Ireland and its DJ scene

As part of numerous music content I often had certain topics during Dance Weekend highlighting and introducing several regions across the world. We have covered most of the European countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Finland if I am correct) and also learned that there are interesting electronic music scenes in Korea, Japan and Singapore. Some of the posts focused more on Techno, others on general Dance or Pop music meaning there is still a lot to discover and I do not want to limit this to Electronic Dance Music only - should be a community thing - oh HIVEMIND - we are waiting for you 🎧!

Today I want to show you two great electronic music acts from Ireland - the green country full of nice people. Ireland might not be known for that kind of music - sorry for the entry pic (under creative commons with permission from Pixabay) that might mislead you to a different music genre 🎻.

Cailín - rising female DJ

Even the electronic music scene in Ireland is seeing a steady progression of female DJs and artists. One of them is Cailín aka Cailín Power from Waterford who plays and produces mainly deephouse, house, lounge, techhouse. She came into the business after discovering a poster in college for DJ lessons and thought this could be her chance- she did it, learned a lot about the techniques you need to know to become a great DJ and become one of the female rising stars of the country. I am sure we see a lot from here in the future.

Apex Twin aka AFX

Following a female rising star here we come with a male veteran of the genre. There are rumours of different opinions if this guy is from England or Ireland - at least he has been born in Limerick, Republic of Irelands Richard David James. He is considered as very influential (by being eccentric) for ambient techno and IDM in the 1990ies. As inventor for acid techno he later became popular for a mainstream audience 1997 with his production "Come to Daddy" and a single called "Windowlicker" in 1999 both below.

From 2001 onwards he did pause any official recordings and returned with a bang in 2014 with "Syro" that won a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album - watch his victory:

Please let me know what country we should cover next weekend and also which dance style you would desire. Feel always free to do your own Dance Weekend posts by using the tag - trying to curate all of them.