The weekend clubbing guide is back and it’s a jam packed weekend coming up. Some great locals parties as well as a couple of record launches.
Tonight down in Limerick the 909 Crew have Fran Harnett in control to cause a bit of a ruckus. 909 resident Maedbh O’Connor is on support. Two top quality Irish DJs there so get on it if you’re in the area.
Radicalism and reinvention are two prevalent themes running through programming for A Fair Land. Cultural and artistic activism were predominant in the creation of the political movement for 1916 and it was this gathering of energy, ambition, ideology and activism which A Fair Land sought to emulate, orientating the project towards a future vision moving forward in 2016.
Dublin’s RLSD Records are no strangers to the scene having conducted courses in production and DJing on the regular for the past few years. This week however saw the release of their first bit of wax. Jasper Matthews caught up with one half of the label, Doug Cooney, for a chat about the release and how it and RLSD came to be. Fair dues on the release, tis sounding tasty, … Read More
Rabble clash with DDR for a spooky Samhain Bash.
This Sunday, Rabble and Dublin Digital Radio come together for a Halloween party to remember.
Tresor resident and Another Earth label boss, Esther Duijn, makes her first Irish appearance this Saturday for Basement Project, in Factory, Galway. Jasper Mathews caught up with her for a wee chat in anticipation of the gig. Hi Esther, are you looking forward to your Irish debut? Hi Jasper, I am super stoked to come to Ireland, it was on my wishlist for a while now. Also one of my … Read More
A new online radio station based in Dublin is about to take off. What’s in store? We checked in the DDR crew to find out.
So, a new digital radio station is in the pipeline. Tell us how it came about?
The idea was floating around in our heads for a while I think. A few of us have been involved in different forms of radio over the years and I think we all wondered why Dublin didn’t have something like this already. We went to Open Ear festival on Sherkin Island earlier this year and started talking seriously about it. A five hour car journey home with only national radio for company really got the wheels moving then. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I guess it’s a bit reactionary in that sense, we were a bit angry with the lack of coverage for certain areas of culture in Ireland so we are trying to fill that void in a small way.
This week Tw!tch turns ten in belfast, while DDR appears in Dublin.
Dublin’s got a new digital radio station: DDR. Dublin Digital Radio are having a launch party and streaming for the first time this Saturday from 2pm. It’s a BYO affair in Jigsaw, where the station will be based. There’ll be a selection of DDR artists from Ellll to Daire Carolan to Breen, and more. Don’t miss it!
This weekend features Boxed Off, new club night Wah Wah and the second Gash Collective takeover. Sligo boys Brame & Hamo are doing well for themselves lately, tonight they show us what they’re about as play all night long in Tengu. It’s not too long since they featured at the Out To Lunch Tengu weekender, back again the Firehouse Skank Soundsystem have some roots reggae in the Teacher’s Club tonight. … Read More
Photos from The Grand Social facebook page. Dublin’s northside gets a new clubbing space in The Grand Social. If you’ve been in The Grand Social lately you may have noticed the work being done on the ballroom downstairs. The refurbishment sees the venue change tack and aim to draw in a regular crowd of dance music enthusiasts. Taking over the reins are Hidden Agenda and This Greedy Pig. They’re launching … Read More
An Aquarius, Irish boys in Berlin and another new name for The Pint all feature this weekend.
Friday night sees the Dialogue crew back in action, they bring over Italian digger Niff to play with their usual residents in White’s Tavern, Belfast. The venue on Eden Quay formerly known as The Pint, and briefly as The Wiley Fox, has been renamed The Sound House. It’s there that Mutate kick off their autumn/winter season with Tripeo’s Irish debut. Check out the event page for a chance to win four passes to every show.