Rhythm Nation

Jape on music to play while walking through graveyards, and Elizabeth Cotten’s beautiful voice

Electro-rock musician Richie Egan is obsessed with old samplers like the Cazio FZ1. Here the Dubliner reveals how his favourite musicians and songs have inspired him

Richie Egan, of Jape, on his new record 9K HI, Vol 1: ‘I think it sounds very emotional and nostalgic’

Jape is the electro-rock brainchild of Richie Egan, a Dubliner now based in Sweden. First formed in 2003 as a side project to his other band the Redneck Manifesto, it is the only act to have won the Choice Music Prize for best Irish album twice (in 2008 and 2011). Jape’s new long-player 9K HI, Vol 1 is a joyful tribute to past technology, born out of his obsession with old samplers such as the ...