A few of us went to Seomra Spraoi on Friday night. There was a bit of a hooley going on with the Alphabetset heads and Radio na Life making most of the noise. Hats off to Sarsparilla, Fringe, Prince Kong, T-Woc, Wiggle, Johnny Alpha and A Force for providing the punters with some freakin awesome tunes through a satisfyingly bass-heavy system, and ultimately all at Seomra Spraoi for organising the bash in the first place – nuff respec. Needless to so though, members of an Gardai Siochana did arrive at around 3 or so to boot the door down and crack down on any fun being had – even though the music had already stopped and people were leaving. They just can’t help themselves I guess.
At one stage Fearghal from Radio na Life was playing some class techno. I used to listen to a lot, but less and less these days, and hardly ever when I’m out. The few tunes he belted out rekindled my love for the old 4 by 4’s a bit, and me and a few others duly went mental, hopping around the place. One in particular stuck out (nialler’s precision memory helped here), and we did a bit of hungover searching for it today. It was worth it.
Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado I bring you a charming number by Stay up Forever head D.A.V.E the Drummer,
ONE NIGHT IN HACKNEY!!!

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
one night off capel streeeeeeeet.
mercy.
them cops where manic wot wot?
chairs pour les mentionne-
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yeah they wuz frontin like they wuz heavy thugz alright. good night tho!
anybody got photos can they flick em on to us?
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
YAY! i said grizzle when I should have said wiggle. ah well cant win em all. apologies to PCP, halfductch, red monk, richie, dixi, colz and Lakker for the lack of mentioning too. phew!
Ahem, I played it and it’s by Dynamo city(nearly the same thing -with some added liberator)But well spotted, it’s Classic.
lord jaysus sorry about that! knew i’d slip up after so much buckie….