Update: 2ManyDjs added to the bill.
It’s a long way off yet but Samhain Festival, the one-day festival buzz around Halloween returns this year and the setting is a fresh one.
Weston Airport is 20 minutes outside Dublin and one of its hangars will host Annie Mac, Eats Everything, Melé, Kelly-Anne Byrne and more on October 28th.
A dedicated shuttle service will be running from the city centre.
Tickets on sale at €49.50 plus fees.
Posted on August 8th, 2017
LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy appeared on BBC Radio 1 with Annie Mac to play some tunes and chat.
They discuss how DJing is better when the DJ isn’t the focus (as Despacio does), how he was supposed to co-produce Bowie with Tony Visconti but “got overwhelmed”, how he had an email friendship with David Bowie and how he had planned to do a dancefloor edit of one of his songs but never got around to it before Bowie passed.
Here are the tunes he plays:
Posted on July 7th, 2017
Update: gigs and album title also announced.
James Vincent McMorrow’s new album We Move is done and dusted and coming out on September 2nd and with some recent teasing, and a European tour announced including new dates at Black Box, Galway (October 5th) and National Stadium, Dublin (October 7th), James appeared on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio One show tonight to debut the recorded version of ‘Rising Water’ as the Hottest Record In The World.
The song is R&B soul-inspired with new textures in the form of throwback synths, a motorik bassline. McMorrow’s falsetto remains but there’s a refreshing vitality to it.
James told Annie that the song was produced by Nineteen85, who produced Drake records like ‘One Dance’ and ‘Hotline Bling’ along with OVO acts dvsn and Majid Jordan. Production also comes from Two Inch Punch and Frank Dukes.
He also told Annie about how he ended up on a Drake record and how this record is his most direct due to his co-collaborators. Also, nice 3FE cap James.
Tickets for the Galway show are €30 for members, €32.50 for non-members, and tickets for the Dublin show are €36.50 including booking fee.
Posted on July 4th, 2016
My album of the week, In Colour arrives tomorrow officially as it currently streams on iTunes, and as a bonus treat, Jamie xx made a 25-minute mix of alternative cuts of the album.
Hear it below or over on BBC. Annie also had Shamir in session this week.
Join me on TXFM tonight where I’ll be playing a ton of Jamie tunes.
Posted on May 28th, 2015
BBC Radio One DJ Annie Mac is back in her hometown tonight to play a gig at The Academy in Dublin. It kicks off at 11pm and to get you in the mood for it, I asked Annie for some of her favourite tracks right now and under specific categories…
Jack Garratt – ‘The Love You’re Given’
Paleman – ‘Beezeldub’
I always liked that “All that she wants is another baby uh oh uh one…”
(Ace of Base – ‘All That She Wants’)
Kool And The Gang – ‘Hollywood Swingers’ [as heard on Rubberbandits’ ‘Bags Of Glue’]
Danny Brown – ‘Dip’.
Performed at AMP at Warehouse Project in Manchester last Friday. It was a moment for me.
Gaaaaah, so many remixes! Most recently I love Jonas Rathsman remix of Sam Smith ‘Like I Can’ and Joakim remix of Kindness Feat Robyn ‘Who Do You Love’:
I remember once when lived in a bedsit in Manhattan with my friends. My pal Aran put on Lenny Kravitz – ‘Heaven Help’ and I woke up to it. It’s a very beautiful song to wake up to.
Spooky Black
Johnny Cash – ‘Hurt’
A Tribe Called Quest – Beats Rhymes and Life. This is the one I remember the most. I bought it when i lived in NYC for that Summer. I remember listening to ‘1nce Again’ on repeat. I still have it, it’s ruined but I’ve kept all my records that help tell a story of my whereabouts..
I love DJ Haus’ ‘Coming On’ at the moment. There’s everything I love about dance music in that one.
I remember playing Rihanna ‘Umbrella’ at a family wedding and it not going down very well. I was very drunk and I’m not sure anyone else was drunk enough.
Cajmere – ‘Percolator’ (Jamie Jones Vault Remix)
See above! See also: Cajmere – ‘Midnight’, Double 99 – ‘Rip Groove’.
Novelist is amazing. Super young and super talented.
Caribou – ‘Silver’
Jack Garratt. Rosie Lowe, Lapsley… the list goes on..
Stephanie Roche’s super goal!!! Obsessed!
Tickets are €19.90 plus fees for tonight on sale now from Ticketmaster. Should be a few tickets on the door too.
Posted on December 3rd, 2014
Good evening Ireland, and that’s an order. Jameson have teamed up with Nialler9 in the pursuit of a great night out. So if you have no plans, read on…
Highlights: Sinkane, Nite Jewel, Annie Mac, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Sleaford Mods, Yule @ The Co-Op, Seven Davis Jr, Lone, JJ, Jackmaster…
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Posted on December 2nd, 2014
BBC Radio One DJ and Dubliner Annie Mac is coming back home for a show in Twisted Pepper The Academy (upgraded due to demand) on December 3rd for a DJ set.
Tickets are €19.90 plus fees on sale now from Ticketmaster.
Meanwhile, Annie’s latest endeavour is a music festival in Malta called Lost and Found next April featuring Carl Craig, Kaytranada, Kerri Chandler, Ten Walls, Tiga, Julio Bashmore, Paleman and more.
The DJ’s latest AMP compilation is out now and features tracks from Tiga, Disclosure, Jungle, Ten Walls, Cyril Hahn’s Jessie Ware remix, Vic Mensa, Jamie xx, Wet, Lapsley and more across 2 discs.
That fun Tiga track – ‘Bugatti’:
Posted on November 21st, 2014
From Annie Mac’s AMP 2012 compilation, ‘Watching Over You’ is an exclusive new bleepy track from AlunaGeorge and wouldn’t you know the similarly-inspired visual is by Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost.
Posted on October 5th, 2012
A new Mmoths tune ‘Over You which features on the Annie Mac compilation AMP 2012 alongside Diplo, Azealia Banks, TNGHT, Wiley, AlunaGeorge, Drake and Frank Ocean. Full tracklisting below. Video by, you guessed it – Feel Good Lost.
Posted on September 11th, 2012
As if we need any more proof of Chilly’s awesomeness, this 5 minute Annie Mac mix finds the self-styled musical genius play as many recognisable songs on the piano into that timeframe. How many do you recognise? Check out Aoife’s recent interview with him.
Posted on November 28th, 2010
A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin.
Tuesday 10th Nov
– Damien Jurado @ Whelan’s (€20)
Wednesday 11th Nov
– Marina and the Diamonds @ The Academy, Dublin (€14.80)
– Shred Yr Face tour: Cave Singers, Woods, Espers @ Crawdaddy, Dublin (€18)
– Mark Eitzel @ The Village (€20)
– Yellowman, Worries International @ The Button Factory (€16)
Thursday 12th Nov
– The Once A Month Club: Henrietta Game, Planet Parade, Dirty 9s @ Academy 2 (€5)
– The !K Club with Safetyboy, Gon, Ryan Kavanagh & !Kaboogie DJs @ Thomas House (FREE, 8.30pm)
– La Roux @ The Academy, Dublin (€17.50)
– Annie Mac, Benga, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ The Academy (late show, €25.50)
– Soundcheck @ Spy (Free before 11pm, €5 after
– Jinx Lennon, Christy Moore, Captain Moonlight @ The Sugar Club (€12) (more…)
Posted on November 9th, 2009
I heard this via Annie Mac and her excellent 2 Disc Mix CD Annie Mac Presents which was released a couple of weeks ago. It’s indicative of the new breed of dubstep tunes – all emotional with strains of other electronic music at its core. It’s a bit epic this. Nice one Subscape. Buy the 12″.
Annie Mac plays The Academy this Thursday with Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and another dubstep champion Benga.
Posted on November 9th, 2009
Annie Mac has been banging on about this track of late and rightly so, it’s amazing. Easily the best remix I’ve heard in a while. At just shy of ten minutes, this is epic, disco house at its absolute best. Go on my son.
Dj Mehdi – Pocket Piano (Joakim remix)
It’s from a 12″ EP from Mehdi released on Ed Banger on December 10th.
Posted on November 24th, 2008
Dublin Quays Festival returns featuring Pillow Queens, Sleep Thieves, The Murder Capital, Robert John Ardiff, Silverbacks and many more
And So I Watch You From A Far, Bitch Falcon, Ryan Vail, Cherym and many more to play final gig at Belfast’s Mandela Hall
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