As we’ve all seen over the years, labels appear and disappear in the blink of an eye, pushing out a few releases here and there and then disappearing off, sometimes leaving a short history of great music – leaving the punter wanting more – other times folding because nobody else could give a shit. It…

Read the full post →

While this is an international site, this post is on somewhat of a local tip as this week it was announced that Electric City, one of the mainstays of the Dublin scene, is to close the doors in September of its weekly night after a hugely successful 5 and a half years. Nights such as…

Read the full post →

Haven’t posted in a while, so thought may as well use this post to throw up my first mix for the site. Not gonna say much about it, its culled from old and new italo, a few edits and some other random bits n’ bobs from the early 80’s. Runs at just over an hour….

Read the full post →

Last Saturday night saw one of the most eagerly anticipated nights of the year in Dublin finally arrive, when the legendary Dopplereffekt rolled into town for their debut (and most likely only) Dublin show. I’d first heard wind of this gig as far back as March, when at Bloc Weekend whispers abounded of the attempt…

Read the full post →

Just a quicky for anyone not already aware, but the mighty Cybernetic Broadcasting System closed shop today. I-f’s announcement can be read here. It seems it just wasn’t viable for them to keep the station going, which is a sad example of how we can take sites like this for granted. But they don’t run…

Read the full post →

Along with those disco edits mentioned in my last post I’ve picked up a nice few varied slabs in the last couple of weeks, and with a slow night at work I thought I may as well share a few. Sean Deason and his label Matrix is someone/thing I’ve been aware of for quite some…

Read the full post →

I’m not sure if it’s just by coincidence that I’m buying more of them at the moment, but there seems to be a resurgence in the disco re-edit in the last couple of years. Maybe it’s the recent rise in popularity in all things cosmic or maybe I just didn’t notice it before. Either way…

Read the full post →

As I’ve only recently exited the world of the pauper student I have still yet to avail of the wonders of on-line shopping – I still await my first credit card – but obviously I still spend a lot of time on the net listening to new music. The last couple of sessions on line,…

Read the full post →

With the launch last week of Richie Hawtin/M-nus’ latest “project”, Contakt, there has been much comment and mockery across the internet. The most interesting point for me was made by Test Industries’ Richard Brophy, here. He mentions at the bottom of the comments how maybe some people resent Hawtin’s ability to use the media and…

Read the full post →

Greetings folks, along with Jitterbug I’m new to ISM and hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with the quality that’s gone before on here. So without further ado here’s my first post, on one of my favourite producers at the moment, John Daly (that’s him above, not me!). The city of Cork in Ireland…

Read the full post →