Max Heyraud, Author at Four/Four Magazine

Dance Music Pioneers A Guy Called Gerald, Phil Hartnoll, And Optimo To Headline Bernard Shaw’s First-ever Block Party

Max HeyraudJuly 17, 2025

The Bernard Shaw is launching a two-day Block Party, kicking things off with electronic royalty and uniting legendary UK selectors and local heroes for a weekend of day-to-night chaos. The Bernard Shaw is throwing its first-ever Block Party, and ... Read More...

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Dublin Hosts First Women of Colour Art Market This July

Max HeyraudJuly 17, 2025

Women of Colour Belfast and Dublin’s Foxgluv collective are joining forces to host the first-ever Women of Colour Art Market in Dublin, celebrating creativity, culture, and community with a showcase of art, fashion, and music at The Bernard Shaw / R... Read More...

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5 Must-Know Parties Shaping the Future of Irish Club Culture

Max HeyraudJuly 16, 2025

From warehouse raves in Galway to soundsystem sweat sessions in Cork, and heads-down Sunday parties in Derry, Ireland’s club culture, despite what you might think, is very much alive and constantly evolving. These five collectives are forging new... Read More...

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Local Selection 269: hi.fí

Max HeyraudJuly 16, 2025

This week’s Local Selection guest is Berlin-based DJ hi.fí, whose high-energy mix crashes together rave nostalgia, trawling grooves, and dancefloor anthems in a genre-blurring, joy-fuelled ride. Based in Berlin by way of Dublin, hi.fí is a q... Read More...

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Minister Announces Funding for 100+ International Tours by Irish Musicians

Max HeyraudJuly 15, 2025

The Minister for Culture, Communications, and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, announced over €1.4 million in financing through Culture Ireland's Regular Grants Programme, with over 100 musicians and almost 200 creative projects taking to stages, screens, ... Read More...

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Independent Artists Can Now Sell & Press Vinyl via SoundCloud

Max HeyraudJuly 15, 2025

SoundCloud is teaming up with elasticStage to let Artist Pro users create and sell vinyl records, with no upfront costs, no minimum orders, and complete control over their music. Artists on the waitlist will get access to pick tracks from their S... Read More...

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JD Twitch (Optimo) Diagnosed with Terminal Illness, Crowdfunder Launched for Urgent Care

Max HeyraudJuly 15, 2025

Friends and supporters have launched a fundraiser to help Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch of Optimo, access essential care following a terminal brain cancer diagnosis. Keith McIvor, widely known as JD Twitch, one half of the iconic Glasgow duo Optimo... Read More...

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In Conversation with Olivia Mendez & Chami: The Vision Behind Dust In Grooves and DIG Curated

Max HeyraudJuly 15, 2025

With a shared devotion to stripped-back techno and underground community-building, Olivia Mendez and Chami reflect on their path from DJs to label curators. Olivia Mendez and Chami have emerged as two of the most quietly influential figures in Be... Read More...

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25% of Pubs Closed and 84% of Nightclubs Have Vanished in Ireland

Max HeyraudJuly 14, 2025

New figures reveal that over 2,100 pubs have closed in Ireland since 2005, alongside an 84% collapse in the country’s nightclub scene — a combined decline that paints a grim picture for the future of Irish nightlife and social culture. Between 20... Read More...

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Mix Of The Week: Chris Flannigan – All Night Long at Pawn Shop for Hidden Love

Max HeyraudJuly 11, 2025

Belfast’s Chris Flannigan rolled into Dublin on a Thursday night and turned Pawnshop upside down with a kaleidoscopic mix of jackin’ house and techno cuts. Known for his uncanny ability to capture the golden era techno sound of the early 2000s, F... Read More...

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