Longitude 2025: Irish acts to catch at Marlay Park this weekend

Black Traffic

Following a major festival season last year, and a string of exciting releases in 2025, the artist also known as Scott Prendergast has established himself as a captivating new force on the Irish scene and beyond – as he brings a thrillingly dark intensity to his sets, blending hard techno, rave and trance. Proudly flying the flag for Cavan, Black Traffic and his friends at Reboot recently joined forces to sponsor new training kits for the Ballyjamesduff football club BJD Celtic, featuring his fresh new ‘BT’ logo on the back. Ahead of Longitude, he’s playing a special b2b show with another Marlay Park-bound act, blk., at Belfast’s Telegraph Building on June 27, following their Belsonic sets.

 

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OJ Wilson

Fresh from the release of his eagerly awaited debut single, ‘Testament’ – an irresistible offering of “deep grooves, melodic pressure and that late-night lift”, as OJ says himself – the Belfast-born DJ/producer is making a stop-off at Marlay Park as part of his busy summer plans. Blurring the boundaries between techno, house and disco, he’s already got an impressive selection of international dates under his belt – and has shared stages with the legendary likes of Fatboy Slim, MK and Ewan McVicar…

Cody Wong

Having already clocked up millions of streams, the Donegal-born, Dublin-based DJ embarked on his debut tour last month – taking his set global, with multiple dates across Australia. Cody has been carving out his own unique sound since his teen years, with his latest release, the trance and rave-informed Drifting In Motion EP – shared on the independent label OBSCUUR earlier this year – cementing his reputation as a serious star-on-the-rise.

CAZ

After signing to fellow Longitude star Patrick Topping’s Trick label last year, the Wicklow DJ/producer has emerged as one of the country’s most promising ones-to-watch. At Longitude 2024, CAZ stood in the crowd as Shona Brophy gave his hit single ‘Sweet Tea’ a spin during her set (you can find his ecstatic live reaction on TikTok) – so it’s going to be extra special to hear the man himself blaring it out this July…

Robbie Doherty

Landing in Marlay Park in the middle of an action-packed Ibiza season, this Ballymoney-bred artist continues to build serious momentum – having wrapped up 2024 as the year’s third highest-selling act in the minimal/deep tech genre. Over the past year he’s also been kept busy with the launch of his own record label, AVENU – through which he released his three-track Bass Electronic EP back in March. Stay tuned for new tracks, coming soon…

 

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Belters Only

Robbie G and Bissett are the standard bearers for Irish dance music. Well attuned to the scene through their solo careers and having made their acquaintances at the now closed Sin venue in Dublin, Belters Only began as a club night at the Grand Social in 2019, before morphing into the powerhouse that we know today.

Their impact can’t be overlooked. These two working class Dubs and their tight network of friends have smashed the glass ceiling with their success. They’ve also been providing a platform for young artists through their We Are Active label.

“We’re trying to change the mentality in Ireland,” Robbie told us in March. “We’re trying to change the culture and make it a more positive place and we feel like we are doing that now. There’s some smashing artists coming up.

“Confidence and belief was lacking before. There wasn’t a realisation that this is possible for an Irish individual. If you were to take any artist around us right now, they all have their own individual story. And none of it was easy. Being from working class areas, from places where this kind of success is unrealistic to them – they’ve had to overcome them battles every single day.”

‘Make Me Feel Good’ (sung by frequent collaborator and fellow dance pioneer Jazzy) was the watershed moment. Boasting over 100 million streams, it became a top ten hit in the UK and became the first dance track since Mark McCabe’s legendary ‘Maniac 2000’ to reach No.1 in Ireland.

Since then, there’s been more chart-toppers, 3Arena sell-outs, world tours, and of course, main stage slots at Longitude – where they’ll be stepping up to for the third time in as many years this weekend.

Plus:

Read our special Longitude 2025 interviews with Irish stars CamrinWatsin [HERE] and blk. [HERE]

Read the full Longitude Special in the current issue of Hot Press, out now: