{"id":80191,"date":"2025-09-12T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=80191"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:11:27","slug":"baby-steps-into-raving-a-unique-new-album-by-graham-smyth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/09\/12\/baby-steps-into-raving-a-unique-new-album-by-graham-smyth\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Steps Into Raving: A Unique New Album by Graham Smyth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dublin-based DJ and RT\u00c9 2FM broadcaster Graham has reimagined melodic drum & bass for the tiniest of ravers with his new project, ‘Music For Babies To Rave And Sleep To.<\/em>‘<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released on September 5, 2025, via independent label Practise Music<\/a>, the 38-minute album rounds together sounds from a toy piano and kalimba to carve a soft, playful soundscape. The Irish musician also puts forward a childlike articulation of the track\u2019s titles, such as \u2018Toy Pianonono\u2019 and \u2018Kalimbarama.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each track is further tagged as ‘Before Sleeping,’ ‘Before Raving,’ and ‘For Raving,’ offering a guide for parents and caregivers putting together a baby-friendly setlist for the right moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smyth told<\/a> District Magazine, “If you give an adult a keyboard they will probably try to bang out a hesitant version of \u2018Chopsticks\u2019, whereas a child might throw it, bang it, rub it, hit it, even eat it so, I thought that all the typical sounds (not the eating) that children make when interacting with the instruments should be included in the production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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