Still from Sonic Cyborgs, featuring Roo Honeychild and Ellll
Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech ‘n the Studio
As part of Brigit 2022, I conceived, wrote and produced a short film, which was directed by artist Eavan Aiken. Sonic Cyborgs is a ten minute film about the visibility of women and non-binary creatives working with technology to make music.
Pop stars Ariana Grande, Björk, Chlöe Bailey and Charli XCX, along with iconic Irish producers Dreamgirls (Michelle Doyle and Clíona Ní Laoi), Ellll, Fehdah and Roo Honeychild invite us into their recording studios, their FemTech lairs. The film captures these cyborgs manipulating and organising electricity into sonic power.
February 2022
Bassbin night in the Funnel, late 1990s (photographer unknown)
The Funnel Generation: Irish Electronic Music’s Coming of Age
This was an article I wrote with fellow DJ, the Golden Maverick, about the effect of the Funnel club, Dublin 1997-99, on Irish electronic music. It was published by RTE CULTURE
The article was written to accompany a mix we did of music by artists associated with the Funnel. The mix is on SHOCK WORLD SERVICE
There are liner notes for the mix at the bottom of the article.
August 2019.
D1’s club night, Model One, late 1990s (photographer unknown)
D1 x 25: Keeping Dublin Time Space Continuum
This was an essay I wrote for the 25th anniversary of D1 Recordings, the Dublin techno label run by Eamonn Doyle. It’s published on the D1 RECORDINGS WEBSITE
March 2019.
Older writing
In 1999, I started out writing about dance music for an online music magazine called Muse. I mostly worked freelance (while also working as a lawyer from 2008), and did a stint at the Sunday Times Culture magazine, 2001-06.
Interview with Steve Reich, published in the Culture magazine of the Sunday Times (Irish edition) in 2014.
Interview with Naphta, published in the Culture magazine of the Sunday Times (Irish edition) in 2009.
Interview with Decal, published in Overload magazine in 2002.