Boyd's Own Club

Boyd will be Boyd! In Belfast, it’s all violins, pianos, folk and electro from mega–talented musician and producer Rachael Boyd. She’s dropped a dreamy EP, Too High, on Abandon Building Records. It features five originals and remixes from Kelpe, Maps and Diagrams, Sun Glitters and Origamibro. It’s Rachael’s second EP. Her first was 2011’s Back In Your Box, which you can now sample as a free download. Such a nice girl! Check rachaelboyd.bandcamp.com andacebook.com/Rachaelboydmusic

American house singer, DJ and producer Green Velvet AKA Curtis Alan Jones teams up with Belfast’s very own Phil Kieran to bring you one very hot new EP! Birds & Bees is a two–tracker out now. See philkieran.com/recordings.htm
Longford producer Imploded View releases new album Anomaly Domine on August 19 on Imploded View’s Blurry Pop label, a mostly free download service until now. You can also buy it on the ultimate hipster medium, cassette! Where did I put my Sony Walkman? Check facebook.com/implodedview
Cork producer Rory Tec will have his track ‘The House Of Funk’ featured on the new sampler from Redbox Records. Rory went with a Balearic house vibe, which fits perfectly on tracks from Dope Soul, Daire Woods, Dylan Skinner,Paul Newhouse, Robberto and Mr. Black to name a handful. tinyurl.com/jwvrfvd
Plus, if you’re around Dublin on August 23, Redbox and EJ Underground Records are launching a new monthly night, Tribal Grooves in the Voodoo Lounge. facebook.com/events/210849215738040/
Check the new mix from a young Dublin DJ and MC by the name of Kandlebadazz. He’s fresh from a show at Castlepalooza, where he performed with his rock side-project The Notas. Enjoy his mix at soundcloud.com/kandlebadazz/summer-mix
Belfast’s Acroplane Records is set to launch a new EP by Berlin-based producer Rory St John. Rory’s Astroakoustic EP features three originals and remixes by Christoph De Bablon and Diasiva AKA Monolog and Swarm Intelligence. The release drops late August. facebook.com/acroplanerecordings
Heads up Cork! Grammy-winning DJ and producer Dirty South is coming to the Savoy on August 23 for his Irish debut. He recently released a new LP, Speed Of Life. Check Ticketmaster.ie
Speaking of Cork, duo Young Wonder have been setting every festival in Ireland alight recently. They’ve a new video out too, in which they perform ‘Intergalactic’ live in Connolly’s Of Leap. Director Brendan Canty, head creative personage at Feel Good Lost, has recently been deemed to be one of the 60 most creative people in Ireland by the Irish Times. Check the clip out on YouTube.
Wowza! Happy 13th birthday to Dublin label Psychonavigation Records. Keith Downey has done huge work turning the world onto Irish electronica. He’s done us proud. The birthday mayhem is a free event and goes down on August 24 in Sweeney’s Bar, Dublin. Have cake and catch some live and DJ sets from Anodyne, Derek Carr, Sammen Delly, Sean Quinn, Mick Chillage, Seamus O Muineachain and, of course, the man himself, Keith Downey, delivering a Pete Namlook tribute DJ set! Here’s to the next 13 Psychonavigation! Check facebook.com/events/354103311382986/