Max HeyraudIreland’s electronic music scene is buzzing with creativity, as a fresh crop of artists alongside established favourites fire on all cylinders with a steady flow of releases each week and month.
From pounding techno cuts to textured house grooves, this selection captures the diverse sounds shaping the country’s evolving electronic landscape, rooted in tradition yet boldly pushing forward.
Matty Ralph – Let’s Get Freaky [doof]
Fermanagh’s Matty Ralph serves up swampy 2000s-esque hardstyle for Hannah Laing’s doof imprint.
Daithi & Sinead White – Can’t Even Tell Me
Daithi & Sinead White collaborate for a soul-drenched electronic ballet.
Ryan Ennis – With Me [Universal Music]
Dublin-based Ryan Ennis unleashes yet another big-room piano house banger just in time for summer.
The X Collective, Shanny, NIYL and Mutant Vinyl – Solace In My Head
A large collaborative project sees a multitude of Irish artists come together to carve out a weather-beaten down-tempo, fused pop groove.
Kerrie – Act Of Resistance [Blueprint Records]
Raw, tactical, machine-driven techno from one of Ireland’s finest techno exports, potentially of all time.
Rory Sweeney – Entrance Places (ft. Saoirse Miller, Róis & Ristéard ÓhAodha)
Ethereal ambient featuring melancholic wind chimes and reverb-drenched vocals.
IXRQ – Wielding Hand EP [SEQ:RUN]
Electro mastery from an elusive Irish artist, what is known is that this is high-grade machine funk of the highest order.
MORGAN BITTERS – MOSQUITO (SMALLCRAB REMIX) [Traaampaaa]
Heaving low-frequency sonics, morphing Morgan Bitters’ party-starting weapon into a heads-down, hazy dubstep groove.
Offtrack – OFK 002
Offtrack shares his second longform release, but his first on 4×12-inch vinyl, offering bleepy, minimal, textured techno galore from a future legend.
ghouleee – private invite
80s-esque, Miami-adjacent electro with hip-hop vocals, slamming 808s, and scratch samples. Yes, please.
REFLUX – BLOCK BASS [BLUEPRESS]
Cork’s REFLUX features on Prozak’s BLUEPRESS label with high-octane, rave-kissed speed garage.
Lúnasa – Reggaeton Dream [Reasons To Dance]
“Reggaeton Dream” does what it says on the tin, trudging, tribal rhythms lay the foundation for vocoded vocal hits and surging bass.
Sunil Sharpe – Cahersiveen [Posh End Music]
Sharpe returns with fresh music, this time on Fear E’s Posh End Music, hitting all the right ravey, wonky, electro-adjoining notes.
Aero – Buried In Noise [Planet Rhythm]
Aero scores a hat-trick on Planet Rhythm with five ’90s-inspired techno cuts, channelling the gritty sounds of Birmingham.
Shannen Blessing – C*nty Vibrations
Stripped-back, refined, acid-tinged techno with shuffled percussion and Alarico-esque vocals, a recipe to ignite the floor.
Sjush – 5am On The U8 [Intrepid Skin]
Forward-facing hard techno from Berlin-based Sjush, showing exactly where galloping, hard-as-nails techno should be heading.