IMLÉ (Translates as;The freeing effect of the mystical hours between 2am – 6am)
IMLÉ was set up by Dublin based musician and producer Cian MacCárthaigh. It is a collective that performs in the Irish language and mixes many styles of music from trip-hop to dreampop to indie. The current line-up includes Mac Cárthaigh along with Róisín Seoighe, James Shannon and Neil Ó Briain. Their brand new EP Taoille was released in March 2025.
Previous releases include 2016's self-titled debut album which featured singers Fergal Moloney, MC Muipéad and Marcus Mac Conghail, the album was produced by Karl Odlum. In 2022 IMLÉ released their second album Fáilte Isteach which featured singers and musicians Fergal Moloney, MC Muipéad, Ríona Sally Hartman and Róisín Seoighe, as well as remixes by Karl Odlum and Ross Whyte. Over the years IMLÉ have toured extensively throughout Ireland as well as playing sold-out shows at Celtic Connections in Scotland, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and SUNS EUROPE in Udine in Italy. 2025 saw them play a headline set on the Hazelwood stage at that year's Electric Picnic.
In 2024 their song Peacach was used as the opening titles music for the Netflix series BODKIN.
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