DATA Recording Studios – Tadgh Healy
Hey Tadgh – first of all, can you give us some info on the studio, where are you based, how it started etc Data recording studios is based in northwest Kerry, near a small coastal town called,...
View ArticlePsychonavigation
Who are you? Psychonavigation is Keith Downey, Karen Lawler, Sean Quinn and Think Toy. When was Psychonavigation set up and why? 2000. To release what we believe to be the best in...
View ArticleFrank’s Shed
1. Tell us about the shed…what you do, who you’ve had on? Frank’s Shed is a little studio in our producer Joe’s back yard that came to mean a lot to all of us who are playing music locally but...
View ArticleThe Blind Pig – New Limerick Venue
Finally, a new venue in Limerick! Cormac from The Courtyard venue in Limerick (and used to run Bakers) contacted me about a new venue, The Blind Pig, on foxes bow. “It’s a lovely intimate venue with a...
View ArticlePopical Island
1. Who are you? I’m Mike from Popical Island. Popical Island are a band collective who function in only certain capacities as a label, so we can’t really be called a label as such. Our main activities...
View ArticleRusted Rail
1. Who are you? I’m Keith and I run Rusted Rail, a bespoke experimental-folk micro-independent record label from Galway. Rusted Rail rumbled into view in March of 2006 and has released music by...
View ArticleGranny It’s OK to Experiment
Head Granny John Haggis took a few minutes to answer some searching questions, as part of our Imprint series. 1. Who are you? Sometime in the last century Granny became involved in setting up a little...
View ArticleReekus Records
1. Who are you? Elvera Butler. I started promoting gigs as Ents Officer, while an Arts student at UCC, and developed the Downtown Kampus which became an important venue on the Irish music scene in the...
View ArticleGoodCop BadCop – Q&A
1. Who are you? My name’s Darragh McGrath. I’ve been running gigs in Cork for the last year under the name GoodCop BadCop. Previous to that I was manager of the Quad from 2008 till 2010 and was also...
View ArticleImprint – Hefty Horse
Simon Dowling of Hefty Horse sits on our couch to answer some questions 1. Who are you? My name is Simon Dowling. Before running Hefty Horse I was working for Lazybird. I have been doing sound...
View ArticleMDR Recordings: Colm O’Herlihy – Q&A
Colm O’ Herlihy is the founder of new label MDR Recordings whose first label sampler has just gone live. He spoke to Emmet about the motivations behind creating the label and what to expect from it in...
View ArticleImprint – Ruby Music
With two new releases this month, Alex Jones of Ruby Music took time out to give us some background on the label… When was the label set up? And why? Ruby Music was originally set up and registered in...
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