Renowned electronic artist Throwing Snow unveils a striking new single this summer, ‘Pedalling (feat. Daragh Fleming)’, which will be released via his Snowfall imprint.
Gently euphoric and rich with summer-tinged nostalgia, the track marks a new creative collaboration with Cork writer, poet and mental health advocate Daragh Fleming.
Rooted in a sense of motion and memory, ‘Pedalling’ fuses the rhythmic propulsion of Throwing Snow’s electronic sound design with Daragh’s introspective and boldly vulnerable lyrics. The result is a rousing summer anthem that captures the emotional clarity of long, yet simultaneously transient, summer days.
Originally composed as part of a creative project for architect and extreme cyclist Philippa Battye, the instrumental version of ‘Pedalling’ was designed as a sonic companion for Battye’s long-distance climbs. But when Throwing Snow (AKA UK-born, Donegal-based producer Ross Tones) discovered Fleming’s work, the track took a compelling new direction.
“When I first came across Daragh’s work I was bowled over by his lyricism, storytelling and message,” Tones says. “Within a week, he’d sent back an amazing poem capturing childhood memories and long summers riding bikes. The track now had a new life.”
For Fleming, this collaboration marks a new creative chapter.
“This is obviously my first step into music, which is very exciting,” he says. “When Ross reached out to me it felt like perfect serendipity because putting words to music has always been an aspiration of mine, and now there was this incredibly talented music producer in my DMs talking about doing just that.”
“This track is about how we’re always chasing our youth—the invincibility of those days. I think we’re all, in a sense, longing for a simpler time, when there wasn’t so much to worry about.”
Single artwork by Throwing Snow