Dublin breaks duo Splitloop are causing a storm on the international breakbeat scene. Their acclaimed performance at the Breakbeat Awards earlier this year resulted in a headline slot at Fuse’s 5th birthday party in Manchester recently, and bookings for London’s best club Fabric and Supercharged in Brighton. The Supercharged label has also offered the pair a two album deal, and releases their ‘KFC’ single in June. In the meantime, the new Splitloop single ‘Hyper Hyper’ is out this fortnight on Bren and Phil’s own Musicdownstairs label. And the Splitloop remix of Stisch’s ‘Beauty In Me’ is currently getting key DJ support from Orbital, Plump DJs and Graham Gold to name but a few …
UK label Bulletproof has signed ‘Insane’ by Dublin hard dance producer Karl Davis. The release will include a new ‘4am Hoover mix’ by Karl, and it’s the third single of his that Bulletproof has signed. Karl is also about to ink a deal with new Redemption offshoot BHS for his ‘Human Behaviour’ effort, which will be paired with a collaboration with fellow Dublin DJ John Kerrigan, entitled ‘Fourth Dimension’ …
The DJ & Digital Music Academy (DDMA) is returning to The Digital Hub in Dublin on June 5th and 6th for its second weekend of intensive training in all aspects of the DJ profession, from where to buy records, to how to mix them, to producing your own at home. Individuals who run every facet of Ireland’s booming DJ and production industry are involved in the DDMA, which was co-founded by Arveene, Johnny Moy and Modern Green. The DDMA aims to help develop and teach all the skills needed with lectures and showcases from established Irish success stories like Al Gibbs (Ireland Euphoria, FM104) and DJ Tu-ki (Irish DMC Champion) and others will provide expert tuition and guidance for the students. To book your place, phone Modern Green on 01 8363366 or 086 8266030 or you can email [email protected] …
FM104 presenter Al has been confirmed to appear at the Oxegen festival in Punchestown in July, and is launching a new Friday club Feet Treetz in Dublin in the near future. Gibbs, a resident at Spirit in Dublin on Sundays, is also behind a new Saturday club Blue in Longford. The next bash on May 29th features 2FM presenter Mister Spring … Mr Ray’s club The Soul Clinic bows out after four years with a party at Trinity Rooms on May 29th. Also appearing at the Limerick city club are Donal Dineen (27th), Cian O Ciabhain (28th) and Aoife Nic Canna (30th) … Johnny Moy and Arveene are the new residents at 4 Dame Lane in Dublin every Friday and Saturday, spinning everything from punk to funk … Awesome LA hip-hop act Dilated Peoples will play Crawdaddy in Dublin on June 1st and The Empire in Belfast on June 2nd. Also at The Empire, pioneering Northern DJ Iain McCready – who co-founded Sugarsweet with David Holmes – supports Jazzanova on May 30th … Sasha makes a rare appearance behind the decks at Redbox in Dublin on June 6th. Tickets are on sale now from the usual Ticketmaster outlets nationwide … Lisa Lashes launches a new club at South in Tramore, County Waterford on June 6th. Revolution also features Agnelli & Nelson and Darren Rice … Two lengthy sets to look out for at award-winning club Lush in Portrush, County Derry are a five-hour marathon from Danny Howells on June 5th and a four-hour blow-out from Erick Morillo on June 26th … Redbox hosts a classics party on June 4th. Old Skool sees Robbie Butler team up with yours truly … Dean Sherry and Conor G play The Hillstreet in Leitrim on May 29th …New York producer extraordinaire Francois K plays Electric City in Dublin on June 24th. Tickets are now on sale from Selectah Records in the capital … Godskitchen in the UK insist that the Global Gathering scheduled to take place in Ireland on August 21st has yet to be confirmed … Techno promoter Rosman is back in action on May 22nd at TBMC in Dublin. DJs include Detroit legend Claude Young … Temple Theatre has enlisted the services of UK old skool champion Slipmatt for its next Reunion Party at Il Mondo on June 6th. Slipmatt is best known as Lime’s partner in SL2, whose Olympic Ballroom anthem ‘On A Ragga Tip’ was a No1 hit in Ireland and a No2 smash in the UK. Slippy is joined by Jay Pidgeon and yours truly … THE BEAT GOES ON!