sundays, the Smiths, Nick Cave, The Cure, the Go-Betweens, Smashing Pumpkins, Catherine wheel, Molokai and Coldplay), Rhodri Marsden (Scritti Politti) just to name a few.

Coughlan’s latest production is called Telefis (the Irish Gaelic word for Television, pronounced Tele-feesh.), a collaboration with producer, mixer and composer Garret “Jacknife” Lee who has worked with U2, R.E.M. the Cars, The Killers, Crystal Castles and Taylor Swift etc.

Telefis released a single in 2021 called “Falun Gong Dancer.” More recently, the legendary post-punk bassist JAH WOBBLE. (Public Image Limited and Invaders of the Heart) teamed up with Telefis on “Falun Gong Dancer.”

Their anticipated debut album called “a hAon “ (Number One) scheduled to be released on February 11, 2022 will feature 13 highly unique tracks.