The NYC-based Irish co-founder of New York club Mister Saturday Night and Nowadays is releasing with a new solo album.
We last heard from Harkin in 2024 with the release of a four-track Noetic EP a “meditation on the lifelong search for a deep personal connection through spiritual practice.”
On March 10th, the Derry-born Harkin releases the full-length album The Place Where We Live draws on his 25 year experience of running clubs like Mister Saturday Night, Mister Sunday, Planetarium and Nowadays with an introspective body-forward collection of electronic music operating in house, techno and ambient circles.
The title comes from psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott’s idea of “the place where we live,” the psychic space between the inner and outer world — where play, art, and culture help us build meaning. For Harkin, an Irish immigrant long settled in another land, that idea resonates both philosophically and personally.
The Place Where We Live captures the tension and beauty of the pulse of the club and the quiet of reflection — an album about belonging, transition, and the quiet resonance of finding home somewhere in between.
Four tracks from the album are on Bandcamp on Mister Saturday Night Records now ahead of its release including ‘Rants & Raves’, ‘Dreamer’s Disease’, ‘Mother’ and ‘Night Truths’.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
