Beats & Pieces

Dubliner David O’Donohue’s excellent ‘concept’ album, First Course In Hygiene (on D1 Recordings) is being hailed as “the strongest and most coherent body of electronic dance music to come from Ireland,” and is released internationally on November 12th… Also on the techno tip, Ronan O’Ciosoig’s debut single, as Ron’s Mobile Disco, ‘Subconscious Threat’ sold out its first pressing to techno distributors in a matter of days. RMD plays live at Redbox (at Francois’ new Friday residency at Devotion) on November 16th…

Fishgodeep’s ‘Music’s Got Me’ is the first of three singles from Sir Henry’s DJs Greg Dowling and Shane Johnson, who recently celebrated thirteen years of their Sweat night at Henry’s, making it the longest running club night in the world. ‘Music’s Got Me’ has Bass Odyssey’s Graham Finn guesting on guitar, and it’s out now on the acclaimed Chicago label Gourmet Recordings. Next up is ‘Let’s Go Back’ (on another Chicago label, Chez Music) and Set The Night On, the third Fishgodeep EP on New Jersey’s i Records…

Fishgodeep are one of the Irish acts on the free CD included with the first issue of Clubbing Dotcom, the new Irish club culture magazine brought to you by the people behind Galway’s GPO club. The next spin-off from the GPO stable is a 2FM Sessions Tour album mixed by John Power and Mister Spring, out in November. The free CD with issue two of Clubbing Dotcom, meanwhile, is a compilation of banging Irish music mixed by yours truly and called A Drop Of The Hard Stuff…

Paddy Sheridan’s ‘Monophonic’ single is out now on Abbey Dancefloor… Pioneer of the tech-trance scene Mark Sinclair is to release groundbreaking mix album celebrating ten years of the London club Pendragon on Millennium Records. It includes tracks from Nuw Idol, Digital Science and Signum… Speedy J releases his new single ‘Krekc’ on Novamute on November 26th… Mister Spring’s ‘Desire’ single (not to be confused with his Banana Boys collaboration of the same name) is out now on Spring Recordings…

Synthetic Allsorts, the brand new pop-CD and double vinyl compilation from Dublin label Front End Synthetis, includes tracks from dEcal, Ambulance, Spectac, David Donohoe, Daniel Figgis, Rod, Booger, Mr Deasy, Americhord, Dunk, Trev and Michael Morris… Firstborn’s Oisin Lunny is currently in the studio working on the debut album from Ted Barnes, Short Scenes. Ted is best known as Beth Orton’s main collaborator…

Tom Cole has started a new weekly residency, Lavish, on Thursdays at The Met Bar in Wexford. The deep progressive house star’s ‘Devotion’ single is out in the UK now on Pied Piper Records, and was featured on a recent Essential Mix by Nick Warren (who plays Redbox on November 24th). Tom was recently

banned from playing at a private student function at a club where he formerly worked by his ex-employer, who has apparently cheesed off numerous student groups as a result…

Massive, the luxurious new club at South in Tramore, opened without a hitch last month. On the way to the 2,500 capacity four-roomed venue in November are John Digweed (10th), Anthony Pappa (17th), Mr. C (30th) and John Cecchini (24th). Cecchini also opens the new Saturday night club Muve at Shooters in Dublin on November 10th. A night earlier, Alan Pullen re-launches Obsession at the same venue. On December 1st, Judge Jules’ protégé Commie makes his debut at Shooters… Speaking of Jules, the BBC1FM star plays Super Lust at Doc’s on December 23rd… BBC1FM star of the future Fergie is back at Redbox on November 17th… Miguel Migs plays Sir Henry’s on December 8th… Tricky and Luke Slater play The Ambassador on November 16th… Ian Pooley plays TBMC on December 1st…

Tickets are now on sale for the Liberation Christmas party at Temple Bar Music Centre on December 29th. Headlining is CJ Bolland… Tickets are also on sale for the Lush New Year’s Eve Ball, which stars Tilt, Maria Naylor, Parks & Wilson, Rico and Col Hamilton… This year’s New Year’s Eve party at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast features Pete Tong, Seb Fontaine, Steve Lawler, Layo & Bushwacka, Gleave Dobbin, Eddie Wray and DJ C1. The event runs from 9.30pm until 5am, and tickets are on sale now… The 110th Street 3rd birthday Boogaloo takes place at Black Box in Galway on November 24th. DJs are Cian O Ciabhain and Aran Macmahon… And finally, congratulations to Shine. The highly acclaimed Belfast club held its sixth birthday bash recently… AND THE BEAT GOES ON!