PROFESSOR SKULLY From "theryan-o-riain22"

SUPERGROUP 1.4 UK.

A slight switch of genre now as we head towards Irelands masters of dance, trance , lounge and electronica of which Ireland holds some of the most 'elite' of the musical world.
Our first (and Irelands most famous) master of sound first started out as a DJ at the age of fourteen before moving into the freshly developing 'electronic' sound that was now starting to find it's foothold in the international music industry. His experiments with sound engineering on the cutting edge of electronica soon earned him the title of 'The Professor' among Ireland and the UK's musical community.
Despite alot of success with the band 'Chapterhouse' - especialy in Ireland - our pioneer grew tired of the bands international limitations and decided to go on a seven year solo spree as a real 'Professor' teaching English language to the students of Toulouse University in France. It was while teaching on the campus that he ended up going to a concert of a dance teacher who just also happened to be one of the most talented choreographers to have ever come out from Africas Ivory Coast. Her voice was astoundingly beautiful and the songs and sounds of her own African culture at that particular concert became a seed of inspiration in a fresh wave of musical creativity that led our musician into writing a few albums worth of material specificaly geared to surround, capture and and highlight that female choreographers voice.The singer, it seems, was just as impressed by his musical creations as he was by her voice and in 1997 Aida and 'Professor' Skully formed their unique two piece musical masterpiece called Metisse.
'Metisse' - the French for 'mixture' is exactly what it is... a blending of the Celtic Irish electronic music of Skully with the intensely expressive and powerfull African traditional and soulfulness of Aida as expressed in the French language. As the demos of their new musical mixture found their way into the offices of the worlds record companies, the return of post brought offer, after offer, for recording contracts and signings.Sony Publishing offered them a worldwide publishing deal even though they hadn't yet signed a recording contact with anyone...and the sound engineers of every record company to hear them out were all so impressed that they all refused to tamper with Skully's home studio recordings as they were all made to a quality that was higher than their own best technicians could accomplish.Skully's recording, engineering and production skills were it seemed, second to no one elses in the entire music industry worldwide.
A contract with Telstar looked very promising, but when it became apparent that the label were more interested in marketing and commercialisation than anything artistic Skully bought their album 'It's My Fault' back from Telstar. This brave move, that could quite well have ended up bankrupting them, instead led to much greater freedom and success as they returned their 'French speaking' household to Skully's native Cork. It soon transpired that one of their greatest fans was Madonna (whose own trance and dance creations of recent years were very much inspired by the duo) and when Madonna embarked on the film project 'The Next Best Thing' she chose the 'very best' for the soundtrack by using the music from her favourite band 'Metisse' . The singles and album quickly made their way to the top of the Billboard and every top compilation album producer concievable requested tracks from Metisse for their upcoming releases from 'The Ministry of Sound' and 'Chillout' to 'Essential Soundtracks'.
A 'Metisse V Horslips' track -using the now world famous Dearg Doom riff from the founders of Celtic Rock- became the Irish football teams theme tune as well as the RTE World Cup theme for the 2002 World Cup...The same year also saw the pair play to crowds of between twelve to a hundred thousand throughout europe. RTE also use Metisse creations for their 'Nationwide ' news programme and their music has been featured in countless TV programs throughout Ireland, the UK, Canada and the United States in programs such as 'ER, The Bill, Dead Like Me etc. When the UK electrical giant 'Curry's' were looking for an artist to help them test and advertise the most powerfull new sound audio systems for home use on the market today it seemed only natural to approach the sound engineer that the worlds most reknowned sound authorities described as the very best...Professor Skully is very much in demand.
Metisse's second album was entitled 'Nomahs Land' and again it drew heavily on Aidas haunting African cultural vocalisations and Skully's rich electronic and classical soundscapes to draw its listeners on to a deeply moving and emotionaly empowered musical journey that keeps up the emotional momentum from the very first note until the very last...When the couple (very amicably) seperated (they are still very close and live five minutes apart )Skully's musical escapades continued (as do Aida's ) with a number of musical collaberations and a solo release with a very unique and 'tasty' approach...
Skully's solo album aptly entitled 'without a voice' features wave after wave of laid back, funked up, upbeat and chilled out musical genius - including the purely musical renditions of former Metisse masterpieces such as 'Nomah's Land' but an extra stroke of genius came in his first solo American release that paired him up with the world famous American 'gourmet' and 'hand made' fudge company, the 'Seaport Fudge Factory' in San Diego. The company ships its gourmet confectionary worldwide but in 2008 they made a very special selection of chocolate entitled the 'Sweet Chocolate Seranade' which includes a special selection of Skully's songs on disc including 'It Rained that Morning' and 'Nomah's Land for Three Piano's'...a move that is very likely to start a wave of 'Skullymania' among the worlds female chocolate lovers!
Further projects over the last eighteen months include 'STILL' featuring the vocals of LA female soul singer 'Esther' and 'Irish Makeover', a chillout makeover of famous Irish folk songs and tunes featuring many established gifted vocalists and another traditional tune first made famous beyond Irelands borders by the Celtic rockers Horslips entitled 'The King Of The Fairies' (a classic reworking of the original 1976 and 2004 versions of the Horslips track 'Trouble' is also found on Skullys other original solo profile in the links below) . There are also upcoming plans for a tour of the Irish Makeover set along with further collaberations with vocalist Kate Murphy and further dance albums in the process of being mixed right now.The musical empire of Professor Skully is expanding rapidly so there are plenty of links to explore for this Master of Irish trance, dance and electronica - including the link to find and order that exclusively tasty chocolate fudge mix to drive the women folk wild...so get stuck in by exploring the following at...

FUDGE FACTORY:

http://www.seaportfudgefactory.com/skullyshirin.html