• Galway’s Lá Tech Festival Is Celebrating Electronics In The West This Weekend

    Galway’s Lá Tech Festival & Conference makes its inaugural outing this weekend in the city’s Commercial Boatclub, Woodquay and it’s looking like a very special way to spend your long weekend. Taking place on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May, the festival features a huge host of grassroots, local talent from the likes of Tinfoil (DeFeKt, Sunil Sharpe), Jamie Behan, Lolz, Noid The Droid and Tommy Holohan. Representing Galway’s ever-evolving new wave of club promoters at the festival are Refuge Events’ Mossy Hynes, Basement Project, Origin and Anti Social Acid Club. On an international level, the festival will also host some of European techno’s big names in the form of Ancient Methods, Anetha, I Hate Models,…

  • Rave New World: Palms Trax, Juniper, Toner Head

    Antoin Lindsay and Aidan Hanratty look at the best gigs, tracks, mixes and releases of the week. Gigs Footwork presents: Citizenn, Schmutz, Eddy Kennedy & Brien at The Bunatee, Belfast Friday 16 September Tonight the Bunatee hosts a new night in the form of Footwork. Their first night will be headed up by Citizenn, the Kerri Chandler-approved London via Nottingham DJ who had an album out on Crosstown Rebels last year. Main support comes from local heroes Schmutz who’ll also be joined by Eddy Kennedy and Brien. Good stuff. AL Sense with Palms Trax, Button Factory, Dublin Saturday 17 September …

  • Rave New World: Bjarki, Frankie Grimes, Shanti Celeste

    Aidan Hanratty takes you through the essential electronic gigs, tracks, mixes and releases of the week. Gigs Collate presents Bjarki Live, The Bunatee, Belfast Friday 9 September Iceland’s Bjarki hit the big time last year with ‘I Wanna Go Bang’, a silly banger on Nina Kraviz’s трип label, having previously featured on that imprint’s first two compilation releases. Since then he’s dropped “Б”, and Lefhanded Fuqs is due in the coming weeks. You can catch his blistering live set tonight at The Bunatee, but be warned, it will… bang. Sorry. Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács & Pedrodollar, Opium Rooms, Dublin Saturday…

  • Rave New World: Prosumer, Andrew Lyster, Caskré

    Antoin Lindsay and Aidan Hanratty look at the best tracks, mixes and releases of the week. Gigs Twitch Present Prosumer @ The Bunatee, Belfast Saturday 27 August Everyone’s favourite Berliner-turned-Edinburgher lands in Belfast to bring his unique and eclectic selections to kick off the Bank Holiday. He’s already played at Twitch this year with Head High and he obviously made enough of an impact to be invited back so soon. This time he’s on his own though, and you’d be mad to miss it. AL Pyg presents Legowelt at Pygmalion Saturday 27 August Dutch techno maestro Legowelt is always busy,…

  • Rave New World: Out To Lunch, Ambivalent, Twitch

    A solo effort, Aidan Hanratty brings you the best gigs, tracks, mixes and releases of the week Gigs Out to Lunch August Weekender, Yamamori Tengu, Dublin Saturday 13, Sunday 14 August It’s all about Out To Lunch this weekend. In what’s probably the best lineup Dublin’s ever seen, we’ve got stellar international names like Ben UFO, Laurel Halo, Lena Willikens (who we’ve interviewed here), and Call Super (above), Irish upstarts like Lumigraph, Melly and Sage and the novel curiosity that is snooker legend-turned-electronica fan Steve Davis. I’m bubbling with excitement about it. There’s so much to say. See you there? Sense…

  • Rave New World: Karen Gwyer, GAIKA, Kornél Kovács

    Antoin Lindsay and Aidan Hanratty look at the best tracks, mixes and releases of the week. Tracks GAIKA – 3D [Warp] Following on from his brilliant record ‘SECURITY’ earlier in the year, in what seems like a very logical step for him, GAIKA has signed to Warp. ‘3D’ is the first material of his to surface on the label and it’s some of his best. It’s a noisy, murky take on grime and his evident taste for experimentation is clearly what attracted Warp’s attention, and will hopefully drive him to even wider and deserved recognition. AL Kornél Kovács – Dollar…

  • Rave New World: Equiknoxx, Phuong-Dan, Jake Hodgkinson

    As the weekend beckons, Antoin Lindsay and Aidan Hanratty bring you the best electronic gigs, tracks and releases of the week. Gigs Dialogue Present Jake Hodgkinson at White’s Tavern, Belfast Friday 29 July Dialogue is making its name for itself as one of Belfast’s best underground techno nights. For their fourth party they’ll be bringing in Bristolian Jake Hodgkinson to the intimate White’s Tavern in Belfast’s city centre.  AL  Flipside: Dynamo Dreesen at Bar Tengu, Dublin Friday 29 July Acido Records boss Dynamo Dreesen comes to Tengu for an extended set, promising the solid house you’d expect from this Sex Tags…

  • Rave New World: Inside Moves, Willow, XOSAR

    With his handsome and esteemed Rave New World partner Antoin Lindsay AWOL, Aidan Hanratty delivers a look at the very best electronic gigs, tracks and mixes of the week. Gigs Inside Moves – Dan Shake at T13, Belfast Friday 22 July  Inside Moves bring Dan Shake over for his Belfast debut. Hi brand of house is warm, full of samples and soul, and he’s known as being the first European artist signed to Moodymann’s Mahogani Music. Bastardo Electrico presents DJ Bone at Cyprus Avenue, Cork Friday 22 July Detroit don and deck wizard DJ Bone comes to Cork for a…

  • Rave New World (15/07)

    Antoin Lindsay is back from Freero, and he and Aidan Hanratty return with the best electronic gigs, tracks and mixes and releases of the week. Gigs Bap To the Future with Optimo at Electric Garden & Theatre, Galway Friday 15 July 2016 Glasgow stalwarts Optimo are coming Bap to the Future, bringing their world-famous eclecticism to the 2020’s European City of Culture. Their label continues to innovate, with release #36 from Pussy Mothers sounding key, and their DJing is utterly unquestionable. AH Twitch Present Martyn at The Bunatee, Belfast Saturday 16 July Finally Martyn makes it to Twitch. The constantly…

  • Rave New World (08/07)

    Lucky Antoin Lindsay is off to Freerotation, so Aidan Hanratty is here to bring you the week’s best gigs, tracks and mixes. Gigs Stone Roses Afterparty – A Guy Called Gerald & Graeme Park at Opium Rooms, Dublin Saturday 9 July Crazy as it might seem, this will probably be a super night. Acid house legends A Guy Called Gerald and Graeme Park are sure to bring things back to 88, and I’m not sure anything could ever be more fun. Out To Lunch with Jayda G and Dip at Tengu Bar – Yamamori Sushi, Dublin Saturday 9 July Dip had Jayda G (pictured)…