Our latest mix-up comes from Ireland’s premier Italo don and co-boss of Forza Italo, a new monthly night dedicated to all things Italian here in Dublin, be it football, film or disco. A rooftop soiree of a Sunday night it has fast become one of the most entertaining nights in Dublin. They have an extra…
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Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything
When I first saw Emeralds play live at Unsound back in 2010 my friends and I couldn’t help but notice their performance dynamics. On the right you had the stoic keyboardist, in the middle the pretty boy guitarist with his expressive licks and hair flicking and, most amusingly, on the left, with his back turned…
Guest Mix – Andrew Ingram, Tabernacle Records
Andrew be doing all things Tabernacle related for a number of years. First off was the Slabs of the Tabernacle club night in Glasgow (possibly the best name for a night ever) before moving on to Tabernacle Records which has seen some outstanding releases from the likes of John Heckle, The Third Man and The…
Guest Mix: Subsignal
Subsignal is the dj/producer guise of Aaron Costelloe. He has also been running the Signal Code label for the last year, releasing a couple of his own 12″s along with the latest release by another Irish techno producer, The Parallel. He’s delivered us a super tight mix of techno and electro, with a few older…
Juju & Jordash: Techno Primitivism
A friend of mine is of the opinion that an album doesn’t really need to exceed about 45 minutes or so in length. I’m inclined to think 60 as a better marker. Gal Aner and Jordan Czamanski would argue against either going on the latest expansive addition to their catalogue. With Techno Primitivism they have…
Records: Mary Boyoi, Cut Hands, Frak, Workshop
Ok, so I here I go starting in earnest again with some regular reviewing. Mary Boyoi: Zooz Unlike our man Gmos, I have little knowledge on the African music scene. No point in pretending. It’s not something I’ve spent a lot of time with, with only Honest Jon’s Shangaan Electro series that delved into this…
NCW – Pharoah And The Goose in stores now…plus a couple of other tings…(5 years?)
Pharoah and the Goose has slowly but surely been finding it’s way into record shops over the last week or so, hence this lil heads up for anyone interested in getting their mits on it. So far, Clone, Juno, Decks, Deejay, Kristina, Crosstalk in the States, Technique and Lighthouse in Japan are amongst the bigger…
Coming soon…Apartment [Three] NCW – Pharoah And The Goose
What with summer time being a bit of a lull period in music while everyone gets their holidays and festivals on come September it’s gonna be time to get things rolling again on all things Apartment. NCW, the man behind the first release, returns with a somewhat different beast of a record. Jazz and deep…
Gary’s Gang this Saturday plus radio today, the 26th.
Our monthly soiree returns to the U Bar up in Christchurch this Saturday the 28th. Myself and Pete from MN To That will be taking care of the bar area while Lunar Disko’s 2 wannabe scousers Barry Donovan and Shane O’ Meara will look after the basement. Free in as always, kicking off around 9pm….
The Weekend That Was
It’s kinda impossible to talk about the weekend just gone without mentioning that elephant in the room, Bloc 2012. As everyone already knows Baselogic have since gone into administration and it is most likely going to be quite some time – if ever – before the truth comes out about how Bloc managed to fail…
New Mix: DNTO Podcast #18
Mix time again, this time the lovely chaps at Do Not Tape Over have asked me to contribute to their series, following on from sets by the likes of Scott Ferguson and Chicago Skyway, so some nice ol company there. There’s some new stuff from Aroy Dee, Jitterbug and Tr One and also the opening…
Free Rotation, Tr One and NCW gigs.
After my first trip to Baskerville Hall last summer there was little chance that a return trip to Free Rotation wouldn’t be on the cards. A festival that is as much a massive house party than anything else, for those who like their house, techno and bass music at the deeper end of the scale…
Some new(ish) records I should have posted about at least a month ago.
Things have been super slack around here of late and it sorta seems like an odd time for me to be doing a records post as I’ve had possibly my quietest month for record purchases in many a year, but it’s also been a while since I’ve talked about any so there is some stuff…
Lerosa on Apartment, new Jitterbug on Uzuri, Gary’s Gang this Saturday…
I’ve been slack over the last month with posts and for today it’s just a quick reminder on a couple of new ISM related releases and this Saturday’s party in Dublin. First up, in a stunning show of ineptitude I never posted on here that the Lerosa 12″ No Mad Rush came out at the…
Gary’s Gang – New Monthly clubnight / Jeff Mills @ Corsica Studios
First up is a heads up on a new monthly party a bunch of us are kick starting this Saturday here in Dublin. U Bar is a new and promising space on Hight Street in Christchurch and on the last Saturday of every month the gang are gonna be taking over the 2 floors to…
Realsounds live webcast tonight, the 4th w/Lerosa & myself…
Realsounds is a new Dublin collective who have recently set up one of these live ustream webcasts from a studio in the city, broadcasting once every couple of weeks for 4hrs. Things are kicking off this evening at 7pm (bst) with Sam Kay and Paudi Ahern before myself and Lerosa stumble about behind the decks…
Mix: Underlying Form Podcast
My latest mix is for the Derry based Underlying Form podcast, a newish series put together by Darren Allen. Guests so far have included Jane Fitz and Nick Craddock so keeping pretty good company all told. This one is a pace-y enough run through of electro, Chicago trax and some other bits and bobs. Juju…
Records: Andres, Bleep43, Plant43, Drexciya
Andres – New For U Detroit’s Dj Dez is one of those perennial underachievers. Fans of his superb dj and productions skills may think I’m talking through my arse but even with a healthy enough bunch of much loved releases, mainly on Mahogani/KDJ, he has remained a somewhat cultish figure in the Detroit house scene,…
Juju & Jordash – live/sex
That title may sound a lil off putting but please don’t be. The Isreali duo have been doing a bunch of live shows of late taking in a few European cities and the US. I’m still to have the pleasure of catching them do their ting but they’ve started recording shows and have placed 2…
Radio: In The Afternoon, Today 29th.
Back on the interweb airwaves today for a couple of hours starting at 4pm (bst). Haven’t looked at my records yet so dunno what I’ll be playing but it’ll be the usual concoction of electronic musaks and what not… Tune in here