Not sure how I’ve not gotten around to make a post about my little holiday over to the States for DEMF, but I thought I’d say a few things about it now.

What with the imminent arrival of Tom’s new label it’s also good to hear that he’s not the only one out there applying a DIY aesthetic to putting out new wax. Featured recently on this here site; William Burnett aka Speculator has also recently launched a new label which he is selling directly to the…

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Our favourite young, double-monikered scallywags from the wilds of the Irish  countryside (eh, Carlow to be precise) have a great interview up on the  Bodytonic website you can read here. There is also a nice freebie track to download on the page too.

J-Lo has obviously never been into collecting rare vinyl if she thinks that statement is really true. The hunt for rare vinyl and the hefty prices paid is not something that is a new issue for the vinyl junkies of the world. Ever since the days of Northern Soul silly money has crossed palms for…

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As promised a couple of weeks ago, here is the guest mix from Mr Vunk. He hasn’t supplied a tracklisting  for us but trust me, this is wall to wall with genuine Italo Disco hammers, most of which I don’t recognise anyways. No re-edits, no dubs, this is heavy on the vocals with tight as…

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Now that the dust has settled, the weird nightmares have subsided, apologies have been handed out and my eating habits are back to normal it’s time for a few words on what has become in just over a year and 2 parties, my favourite weekend of the year. The title was a dead give away,…

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David Vunk’s Moustache Records has only been running since 2007 but in it’s short life has clocked up some stellar releases featuring the talents of producers such as Alden Tyrell and Sneak Thief with the influential collector Flemming Dalum and legendary Italo Disco singer Fred Ventura also appearing. David has been around for a little…

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Bodytonic’s latest podcast is a little 30min mix from Mr Smith. There isn’t a whole lot of mixes on line from him, so it’s a nice little precursor to his upcoming Fabric mix. You can get it here

Just a couple of things that might be of some interest to ISM folk out there…first up Global Darkness are celebrating ten years with a party in Amsterdam on the 21st of March, featuring a mouthwatering line up of Dutch electro; Rude 66, TLR, Orgue Electronic, Legowelt and a host of others. Due to BLOC…

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Today my weekly Clone mailout had a surprising text in it, wherein Serge and the crew announced the end of the Clone label, which had been running for over 15yrs.

Last Thursday/Friday saw my first major haul of records of the new year when I took a trip down south to Cork and the unsurpassable Plugd Records. I’d shamefully not paid a visit in the best part of a year so was looking forward to see what goodies were in store for me…

First off, I don’t really mind making end of year lists as it gives me something to mull over on a quiet night-shift in work and every year there are always records that stand out for me, so it’s not the most painful thing to do. I stopped buying records a couple of weeks ago…

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  On the record buying front it’s been a hectic couple of weeks for me, overspending to the point of stupidity – and no Christmas presents bought for anyone yet either, oops. Most of these were picked up on a recent trip to London, where it was nice for a change to have so many…

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Leopoldo Rosa, more commonly known as Lerosa, is an ISM favourite for some time, releasing quirky, original house on labels such as D1 Recordings and Millions of Moments since 2005. A while back I had a chat with Leo talking about everything from his musical beginnings in Italy, nearly packing it all in to been…

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After 3 long but enjoyable days (nights really) Day 4 of DEAF was to bring around the most anticipated event of the festival…

Here be the first part of my look at this years Dublin Electronic Arts Festival

Dj Bone ain’t a happy bunny… It was brought to my attention today by one of my good people abroad that the label “Be Chosen” had released a vinyl EP with three songs containing my entire Music Speech from SUBX01! I license to people, labels and projects where I see fit but to use my…

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It usually takes me about 6 months to even think about recording a mix (there was an 18month gap before my last one!), but as of today I’ve somehow now managed 2 in as many months. This time around I initially set out to make a straight up techno mix but, as happens when having…

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Ah, the awards ceremony. Do we all secretly fantasize of being at some slavish award ceremony, the spotlight hits us, the crowd errupting as we stroll through the crowd to thrust some sort of golden statue into the air? Wooohhooo!! And going on the pic above, posted originally in this news feed on Resident Advisor,…

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The couple of times Kraftwerk have performed in Ireland in the last 5yrs or so I had the misfortune of either not having a spare penny to go see them, or being out of the country. These days I do have a few spare pennies so when The Robots announced a while back that they…

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