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Something For The Weekend.

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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.

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Are You Afraid Of The Darko?

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Ireland’s longest running techno night, Bastardo Electrico, is turning 14 this Saturday. To celebrate they’ve booked Wolfskuil bossman Tripeo/Darko Esser for Saturday the 24th in Cyprus Avenue. In anticipation of the event Jasper Mathews caught up with Tripeo for a bit of a chinwag.

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Set To Skirmish?

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On the rabble horizon this Friday is a gig run by the lovely folk at Skirmish! They’ll be poking their head in here now and then to remind us of the goings on in the Irish music scene so tune in to stay updated on all the beats and pieces coming out of studios and bedrooms across the country. September calls for lashings of the good stuff and Skirmish have … Read More

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Something For The Weekend.

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There’s a strong local showing this weekend in Belfast as Tw!tch gear up for their birthday bash.

Tw!tch celebrate turning ten by inviting a selection of DJs from the island that have played at their parties previously. If you can’t make it, check out the event page for the big international line-up next month. In Dublin, Barry Redsetta is taking a short break after the Out To Lunch weekender from throwing the parties and getting back behind the decks, on Friday he plays with Melly.

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Something For The Weekend.

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Pyg continue with their great bookings in Dublin, and up north it’s a big weekend.

With the bank holiday up north this weekend there’s a good selection of big bookings. Blawan plays Belfast, Prosumer plays The Bunatee with Tw!tch and Shine have Marcel Dettman on Sunday too. Over in Derry, Cocoon have Josh Wink, Sven Vath, Dana Ruh and more at their party.

Something For The Weekend.

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It’s all about that lunch time menu this weekend.

The Out To Lunch Weekender is finally upon us and we are extremely excited. A selection of the best DJs around at the moment, both at home and abroad. Plus, nearly all of them playing decent length sets.

A lot of the DJs such as Traxx, Mr. Ties and Laurel Halo were top quality when they graced the Out To Lunch parties previously so we’ve high expectations. Those who haven’t, Ben UFO, Lena Willikens and Mark Ernestus would command big audiences in their own right. So, get lunch. Go out.

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Sounds From The Undergrowth.

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Scrobarnach means “undergrowth” and its a handy way for the guys behind next weekend’s field antics to signal their festival’s intentions. We asked them to send on three track three tracks from artists performing over the weekend to give us a sense of what its all about.   1. Colman Buckely – All Over This first of our essential selections is from Westmeath’s homegrown Colman Buckley, of Local Talk and Traveller … Read More

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Something For The Weekend.

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We’re taking it slow this week after bank holiday, but there’s still some great events to keep you busy.

Flipside and Tengu welcome back XDB to Dublin, and the Dave Hargadon half of Slowburn will be on support. It’s nice and cheap and there’s tunes from early on so make sure to drop in.

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Something For The Weekend.

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It’s Beatyard time of year in Dún Laoghaire and there’s a jam-packed party schedule for the bank holiday weekend.

Dialogue crew have Jake Hodgkinson over from Bristol tonight with the usual high calibre support. It’s the place to be in Belfast according to The Guardian, but don’t let that put you off. Kicking off the long weekend down in Dublin tonight are Answer Code Request in Hangar and Dynamo Dresden in Tengu.

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Something For The Weekend.

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 Four of the best in house and techno this weekend across the island.   While last weekend Bap To The Future had Optimo over, this week as part of the Galway International Arts Festival there are two more top class bookings. First up it’s Shivers bringing over Tama Sumo to play on the Thursday, while Epoch have DJ Stingray 303 to play on the Saturday. Up in Belfast on Friday … Read More