LRD JXN – ‘Wuja Wuja Wah EP’ – {!Kaboogie}
LRD JXN released his debut EP on !Kaboogie’s new label last September and a fine debut it is. Nobody operates in a vacuum the old adage goes, and the cliche holds true in New Zealand where the wonky, glitchy, synthy, Scottish hip-hop of recent times could possibly be on heavy rotation. Colour is the name...
Scene Report : Macronite and Bump Festival
Growing up in the Irish electronic music scene, Limerick was always a bit of a non-event. The closest I came to raving there was probably forgetting to turn off my mp3 player in the way to jax opposite the Citylink bus stop on my way from Galway to Cork. By and large Limerick was somewhere...
Blacktee – “Dunkno” {Hsuan}
Releases have been thick and fast on Limerick based Hsuan Recordings in the past 6 months. Following their excellent industrial techno effort last month from Manipura and my favourite Irish release this year, Eomac’s Ep One, their 009 introduces us to Romanian based Blacktee who comes correct with two deep housed-up and stoned-out numbers. Blazin’...
Festival Review : Life
Since its humble beginnings as a simple psytrance festival in Charleville Castle many years ago, the Life festival slowly worked its way up the ladder of Irish music festivals until it has become one of the standout dates on the calendar. When one considers that this has been done without any of the corporate backing...
Macronite presents : Boxcutter
Boxcutter has been the undisputed king of Irish Electronic music for some time now, possibly since his debut album on Planet Mu in 2006. Since then he’s released four critically acclaimed Lps and a few well decent 12”s on Hotflush and Kinnego Records. His style most easily fits into the 2-step / dubstep category but...
Interview : Blawan
“Where are you guys going??? you can’t go through this way” The last words we hear as tonight’s headline act and I head through an almost hidden door behind the DJ area in Carbon nightclub in Galway. This door takes us through to a dark oblong room with a crash barrier at the end. Behind...
Interview : Indigo
Liam Blackburn aka Indigo is an electronic music producer from Manchester whos steady rise to notoriety has been steadfast over the past 3 years. Indigo along with friend and often collaborator Synkro have been pushing the boundaries of drum&bass, dubstep and garage with low end heavy tracks and intelligent rhythms with a some times techy...
