Regal

The best bit of advice someone ever gave me, "stick to your guns". Looking at event listings for clubs around Dublin these days its great to see an influx of foreign talent. Times for Dublin clubbers it seems are good. On further inspection you cant escape the realisation that the promoters bringing them over are not genuinely interested in the type of music that they play or their significance in the scene as a whole, its clear that they are more interested in getting heads in the door and turning a quick profit. The same people that were pushing "electro" dj's 6 months ago have now switched up, flipped their cap sideways and have booked the latest dubstep, funky or whatever is hot at the moment act to play at their newly named night. Musical mercenaries I suppose. Of course Im not saying that change isnt good,more so, its important to set down a foundation and build on it rather than up sticks and move on just as the next fad arrives.

Thinking about writing this post I suppose I was reflecting on my own musical interests at the moment. Im liking a lot of sounds around now but at the same time I always love hearing something new from a familiar artist. Anyone who has seen Dj Bone in a club will know that he is the epitome of what a solid techno dj should be. Playing effortlessly over 3 decks whilst always maintaining a sky high tempo and keeping the floor rocking at all times. He has a ton of mixes over on his Soundcloud page that you can check out. His production credentials are equally glowing. Heres something I rediscovered over the weekend.

Dj Bone - No Sleep (True to the roots)

B55

I always rip the piss out of one of my mates  for playing Minimal so he never lets me forget about it when I ask him for a track iv heard him play out, and, to be fair iv gotten a few off him. Its never a genre that appealed to me in the slightest, lots of build ups that go nowhere and it generally just leaves me frustrated hearing it for long periods of time in a club but every now and again you get a few gems. Its weird because I like stuff thats stripped back and raw, no bells and whistles so by rights I should get it,maybe its just the way its packaged or the fact that when someone is playing it they never exceed about 10 tracks in an hour. Could be good to see someone taking the music and trying something new with it or just play it out differently. Lose the 2 minute mixouts and just hammer it out.

Gideon - Freak Your Body

Hugs

Iv been revisiting a lot of my old records and cd's lately. Old Aux 88 and Dave Clarke mixes,Anthony Rother remixes, the good stuff. Electro, not the type played by 20 somethings with trendy barnetts, is prob my favourite genre and its a shame that there isnt a great deal of interest in it here in Dublin. Sure, theres people playing it, making it and promoting it but not to the level where you could go to a regular electro night week in week out. Might have to look into changing that. Rediscovered this track there yesterday, most people would remember I-F from their huge track, space invaders are smoking grass. This is a track of their album Fucking Consumer and listening back to the whole thing nearly every track on it is good, its hard to believe that its over 10 years old now, but like I said in my previous post, quality always stands the test of time.

I-F - Cry

Trip To My Soul

Music is cyclic. Trends come just as fast as others go but at the end of the day quality always stands the test of time. There will always be innovators and inevitably there will be those who try to copy them. When I first started getting into breaks it was through compilation cd's available at the height of its popularity, but, it was only through delving a little deeper that I found what I really liked. My early vinyl collection was made up mostly of Tipper and Si Begg records, Rotters Golf Club and Fuel releases sprinkled with obscure white labels. Those days are long gone but I cant help but feel that the impression left by this music is still around today. Listening back to some of this stuff recently, its head and shoulders above any of the current crop of blog superstars productions around at the moment,and, unlike them, has its own quite unique identity.

Children Of The Cone - Bass Toy