This post is a little out of date as it’s now been 3 weeks since BLOC ’10, but it was never gonna appear the week after and I sort of forgot to do it since. But anyways, here is a scatter shot round up of what I caught over the weekend. As with any festival…

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This mix is the 2nd in a series of sorts where instead of getting such and such name dj to do a mix I’ve opted to get one of the many unsung “local” djs to do up a mix. Shane is one of my favourite djs playing in and around Dublin at the moment, and…

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A few weeks ago a friend of mine got in contact with me to see if I wanted to help relieve him of his record collection, which he was getting rid of due to the arrival of his first born later in the year. Records do tend to take up a bit of space after…

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Interviews with the one and only Kenny Dixon Jr are as rare as a sober person at BLOC so I’m really looking forward to watching this when I finish work today. The little write up on the post from the Red Bull Music Academy site makes it sound highly entertaining. I hope it delivers! Watch…

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Our latest guest mix comes from electro maestro Dj Overdose who’s been kicking it  about the Dutch scene for quite some time now, releasing not only as a solo artist but under a few others guises such as The Hasbeens and Novamen. Under the Overdose moniker he had two fantastic releases in 09; In For…

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I’m pretty sure the Gridface blog has been mentioned on here before – it’s in our links anyways – and it continues to be one of the finest blogs for quality electronic dance muzaks. Recently Jacob has posted  interviews with a couple of major players in the early Chicago house scene, Vince Lawrence and Chip…

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Many regular visitors to the discogs website will probably be aware of this list that appeared at the beginning of the week, detailing the most expensive records bought on the website’s marketplace. It’s an interesting and at times amusing list, veering from Throbbing Gristle  boxsets to Italo and hip hop 12″s and even a rare…

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Just a little heads up that I’m gonna be guesting on the Delicious Mix Sessions on Power FM tomorrow from between 6 – 8pm (1pm over yonder ocean), along with Mike Black and Eoin Callanan, who present the weekly show. For anyone interested, you can listen on the net here

Happy new year to everyone, this is just a short post to give a heads up on a couple of interesting pieces that have cropped up online this week. First up RA have just published an excellent interview with Chez Damier, one which I think many will appreciate for the honesty he shows, and how…

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Yes, one would think I’d have something better to do on Christmas Eve than be sitting in front of my computer compiling lists but sadly I’m working over this year’s festive season – though obviously I’ve not actually got a lot of proper work to do as such, but I still gotta sit here  nevertheless….

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This is the first in a series of sorts that will hopefully continue in the new year. We all like seeing mixes pop up on-line from our favourite producers and Djs   but as we  know there are plenty of Djs out there – the local dj if you will – who get little coverage,  don’t…

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And so it has come to be. Some of us never thought it would happen but low and behold Derrick May has finally brought Transmat back into the fold. Actually, it has been an interesting time in techno of late regards a couple of other older labels. Robert Hood has relaunched his seminal M-Plant label,…

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Our latest guest mix comes from London where Toby, along with a few others, conduct all things Bleep43.  This includes a website, an excellent podcast series that spans all sorts of things electronic, the original work of both Orphan and Plant43 along with the excellent parties that have hosted the likes of Convextion, I-f, Dj…

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I meant to record my set from a gig on Saturday night but the Mp3 player didn’t want to play ball so I re-recorded a version of it a couple of days ago.I’ve sort of come at it differently to a normal home mix, was on the early slot so it’s deep enough for the…

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Tom’s post has made me get my arse in gear to post about a few of my own summer record purchases. I most likely could have done this ages ago as I’m focusing on 2nd hand buys,  many of which were got on my trip to Chicago and Detroit all the way back in May…

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The line up for this year’s Dublin Electronic Arts Festival is nearing completion with the usual mix and match of music, art and happenings. It had slackened off a little bit in recent times until last year when it really felt like there was a buzz around the city with countless amounts of excellent gigs…

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Today on the Plastikman website an interesting posting was made. It seems that Mr Hawtin is about to return back to his Plastikman guise for a series of shows and some re-releases of old material. Personally speaking i think Hawtin’s Plastikman work is his finest and was one of the entry points for me into…

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The Lunar Disko boys have gotten a bit of coverage on this here blog so regular readers are probably fairly clued as to what they do. As well as being a great monthly party in Dublin it has also branched out into a record label in the last half a year or so, with the…

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Once again, it was festival time last weekend, this time no running around chalets on the west coast of England or hanging out in downtown Detroit. London would be the latest location for some weekend long musical shenanigans, with the Magicwaves party taking place. Calling it a festival is probably stretching it a bit, as…

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Here in Dublin we are currently experiencing what one could call a proper summer, as in the sun is out and it’s actually warm, unlike the last few years. Even us nerdy types here at ISM aren’t immune to the ability of the sun to perk us up and I for one have been waiting…

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