She's Electric: Doing Things by Halves

It’s full steam ahead for trio Halves. With a new album, a new live set–up, and their first Dublin show since 2011, they’re ready to tear it up at the Dublin Button Factory on July 13.

The Dublin electronic troupe comprises Brian Cash and brothers Tim and Elis Czerniak. Chatting to She’s Electric Brian says, “As much as we enjoy writing and recording, it’s not a patch on getting out and playing live. We’ve definitely missed it. We have some new visuals and we’ll be debuting songs from our Boa Howl album.” Galway, get your dancing shoes on!
Working with the Galway Fringe Festival, Epoch and Bap To The Future have lined up two–weekends of special events taking place in The Factory from July 12 – 30. These include Alexander Nut (19); dBridge (20); Marcellus Pittman (26) and Loud–E (27). Soundcloud.com/aliceclubnight/alice-hot-press-mix has a mix from Alice resident Byron Yeates to get you in the party mood! facebook.com/epoch.galway?fref=ts
Mega producer Orlando Higginbottom, aka Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, is about to take over at Dublin’s Longitude Festival on July 19!  Still riding high on the success of debut album Trouble, he’s now curated the latest installment of Crosstown Rebels’ Get Lost series. The double–disc collection is full of cutting edge house and techno, and includes an exclusive track by TEED and Eats Everything. Previous curators include Jamie Jones, Acid Pauli, Dinky and label head Damian Lazarus, who is celebrating a decade of success! Facebook.com/CrosstownRebels and totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs.tumblr.com/
Woo hoo! Electric Picnic, too, marks a decade of happy mayhem this year!  If you haven’t got your tickets and birthday balloons yet, perhaps this will get you in the mood! Check vimeo.com/68035901 and electricpicnic.ie/holding.html
Cork’s Vision Collective Recordings unleashes a four–track deep–tech house EP by Dublin producer Dominic Smith on July 15, Dominic’s last release with the label was a remix of Maksy’s Lenrod EP. A lover of house and all its sub–genres, his What Is What EP is sure to get you moving! Check facebook.com/smithy.is.swift
Edwin James, AKA Corrugated Tunnel, has been overseeing the debut solo album from Irish house vocalist Antoinette Dunleavy. A member of Grooveboy, Antoinette includes David Morales, DJ Meme, FishGoDeep, Rennie Foster and Legowelt among her collaborative and remix credits.
Motown-inspired lead single ‘Barriers is out on July 5 on Process Recordings, and has already gained support from house legend Robert Owen.
Berlin’s Kleine Reise Club – also a record label – has snared some Irish talent, releasing Dublin producer Timothy Blake’s Heat Crime EP.
It’s dreamy, it’s jazzy, it’s paranoid, it’s melancholy (sounds like HP production weekend - ed). Something for everybody really! The label is putting out two more releases by Irish producers this year. First up, a solo EP from Peter Power and the second, well, we can’t tell you yet! Rest assured it’s a stomper!
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