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WINTER GARDEN PARTY

2007-02-02T05:56:00.000-08:00

more tailor hall shennanigans....

TAPE ME OUT!

2006-12-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

arveene and i invaded bristol last weekend for a great friday night with the TAPE boys. they run an incredible monthly club night in the Arc Bar with previous guests like Mook&Toof (Tiny Sticks), Nightmoves (Kitsune) and the Italoboys. they're probably best known for the TAPE BLOG - one of the best blogs on the internets. check it for regular updates, great mp3 links, superb mixes (by residents and guests) and rambling witty writing. The three guys (richard carnage, puffin jack and mr soft) took really good care of us, so to repay the favour we're having them back to dublin this weekend to play for the Family night at Wax. Family has been going from strength to strength over the last few weeks and they've been full to capacity and turning crowds away after 1am - so hopefully this week will be no exception. i'll be getting things warmed up with some fromage disco and then the boys will be rocking it from 12.30 until closing. come down and check it out and if you'd like guestlist just email me or leave a comment below.
richard and puffin have put together a really nice mix to promote the gig too - you can download it HERE or listen in to hear it played on johnny moy & arveene's show on spinFM on saturday night.

Puffin Jack & Richard Carnage - 'Double Trouble'
1) Intro
2) Young Dog Alien - Amp Trouble // Young Dog Alien
3) Soundstream - Soul Train // Soundstream
4) Chica & The Folder - Tibetteppich (Pink Elln Balkon Remix) // Moniker
5) Heidi vs Riton - Vejer // Get Physical
6) Losoul - Matchbox // Playhouse
7) Palermo Disko Club - Pump // Kitsune
8) Alexi Delano & Xpansul - Echolocation // Plus 8
9) Nasty & Thresher - Black Sorcery // Elektrix
10) Smash TV - Yellow Asteroids // Bpitch Control
11) Audion - Hot Air // Spectral
12) Sideshow - Scary Biscuits (John Tejada Remix) // Aus
13) Interlude
14) Toastyboy - Skinny // Destructive
15) Mala - Left Leg Out // DMZ
16) Stereotyp - Flingstyle // G-Stone

NOVEMBER UPDATE

2006-11-07T09:20:00.000-08:00

here's a new 30 minute mix i did for the BACKLASH website, recorded live in bodytonic's new boozer - the bernard shaw. i wanted to do something a bit different from my usual stuff so it's mostly old hip hop tunes. it actually got played on spinFM last saturday night (my first radio exposure.... woop!)

tracklist:

dj shadow - right thing/gdmfsob
three 6 mafia - stay fly (mad decent remix)
NWA - dopeman (france copeland edit)
yello - oh yeah (booka shade remix)
daft punk - oh yeah
i:cube feat RZA - can you deal with that?
deepstate II - everybody get down
kc flightt - planet E
woodstock outro

DOWNLOAD HERE

i'm playing this weekend at 52funk. always great craic, this is my favorite night in town to play at - they've got the soundest promoters and a crowd that really know their stuff and love to party. last time i was at a 52funk night i was a bit worse for wear and got caught skinning up in the corner by the owner and asked to leave. but i'll be on my best behaviour on saturday though - got loads of great new records so it should be a wicked night.

next week i'm back in the pod for Antics on wednesday. last time we were there we had the place rammed - couldn't believe almost 700 fuckers came out on a wednesday night! i went out for a smoke before i started and nearly shat myself when i saw the queue down harcourt street. it'll be me, and backlash boyos jon averill and steve reynolds lashing out indie disco punk in the main room all night long.

JUSTICE POUR TOUS

2006-09-01T02:30:00.000-07:00

"BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS…."

JUSTICE - Ed Banger Records
+
ARVEENE - Clampdown
JON AVERILL - Backlash
DISCO INFILTRATORS - One Louder Bar

Temple Bar Music Centre
Saturday September 23rd
Doors 11pm
Tickets : 15 E + BF, available from Carbon records.

After smashing the arse out of MARLEY PARK as one of the
chosen few acts who where warming up for and hand picked by DAFT
PUNK...JUSTICE finally make it to town to play a one off show in the
MUSIC CENTRE... The reaction to the set XAVIER JUSTICE dropped was
amazing. He killed it with plenty of their own personal re-edits and up
front club bangers to a hyped crowd on the wet and rainy grounds of the
south-side suburban public park, keeping the amped crowd of over 15,000
buzzing in anticipation of the main event....If this stint is anything
to go by, DAFT PUNK themselves may soon be making way for the latest
leaders of the French music revolution as they smash and grab their way
to the top of the pile...

If you want an idea of what to expect please click the link below, turn the volume up
and absorb...

WATCH THE MOVIE

If you like what you have just seen then you are now ready for
the story behind a modern day club classic so please read on...

PEDRO WINTER, Head honcho at ED BANGER RECORDS came across
XAVIER and GASPARD from JUSTICE at a RACLETTE PARTY* (please see link
below) after sharing some fine red wine, ham and pickles with the two boys.
Pedro fell in love with their bedroom recorded remix of SIMIAN'S
'NEVER BE ALONE'. The track was actually intended for a remix contest but
headed directly to PEDRO's office instead. His label ED BANGER Records put
the EP out and it goes on to smash clubs from Dublin to Durban and beyond
all realms of club consciousness…

The record, which only keeps the screaming chorus vocals
from the original SIMIAN song is an out right club hit. It slays dance
floors across the globe and is supported by all the right heavy weight
DJ's. EROL ALKAN, TIGA, 2 MANY DJ's, ANDREW WEATHERALL, DJ HELL, IVAN
SMAGGHE and EWAN PEARSON to name but a few all get behind it and riots
ensue, across dance floors the world over. Kids from various back
grounds are seen chanting the whole track, while dancing their cotton
socks off and knowing every second of every single break and bass line
completely by heart…following the success of this club bomb they have
been asked to rip up and remix everyone from N*E*R*D*, VICARIOUS BLISS,
SCENARIO ROCK, post-hardcore phenoms DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 (RIP),
SOULWAX, MYSTERY JETS, DAFT PUNK and FRANZ FERDINAND...

This gig is going to kick like a mule, so please don't sleep on this one,
miss it at your peril...

Peace

Arveene

BEATS ON REPEAT

2006-08-22T06:48:00.000-07:00

there's a new night in town starting on wednesday - and i'm playing at the launch with Jez and Superhandz and Sam Davis. Should be a fun night of shiny electro, bastardpop and discopunkfunk. if you're around town, rock in and check her out.

CHOICE CUTS

2006-08-16T02:50:00.000-07:00

Choice Cuts have the dublin hip hop scene stiched up - they get over the best artists, throw the coolest parties, and have the best resident djs. they've got a new improved website on the go with podcasts, archived shows, the most amazing scratching video you've ever seen (by tu-ki), a gallery... the works. i managed to drag choice cuts head honcho mark murphy/dj scope behind the decks to cut up a few records last weekend at the garden party, so as payback i reckon it's only right get a plug in.
there's an amazing new mix on the site by loughlin aka Rizm and it's easily the best hip hop mix tape i've heard in years. he recorded it live this summer at the annual red bull music academy get-together at the sonar festival in barcelona and it's well worth a listen.
check out the tracklisting below and DOWNLOAD THE MIX HERE (right click & "save as")

1. Intro
2. Giant Panda / The Tapes / Tres
2. Cut Chemist / The Garden / Warner
3. DJ Day / Four Hills / MPM
4. DJ Shadow / Roy's Theme / Mochilla
5. The Visioneers / Ike's Mood / BBE
6. Thes One feat. J-Live / Give It Up / Kajmere
7. The Breakestra / How Do You Really Feel/ Ubiquity Records
8. Jazzie's Groove / Soul II Soul / Disky
9. Foundation / Natural Self / Breakin Bread
10. DJ Day / Gone Bad / MPM
11. Nightmares on Wax / You Wish / Warp (with a sample of Bernard Purdie from the RBMA archive)
12. Sharon Jones & The Dap-kings / How Long Do I Have To Wait For You / Daptone
13. El Da Sensei / Crowd Pleasa / Fat Beats
14. Wayne McGhie / Dirty Funk / Birchmount
15. Human Race / Human Race / Dis-Joint
16. Letta Mbulu / What Is Wrong With Groovin? / Jazzman

VISIT CHOICE CUTS ONLINE HERE

MORE GARDEN PARTY PHOTOS!!!

2006-08-15T03:49:00.000-07:00

DOWNLOAD GARDEN PARTY SLIDESHOW

GARDEN PARTY@TAILOR HALL

2006-08-14T05:08:00.000-07:00

WHAT A SESSION!!!
fair play to robbie, al & zoe for organising the night. i had such a good time. thanks to sean for all these photos.

August Playlist

2006-08-04T03:45:00.000-07:00

....a little something for the bank holiday weekend. lots of hot new stuff and a smattering of classics. Arthur Lee of Love died yesterday so i've included a Love song as a tribute. "Forever Changes" is probably the greatest psychedelic record of the 60s and the man was a real legend, still touring up until last year. RIP

August Playlist: DOWNLOAD HERE

michael dracula - destroy yourself
fields - song for the fields
the gossip - standing in the way of control
ted leo & the pharmacists - where have all the rude boys gone?
spoon - i turn my camera on
cansei de ser sexy - let's make love and listen to death from above (spank rock remix)
jarvis cocker - cunts are running the world
love - everybodys's got to live
dj shadow (feat phonte) - backstage girl
man man - i'd rather go blind
peter bjorn and john - young folks (beyond the wizards sleeve remix)
the whitest boy alive - burning

if you're looking for something fun to do next weekend, check out the garden party in Tailor's Hall near Christchurch. it's a paying guest list affair for friends and friends-of-friends and should be a great all-day session. email me if you fancy coming along

Family@WAX

2006-07-26T08:15:00.001-07:00

Wax has reopened and Saturday nights are now all about Family! there's 8 residents and we'll be working on rotation so everyone gets a support slot and a proper 2 hour end of the night slot every few weeks. last saturday was my turn... and i lashed the arse out of it - 2 hours of big dirty bangers... I finished up with daft punk's "rolling&scratching" with an acapella of the rapture "house of jealous lovers" SHAAAAKEDOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWN!!!!!!!!
This saturday it's the turn of the Deceptikons (the kitchen/powerFM) and Gavin Feeney (Underground/515). I'll be back again on the 19th of August

Barcelona!!!

2006-07-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

finally! some photos from barcelona!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A MOVIE/SLIDESHOW OF OTHER PHOTOS!!!!

BREAKER'S REVENGE

2006-07-05T06:07:00.000-07:00

i'm on this saturday night in the Thomas House. hope to see you there.
check out this article from entertainment.ie:

Big Brother Records present Breaker's Revenge

There are stellar new nights cropping up in Thomas House (Thomas Street) every few weeks by the looks of things - one of particular note being Saturday's Breaker's Revenge, hosted by Big Brother Records' Gerry Molumby and Keef Nally. Reported "graphic design king" and eclectic DJ, Keef has held residencies at Debaser in Stockholm, Monde in Barcelona, the Dice Bar in Dublin and DJs frequently at the Odessa Club and Anseo. Digs lots of Disco, Funk, Electro and the occasional guilty pleasure. Big Brother Records head-honcho and resident RiRa DJ, Gerry Molumby has played pretty much every venue in Dublin over the past 10 years. From residencies at Soul Riot, Mean Fiddler, Blue Note to supporting Bootsy Collins, Howie B, Andy Smith, Ninja Tunes and MoWax. His set incorporates PunkFunk, Electro, Rare Grooves and lots of Soul + Party-Breaks joining the dots from Don Blackman to DFA to Arthur Baker to Emperor Machine. And what would a regular night be without the super guest DJ, this Saturday's being Alex McKee. Filthy Electro and Banging Breaks are the order of the night from the big man "Matagouri". Alex is resident DJ at Clampdown and at 52funk. He has supported Tim Sweeney, Shit Robot, Juan Maclean and Optimo at this years Bud Rising festival... and is Dublin's tallest DJ. Alex's latest playlist includes a diverse selection from Kraftwerk, Delia + Gavin, Dondolo, Zongamin Gui Boratto and Rick James. Matagouri is a Maori word for a type of prickily weed and translates as "Wild Irishman". Don't be afraid but do be warned... this is not to be missed. Doors open at 10pm. They stay open 'til 2.30am. And it's free.

ARVEENE MIX

2006-06-23T02:49:00.000-07:00

The boy Arvo done gone and put together an unbelievable mix - 47 minutes of jacking new wave electro. There is some serious tunage on here - most of it not even out yet.... where does he get this stuff? Of particular interest is one of his own tunes, mixed in with the Erol Alkan remix of "the thong song" and then into a BusyP remix.... and it doesn't sound out of place sandwiched in between two big hitters! check out the tracklist and follow the link to download yourself a little gem of a mix for the weekend.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJN5NRPV

Mr Ozio - Half an Edit - F com
Pornophonics - The Push San City High
Shit Disco - I know kung Fu - Nightmoves mix
Bobby Peru - The Truth
Sergej Auto - Chasing White Line Junkies
Peaches -Downtown - Simian Mobile Disco mix
King Unique - To The Left
Aardvark - Just Washed The Pig
Little Death - We are back
Titsworth - Sardines - White
Mustapha 3000 - Kongo Thong
Arveene - ???????
Fancy - What's your name again - Busy P remix
Teenage Bad Girl - Hands of a Stranger
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows - White

june playlist

2006-06-16T05:32:00.001-07:00

first off - a new playlist:

DOWNLOAD JUNE PLAYLIST HERE

june playlist:
starlittlething - lovers of life geemix By beats from the bench (AKA john o'hanlon!)
fujiya & miyagi - transparent things
the stooges - TV eye
peaches - two guys
casettes won't listen - cut your hair
the shakes - life (demo)
sunshine underground - i ain't losing any sleep (serge santiago remix)
prince - uptown

i recorded a new mix recently - check it out by following this link:
DOWNLOAD "INTERGALACTIC AUTOBAHN" MIX HERE

TRACKLIST:

Erland Oye - intergalactic autobahn (acapella)
Sister Sledge - lost in music (betty botox re-edit)
Sugardaddy - love honey (acid version)
Lindstrom - another station (todd terje remix)
Goldfrapp - fly me away (carl craig remix1)
Nathan Fake - the sky was pink (holden remix)
Ono - walking on thin ice (FKEK mix)
sh!t Robot - wrong galaxy
Nomad - (i wanna give you) devotion
Tiga - far from home (speed of sexor reprise)
Daft Punk - digital love
Blur - music is my radar

and there's a few gigs in the pipeline too -
one tomorrow night in the music centre (i'm on the mainstage at midnight)

there's also a new night starting in the hub on fridays called "this scene is dead" - i'll be playing down there too.

2006-06-16T05:32:00.000-07:00

may playlist

2006-05-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since my last post - i'm not too good at keeping this thing updated. these songs should make up for that though , plenty of good stuff in here.

i'm hungover and wrecked so no more waffle - i'll let the music speak for itself.
follow this link to download:
http://www.zshare.net/download/friday55-zip.html

1. bromhead's jacket - when you wasn't famous
2. tom vek - i ain't saying my goodbyes
3. the fall - mr pharmacist
4. sonic youth - teenage riot
5. wolfmother - woman
6. yeah yeah yeahs - honeybear
7. headman - moisture
8. diamond nights - the girl's attractive
9. lily allen - knock 'em out
10. greenskeepers - lotion

have a good weekend!

music for idiot friends

2006-04-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

friends who can't get music to work

ok then. i've been sending out friday playlists to friends for a while but some people can't quite get things into itunes so i'm gonna try doing the mp3 blog thing for a while. let's see how it goes.

here's the playlist for this week.
http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0CXXOIYXT1KJ23HIU78AM4A0YX (follow this link)

1. the presets - are you the one?
they're from australia, they wear tight pants, and they rock. very catchy stuff

2. M83 - don't save us from the flames (superpitcher remix)
it seems superpitcher can do no wrong - here's another quality remix

3. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
tipped for big things, lots of hype around these guys - and with tunes like this you can see why.

4. Art Brut - Emily Kane
the best english indie band out there. eddie argos doesn't really sing, but this works so well. their live shows are supposed to be legendary

5. Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
this song will be HUGE

6. Whitey - Wrap it Up
Whitey makes some stomping guitar driven dance music... kinda the equivalent of an english LCD Soundsystem. dunno when this will be released but expect to hear it in clubs sometime soon.

7. Sparrow House - when i am gone
ok this song sticks out like a sore thumb on this playlist - it'd be more in place on a wes anderson soundtrack. still, it's a nice tune.

8. Star Little Thing - Lovers Of Life
expect big things from grattan and fayser - with stuff like this, they deserve to do well. love the guitar on this, and cowbell always makes me happy. this track was co-produced by scarf enthusiast and dj extrodinaire, Arveene

note:
the music on here is for sampling and promotional purposes only. if you like what you hear - support the artists and buy the records. if you're a record label lawyer type and you want links taken down, let me know and i'll remove them.