One of those killer all on it dancefloor moments from District 8 last weekend as Bas Bron drops his Faitma Yamaha What’s A Girl to Do? It was a Dublin label after all, D1 Records to be precise, that released this slow breaking off kilter classic many moons ago. Saturday night saw both Eamonn Doyle and Jackmaster on the bill alongside Bron. Both characters who’s names are weaved into the … Read More
Listen To Anno Stamm.
Fresh goods from the All City camp, who are keeping up a relentless release schedule. This time it’s a Berlin based artist that knocked out a cerebral set of IDM, grime and whatever you can jam in between (including Venetian Snares…) in the Turk’s Head several months ago. This round sees them hawking a 12-inch called No One Else containing a preview of album tracks by the man behind the alias. Lars … Read More
Something For The Weekend.
It’s Thursday isn’t it? That means it’s time to start thinking about the weekend. Here’s a round up of some of the party action taking place across this wee island of ours over the next few days. Room 19 take over Jigsaw venue tomorrow with their Party For The People . Nice people they are too, nice tunes, BYOB and it’s all going to Dublin Calais Refugee Solidarity! If … Read More
Listen To DJ Spoko.
Special Edition EP by DJ Spoko Remember a millions years ago, there was an absolute blow up track called Township Funk by DJ Mujava? One that riddled dancefloors with a propulsive pitched up hum and carnival drum patterns. And then no more? Well, DJ Spoko is one of the earliest exponents of this hyped up South African kwaito sound and has been putting out a steady stream of releases over the … Read More
Down In The Hole.
Something for readers who had their appetite piqued by our recent interview on the oral history of clubbing in Berlin. This is a documentary called Sub.Berlin that was commissioned in the wake of the closure of the original Tresor bunker in 2006. This originally came out in 2008 but was recently dusted off for a DVD release. Directed by Tilmann Künzel, SubBerlin traces the club’s history from the early ’90s … Read More
Back To The Old School.
Dublin Old School became something of an automatic rabble favourite when we stumbled upon it at the Electric Picnic a few years ago. It’s back for a short run in the Project Arts Centre this week. So, take a look at this interview with Emmet Kirwan from #rabble9 if you need convincing and grab yourself a ticket while you can. See yiz there.
Somethings For The Weekend.
It’s never too early to start talking about the weekend in the rabble bunkers. This one has us in a tizzy. Trapped with indecision between another night in Tengu or lashings of acid in the Twisted Pepper with Chicago originators Phuture. The Out To Lunch lads bring some whopper value with another night dripping in taste on Saturday night. Juno Plus had this to say about Sex Tags Mania, a label … Read More
Who’s Afraid Of The Dark?
A UK lobby group has published a report identifying the “culture of fear” that stymies a night time economy estimated to run at £66 Billion a year. The report comes right at a time when London gets a 24 hour tube. One can only imagine what a similar report would have to say about our own archaic Dancehall Act. Finish up their lads. Have you no homes to … Read More
I’ll Ava Bit Of That!
Photo by Ruairi Drayne. The Audio Visual Arts Festival conference in Belfast aims to showcase some of the city’s immense electronic talent. Practice your off-tempo dance moves and gurns everyone, the Boiler Room is coming to town. Tiarnán Ó Muilleoir takes us through the weekend ahead. While Irish nightlife north and south remains constrained under the jack-heeled boot of asinine licensing laws, the island has of late experienced a clubbing … Read More
Is Prohibition Doing More Harm Than Good?
Photo: The panel of speakers at the recent Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference in The Helix. Yet another drug related death occurred this past weekend. Once again most media outlets are missing the point completely. Daniel Kirby, is the Chairman of the DCU branch of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Here’s his take on how prohibition is making drug use immeasurably more dangerous. Ana Hick’s death was a tragedy, but a … Read More