Ireland

Maeve man The Drifter returns with an entrancing remix of Kurt Baggaley’s ‘Former Self’. Intertwining melodies and beautiful textures see it causing quite the kerfuffle. Big love pouring in and deservedly so! It’s out today on vinyl with the digital release coming February 16th.

Northern Ireland bred artist Montel has stolen the spotlight in the the house scene of late with some banging singles & E.Ps including Brothers Sisters, Toy Tonics & Eastside Kings. He now sets out to win the hearts and ears of house lovers with the release of his new E.P  on Hector Couto’s ‘Roush’ imprint. The release... Read more »

Brand new cut from Tronic/KMS Irishman Ian O’Donovan for you today! Arriving next monday on Darren Emerson’s Detone label is Foehn. The EP represents the first release of the year for the Irish producer and with big releases forthcoming on Detroit imprint KMS Records once more and also on Adam Beyer’s adored Drumcode imprint, you can be sure... Read more »

Maison D’Etre & Little Helpers’ Dan Noel is joined by recent Hot Creations recruit Bunte Bummler in kicking off 2015 in style for Act Natural. The pair have delivered a tidy three track EP titled ‘My Libellule’, which you can check out below. For those unfamiliar with the London imprint, it is home to the likes... Read more »

As many of our readers will well know we like to support our own and regularly give nods to the outstanding dance music talent on our fair isle. None more so that Dublin based DJ and producer Dan Stritch. Having carved out an indelible niche as one of the nation’s top spinners thanks to residencies at... Read more »

Dubliner Kobhi returns to budding UK imprint Maison Rouge this week with a splendid new EP, in our eyes his finest work to date. The three track release is headed up by ‘Give It to Me’, a bass heavy, warehouse ready tech cut jammed with all the signatures Kobhi touches – scintillating hi-hats, killer stabs... Read more »

As When We Dip readers will well know we like to feature some of the amazing homegrown artists from our little island every now and then and in Will Kinsella we have a certain winner. A sound engineer by craft, the Dublin based producer has steadily been earning a name for himself in techno circles... Read more »

5 for 15 continues this week, big up to Anjunadeep & Parquet recruit Whomi who delivered a top quality second instalment.  For episode III, we’re very excited to present the sole Irish representative in the series, a man who despite being in the infancy of his career has already featured many times on When We... Read more »

Irishman Gavin Herlihy joins the New Violence family with a stomping ‘Air Drops’ remix. It features on the new Brothers In Progress & Venditti Bros EP, which is only the fifth release from the Liverpool/London based imprint. Gianni Firmaio & Tripmasterz also partake in a remix capacity. Big support for the EP streaming in, with love from Laura Jones,... Read more »

After a huge New Years Eve line-up, which included the likes of Sunil Sharpe and Terriers, Dublin’s Subject Events kick off the first weekend of 2015 with yet another incredibly enticing booking. The Twisted Pepper plays host this Saturday night as Subject welcomes back legendary NYC House & Tech don Levon Vincent. The Novel Sound proprietor is rightly one of... Read more »