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Festival season has well and truly begun and this June Bank Holiday weekend sees the eagerly anticipated return of Dublin’s beloved Forbidden Fruit to it’s home in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. The festival offers an abundance of talent from afar and a fine selection of the best homegrown talent our shores have... Read more »

Festival season has begun! Over the next few months, we’re going to be covering some of the finest events both at home and abroad. The summer is without doubt the most exciting time of the year to catch live music and whether you’re on your way for a mad one or just sitting at home... Read more »

Huge release today from VIVa Music. The “La Familia” Ep features top tracks from Darius Syrossian, Leon, Julian Perez, Detlef, Anek, David Pher, Livio & Roby and Steve Lawler the VIVa Chief. Syrossian’s “The Crew”,  Leon’s “Martina” and Detlef’s “Alitia” are the standouts for us! Have a listen below for yourself and let us know... Read more »

Dutch Trance legend Armin Van Buuren dropped one of the finest mainroom essential mixes we’ve seen early on Saturday morning last. In a special edition three hour mix for BBC R1 he showcased much of his upcoming album “Intense” plus a number of exclusives from BT, Alexander Popov, Orjan Nilsen, Arty and more. One of... Read more »

Stage Times 14.15 – Mark Knight 15.45 – Funkagenda 18.35 – Felix Da Housecat  20.15 – Sasha 21.45 – Nic Fanciulli              

John Newman is definitely one of the hottest vocalists out there at the minute. Most of you will remember him from his collabo with Rudimental. His latest effort is powerful ballad sitting on a melodic drum and bass backing track. It’s a real earworm, we’ve got this bad boy on repeat. And if that wasn’t... Read more »

Ben Thomas aka L’Étranger launched his new label Thomorrow last week and kicked things off with his very own “Don’t Ever Change” Ep. It’s a bit of a switch up in style from previous work (think the 1997 EP) but don’t let that deter you, the EP is absolutely delightful and real summer soundtrack. Favourites... Read more »

Todd Terje saunters into the Button Factory this Saturday for his next Irish appearance after a huge night in Workman’s last November. Having been at that gig, I was blown away by the breadth of this lad’s setlist, accommodating everything from 80s disco to straight-up house, fresh off the Ibiza shores. Far from being a... Read more »

A new name for you today! These guys are called Benin City and hail from the English capital. We’ve got their new track “Faithless” and we’re really loving this one! The vocals are instantly engaging and are backed up by an energetic ensemble of sound. The bassline and stabs a very catchy combo! It’s going... Read more »

Some fresh sounds of summer brought to us this week by Samuel Kindermann, the man more commonly known as Einmusik. Based out of Berlin, the man’s yet another link in the chain staking Berlin’s claim as one of the most dominant forces in electronic music today. Producing those Einmusik sounds for a decade now, his style... Read more »