Round Up

So...where to begin?

We got back from London last night, returning to grimy Dublin jaded but invigorated; friday night at Matter was quite crazy, packed to the rafters it was like a cross between the Sir Henry's raves of old and Victoria station at rush hour. The crowd swarmed in a constant flux between rooms and floors, sometimes dragging us along. We arrived as Magnetic Man were bashing it out, with Benga on the mic enquiring 'who wants some technoooo?' to which I replied - not me thanks very much.

The hectic nature of events meant that we missed some of what we wanted to hear, and caught some we didn't particularly care for. The highlights for me were (as expected) Ms Dynamite working the crowd into a frenzy, and Boy Better Know putting on a show of pure energy and entertainment the likes of which I rarely see. Check the evidence below courtesy of Butterz

We only discovered the delights of room 2 as Crazy Cousinz were finishing their set, and as Caspa came on we decided to call it a night.



The real fun came on sunday at FWD>>. I think its fair to say that the four of us who made the trip loved every minute of it, as Scratcha, Oneman, Zinc, Tubby, Benga(playing a sweet garage set) threw down tunes we love and rarely hear out at home, and Sir Spyro absolutely smacked the living shit out of it with a deft quick mix that gave us the energy required to make it up the road for some ckfck? or whatever chicken before bed.



Anyway, as I was away on Saturday, DJ Halfdutch did the usual stint on our radio jobshare. We'd been talking about the show last week, and where to take it - before I got my nike airs in the door, she had been doing the show every saturday night for the last seven years - and we've hit upon the obvious.

Seeing as we finally have a night to play this stuff out in Dublin, and a tight crew of DJ's/producers with a common love and enthusiasm for what we do, why not join the dots? So, from this saturday night the 9pm to 10.30 slot(just not long enough, but you take what you can get) gets a name - Standard.

The show will be run by the Standard crew, so myself, Halfdutch, Sub One and Konspiracy will be sharing the show on a weekly basis - some weeks it may be one of us, some weeks all of us, some weeks local heroes - either way the sound of saturday nights on 106.4 FM will be the sound of the club.



Speaking of the club, last saturday in August sees the man like Brackles coming over to join us, and we're going to throw a party in The Melody Bar between now and then for anyone who missed the first and has a spare fiver to help us finance it. Yeah, we're broke. If we weren't we'd be back over in LDN for this one....






So, here's the final broadcast from the show in its current form from last Saturday night, DJ Halfdutch rolling out the garage + funky plus more. I've a funny feeling everyone's going to be down the studio this saturday, so lock in if you can and shout us if you're feeling it. Don't be put off by the lingo if you don't speak Irish - please get in touch wherever you are.


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Tracklist

01 DARKUS BEAT COMPANY - PROMISES (ROSKA RMX)
02 TRU FAITH & DUB CONSPIRACY - FREAK LIKE ME
03 NU BIRTH - CAN'T STOP (ASYLUM BASS DROP RMX)
04 ARTFUL DODGER & ROMINA JOHNSON - MOVIN TOO FAST
05 Y-TRIBE - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (DUBAHOLICS DUB RMX)
06 NU-DESIGN - TAKIN' OVER ME
07 PEARSON SOUND - WAD
08 KARIZMA - GEORGIA - TAYLOR MCFERRIN
09 PAUL WOOLFORD - WITHOUT YOU
10 LIL SILVA - DIFFERENT
11 ROSKA - HOLOGRAPH
12 MARTIN KEMP - NO CHARISMA
13 FALTY DL - TO LONDON
14 EFDEMIN - ACID BELLS (MARTYN'S DARK MIX)
15 DUBCHILD - LIKE A GIRL
16 BRACKLES - LHC
17 WILEY - AVENGER
18 ZINC - HEAR NO EVIL (INST)
19 JAMMIN - TONKA (MENTA RMX)
20 KODE 9, BENNY ILL & THE CULPRIT - FAT LARRY'S SKANK
21 HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS - WHEN YOU HOLD ME
22 GROOVE CHRONICLES - BLACKPUPPET

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