First mix of the year – I know, its already April – went out on the Rinse FM airwaves last Thursday as part of the Hessle Audio show. Originally asked to record it as part of a series of label profiles, my laziness got the better of me and I missed the boat on that…
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Rude 66 – From Reason To Ritual
Ruud Lekx has been somewhat of a cult figure for quite some time now. For those deeply invested in what has come out of Holland in the last 20+ years, Rude 66 is a recognisable and notable name, but compared with your Legowelts and I-fs he still remains a bit of a fringe character. But then…
Darshan Jesrani – Mirror Test
Despite all his activity over the past few years, Darshan Jesrani is still best known for his Metro Area collaboration with Morgan Geist. This is far too bad, as he has been behind much great music, especially on the Startree label where he explores more song oriented disco under the aliases Funn City and Cylinder….
Top Jams of 2016 According to Pipecock
2016 has been an interesting one. And by interesting, I mean shitty. And that’s just on the music tip, not even touching on all the rest of the nonsense. I needed long breaks from music, social media, and especially music journalism this year. The music journalism break will likely be permanent, judging by the little…
C Powers – Fitness Check
The man who goes by C Powers first came to my attention a few years back thanks to a nice grip of records I received from CGI Records’ owner Matt Weiner. Of the many highlights of the CGI catalog, one that stood out immediately was the C Powers EP entitled Up Neck, especially the track…
Where You Been (records round up)
Moving swiftly on from 23 year old Dinosaur Jr references, it has been quite some time since I’ve talked about new music on here, so I figured it was about time to throw together what will most likely be a fairly scattershot post on some select releases that have appeared over the last few months…
Mix: Tw!tch Podcast
Tw!tch is a party in Belfast that is just about to hit its tenth anniversary over the next couple of months with 2 parties taking place over September and October. The latter is a monster bash featuring 10 internationals such as Antal, Joy O, Kowton and Soundstream whilst the former sees the guys throwing an Irish-only…
Interview: February & Mars
Even more sparse than our mix series is interviews with artists / djs, but sure what of it. Earlier this week I spoke with Jack Considine, one half of the Irish band February & Mars (alongside Carl Ramberg), who released their debut self-titled LP on Don Williams’ Mojuba imprint in October of last year. For…
Mix – Better to Keep Your Shirt on in Work / Hidden Agenda
My new mix is for Hidden Agenda , who over the last 5 years or so have become one of the most prominent party organisers in Dublin, also now heavily involved in District 8 which has been one of the most succesful new venue operations in the city in recent times. The impetus for the…
Dj Technician & Dj Overdose
It will come as no great surprise to our readers when I say that we here at ISM take the long view when it comes to ol Electronic Dance Music. It is still partly viewed as “new” and there has always been a certain obsession with innovation within its varied sub sections even though we…