For the latest edition of our Local Selection series, we welcome Dublin DJ Dylan Shields, aka The Dogfather, to the mix with a spinning selection of smoggy house cuts. At just 21 years old, Dylan has been behind the decks for nearly three years, developing a sound rooted in house music with a growing pull towards darker, deeper territory. His approach is as much about the people around the music…
Lorcan Kelly is a young and fast rising talent from Ireland who comfortably sits at the inter- section between house and techno just like we love it and is delivering his strongest work yet for his Safe Space debut EP. 5 quirky originals with shuffled 90's and 00's rhythms and dubby chord stabs. Together with remixes by label boss Ackermann and Aero this pack leaves no prisoners and no floor need…
Karlaa soundtracks Local Selection 311, bringing her lifelong connection to rave culture to the mix for a high-energy power hour. Hailing from Galway, Karlaa is a 29-year-old DJ who has spent the past two years carving out her place within Ireland’s club culture circuit. Her musical palette leans towards high-octane sounds, unapologetically anchored in the emotional side of rave, a sound shaped as…
Step into Nancy Wilde’s deep, chugging and effortlessly tripped-out world as she soundtracks Local Selection 310: a hypnotic trip through rolling prog, psychedelic grooves and kaleidoscopic rhythms built for the dancefloor’s twilight hours. Nancy Wilde is a Portugal-born, Ireland-based DJ, radio host and curator whose sets drift between cosmic disco, italo, deep house, acid and more. She is…
Emerging producer AOIFE announces the release of their debut EP, a dark and hypnotic collection that explores deeply personal themes through powerful low-end pressure, immersive textures and driving rhythms. Drawing inspiration from the techno traditions of Detroit, Birmingham and Spain, the record also incorporates subtle influences from the UK's broken beat and bass music scenes. The release is…
Digitaldash takes on Local Selection 309 with a kinetic and genre-fluid excursion of sharp rhythmic impulses and playful selections. Digitaldash steps up for Local Selection 309 with a globe-spanning mixbag of club mutations, moving from the smooth, rolling swing of Chicago house to the percussive chaos of Brazilian baile funk, shuffled Jersey grooves and beyond. It’s a restless, high-energy…
Oscide soundtracks Local Selection number 308 with an all-vinyl trip that hits the perfect sweet spot between garage and house, swung crisp drums, lush deep chords mixed with utter proficiency from a pillar of Dublin’s club culture Oscide is the alias of Dublin-born producer and DJ Craig Scully, whose approach has been shaped by nearly two decades behind the decks and in the studio. Moving fluidly…
Irish multi-genre producer Martha Dark steps up for her debut release on Irish imprint Your Utopia My Dystopia, delivering a masterclass in late-night dance floor tension with her new single, "Emotion (Detroit Mix)." True to the label’s signature ethos of raw grooves and timeless club structures, the track is a powerful homage to classic Detroit techno. "Emotion" strikes a flawless balance between…
For the 307th edition of the series, mkbest delivers a deep and lush selection of rolling house, carefully shaped into a slow-burning, immersive journey. Belfast’s mkbest is an artist deeply embedded in the city’s club culture, an instinctive student of deeper, more refined strains of house music. Her sound is rooted in a stripped-back, patient aesthetic that prioritises atmosphere, progression,…
Khazad Records are proud to present the eighth instalment of our annual Various Artists compilation series. For the sixth consecutive year, we have assembled an amazing collection of young and exciting talent from around the globe. The compilation features both Khazad regulars and new members of the tribe who all share our vision for the future development of underground techno. Lock in for 14…