Inky Inky Finger

Picture thanks to Peter @ SharpShock.com

For the last 3 months I’ve taken on a residency at a new synth and electro night that was created as a fund raiser for the Gay Community News magazine. The club is called Mother and takes place in Copper Alley underneath the Arlington Hotel on Dame Street (up by Christchurch).

Myself and Kelly-Anne (pictured above with Lisa) are the residents every week, and the music policy is basically electronic music from the 70s to now minus the big obvious pop stuff like Gaga and all that. There is an emphasis on songs with words rather than straight up dance music tracks, but ultimately anything goes if it feels right.

I have to say I’ve been surprised at how quickly the club has become popular and at how wide a spectrum of music we’re getting away with playing too. The atmosphere is somewhere between a house party and and a really good bar with a DJ, and yet it is definitely a club that’s into dancing. Going until 3.30am every week helps too.

While Kelly-Anne is away for a few weeks we’ve had some guest DJs in including Tim from NeoSuperVital, Simon from Monkey Tennis and James from Jo Burger. The club isn’t on this week as everyone is decamping to the Milk Festival but rest assured I’ll be back on August 21st for the next installment.

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My mate Dave put together a fund raiser for Concern’s Haiti fund a couple of weeks ago and managed to raise over €500 on the night. It was a great fun way to spend a Sunday night with some mates, and all the DJ sets were recorded. You can download mine here and this is the tracklist:

Philth @ Play For Haiti

1. The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 (Glimmers Mix)
2. The Beatles – Lady Madonna (Love Version)
3. Jape – Africa
4. Arrested Development – Tennessee
5. The Beastie Boys – Flute Loop (Shock Edit)
6. Mr Scruff – Get A Move On
7. The Chemical Brothers – Swoon
8. Phoenix – Lisztomania
9. The Units – High Pressure Days (Rory Phillips Remix)
10. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
11. The Beastie Boys – Sabotage
12. Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
13. Fight Like Apes – I’m Beginning To Think You Prefer Beverley Hills 90210 To Me
14. Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
15. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
16. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
17. Mama Cass – Make Your Own Kind Of Music
18. Blur – Parklife
19. La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
20. Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix)
21. Otis Clay – The Only Way Is Up
22. The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love

Here’s the Otis Clay track on YouTube:

Finally, the other sets are here:

Carolyn (super Sunday funk soul and rock & roll)
Baby Dave & Shane (warning: includes 80s TV theme tunes and cheeky hip hop)
King Tee (heavy world funk and electronic soul)

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I don’t know about you but I’m getting to be glad I have the 17th off as I have a busy Tuesday night around town. First stop on this mad dash tour of the city is Bia Bar on Stephen’s Street for the long awaited return of Space Camp featuring a motley crew of DJs including Sol O’Carroll, Steve Manning, Ian Bright and myself. I’ll be playing pretty early at this gig, which kicks off at 9pm, if not earlier, before running across the city to support…

… the Bloody Beetroots (Live) at the Academy. Doors for this show are at 11pm, with me on the decks for a couple of hours followed by the craziness that is the BB live show. For an idea of what to expect, check out this video of the Bloody Beetroots playing live in Rotterdam recently. Then I’ve got to gun it down the length of Abbey Street to get to the Good Bits for my first gig there for the gang at…

… Punch presents The Leaders Of The New School, which ironically features loads of old folk like myself, Nic, Calvin and Arveene mixing it up with the kids including Lorcan Mak, Louis Hop, Josh Josh Josh and Colin Perkins. There are loads of good bits (pardon the pun) in the line up here, and ideally I’d love to get down earlier to see some more of the acts, but make sure you don’t miss what will undoubtably be a rare treat of Hystereo vs Deadbots at 1am in the Cave room. You can catch me at 1.30am in the Lounge.

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So, the new project is coming together a little more slowly than expected but it’s getting there. Expect to see live performances by Ghostboy in the not too distant future. Well, this year at least.

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Warming up for Boys Noize - Pic: Fionn Kidney / CantLeaveNow.com

Great fun in the Academy last night for the Boys Noize Power album launch party. Crazy crowd and good music. These are a couple of pictures taken by Fionn Kidney for his Can’t Leave Now website.

Boys Noize rocking the Academy in Dublin - Pic: Fionn Kidney / CantLeaveNow.com

Backstage at the Academy - Pic: Fionn Kidney / CantLeaveNow.com

Big up also to all the twitter folk that were out last night too: @BSpoll, @MrBrianBarnes, @UnaRocks, @NiallMorris, @AndreaHoran, and the backstage invader himself, @adnansorg. Who needs a Twestival, eh?

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Bit of a last minute thing but if you want to be in with a chance to win a double pass to see Shadow Dancer do their live set tomorrow in Kennedy’s, with myself and Chewy and Louis Scully in support, just drop me an email to shadowdancer@philth.is and tell me what record label Shadow Dancer appear on.

For those of you who don’t win, the gig kicks off at 11 tomorrow (Friday) night, and hopefully I’ll see a few of you there.

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Pablo Discobar in Crawdaddy

More changes to gigs and a few added:

April 30th: Thingcheck in Spy (10pm)
April 30th: Pablo Discobar in Crawdaddy (late)
May 8th: Calvin Harris in The Academy [Just Added]
May 9th: Saturdays at Wax (4 Hour Set)
May 15th: Synth Eastwood Band
May 29th: Saturdays at Wax with Mark Alton
June 12th: Nightflight [Cancelled]
…
July 30th – August 1st: Airbound in Croatia [Just Added]

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Philth on a random wall

As is often the case, a few dates I was down to play for have been moved around, so to avoid any confusion, here is the latest up-to-date list of my upcoming gigs.

April 25th – Saturdays @ Wax (4 Hour Set)
April 30th – Thingcheck @ Spy (Early set)
April 30th – Pablo Disocbar @ POD
May 9th – Saturdays @ Wax (4 Hour Set)
May 15th – Synth Eastwood Band (Live) @ The Button Factory
May 30th – Saturdays @ Wax with Mark Alton
June 12th – Nightflight @ The Button Factory

There are a few more to be confirmed too so stay tuned. Hopefully see some of you along the way.

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Posters and flyers are a dying art in Dublin thanks to the particularly harsh litter fines in the city, so it was great to see my name on a cool poster for my recent gig in Derry. The guys at La Musique put a bit of effort into their artwork, and you can check out more of their posters and flyers on the La Musique Myspace pictures page.

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La Musique at Sandinos, Derry

This Saturday I’m hitting the road and heading to Derry to play for La Musique in Sandinos. They’ve already hosted gigs by Hystereo and Deadbots, and they have the Filthy Dukes coming over on Easter Monday, so I reckon I’ll be right at home in their club. Doors are at 10pm. Hopefully I’ll see some of you there. If you make it, you’ll be the first to hear a couple of Philthy re-edits I’ve just done.

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