“The bottom line is, the tune has to be good…” Kerry’s 4th Dimension talk homegrown techno [July 1994]
Killarney, Co. Kerry isn’t the first place you think of in terms of cutting-edge electronica,…
Killarney, Co. Kerry isn’t the first place you think of in terms of cutting-edge electronica,…
Some three-and-a-half years after the opening of The Pod nightclub, on Dublin’s Harcourt Street, the…
Morecambe and Wise. Laurel and Hardy. Bert and Ernie. History is awash with great double…
On September 15 last, the Irish dance music industry was a sadder place with the…
The Shaw is dead, long live the Shaw! While Bodytonic may have closed the iconic…
Dublin’s cultural heart skipped a beat or two earlier this week with the sad news…
Big Fish Little Fish (BFLF), which has organised family raves across the UK and Australia…
For those lucky enough to have experienced them, the Creation parties will go down in…
While there may yet be another a chapter or two left in the story of…
Remember April 1998? When going out for a weekend in Dublin would cost you less…
On 13 April 1993, The Pod opened its doors, ushering in a new era of…
Established just over a decade ago, Give Us The Night has long fought the good…
Homelands Ireland 1999, which took place in September of that year, in many ways changed…
One of Dublin’s most iconic clubbing venues, The Ormond Multimedia Centre, shut its doors for…
Sides nightclub, or Sides DC to give it its official title (the DC standing for…
For a generation of clubbers, the Pod/Redbox/Chocolate Bar complex on Harcourt Street in Dublin brings…
At the start of the month, Mixmag posted an April Fools Day ’exclusive’ claiming that…
Fair play to Galway-based DJ Cian Ó Cíobháin for digging this one out and posting…
Bellingham Castle, in County Louth, Ireland, is, according to the official website, ‘an elegant and…
Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for…
With Dublin venues District 8 and Hangar now earmarked for closure in the coming months,…
Today, 25 September, marks 18 years to the day since the Homelands Ireland 1999, a…
Secret Weapon – Dream Lover (Sound Crowd Mix) [1993] vs Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth…
Ubiquity – Bolivian Angel [1993] vs Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth Season [1994] The second…
Mad Sound Disease – MoonBoom [1993] vs Secret Weapon – Dream Lover (Sound Crowd Mix)…
Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth Season [1994] vs Liquid Wheel – Blue [1994] The toughest…
Ubiquity – Bolivian Angel [1993] vs Mr. Spring – Voyager 1.56 [1998] Rounding off the…
Secret Weapon – Dream Lover (Sound Crowd Mix) [1993] vs Razor – Doppelgänger [1999] The…
Agnelli & Nelson – El Nino [1998] vs Mad Sound Disease – MoonBoom [1993] Next…
Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth Season [1994] vs Liquid Wheel – Blue [1994] The quarter…