Sunil Sharpe!! The Irish Prince Of Techno???

well said Conan!!! i like your attitude. We're starting to see a new techno scene emerging in Dublin now. We have the household names like Azrael/Fran Hartnett, Sunil, GmcD, Massplanck who seem to be very much focusing on production, building on what can often be a very small scene. Ive heard productions from all, aswell as a few others like Rhythm Technologies, and the level of production is very high across the board.

I hope to see a group of like minded people, take the dublin scene to the next step, where punters are willing to part with their money for irish acts and productions. Like you said Conan, get the fun back into it!

D1 have their corner but can be very close minded with their releases. Personally Im not a huge fan, but i still respect their work.

But i think if we get lucky with a few more venues popping up in Dublin, along with the talent that is already there, the future is bright.

seen sunil in locked, was pretty hammering stuff

also seen giles armstrong dj in shine when green velvet done the live show

not a bad dublin representation i have seen so far

i think the problem in dublin @ the moment is that there's a lot of feeling of "why bother". venues are non-existent really and speaking from promoters i know, we're sick of the mediocre turn-outs and crazy prices for venue hire. certain clubs want 300+ for hire and then you've got the cost of a rig & artist on top! it just doesn't make economic sense to start up a new club unless you got a pile of cash.

i know its not all about the money but i got mouths to feed.

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Originally Posted by Fan

Sunil : Can you stick up some of the names of the electro tracks you played at the start of the night ?
Thanks

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This is any of the electro played at the beginning I think, wasn't in this exact order though:

The Advent - Telecom [KR 019]
The Advent - Program Da Futur [KR 04]
Mystik Letter K - Caprilectrix (Electrix)
Silcon Scally - Borexino (Spacebar Sentiments)
Robert Hood - Razr (Music Man)
0-1-11 vs Lekebusch - Descent (H-Productions)
Tobias Schmidt & co. - Royal Klunk [Cynthia Stern mix] (Input Output)

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Originally Posted by Conan

Attitudes are changing tho and its nights like thursday that help change them more and put life back into things.

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For sure. Techno just went into overkill with all the nights that were happening, and with a few key venues dissappearing. The appetite and excitement for it isn't hard to build back up again I don't think.

sunil do i have to refer to you as "your highness" from now on? ;)

Sunil is a stand up guy and very well minded.
If he is getting his recognition now I say good for him he deserves every cent of it.
I hope more people get to hear his tracks as well, he's quite the producer as well.
Kudos big man.

i saw sunhil play at Locked, was a quality set, the crowd loved it!

Thanks guys ;)

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Originally Posted by Sunil

Thanks guys ;)

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good man sunil....'bout time too! It's me 40th sat 4 feb in the hub, drop down for some ole' geezer techno and madchester/baggy indie stuff, myself and mick heaney are gigging for the first time together since about 92, (old skool UFO stuff) and anyone else on the list are more than welcome...I did a deal: free in b4 10, and if we get enough bodies in they'll close the place up and we can run amok till all hours..warren K doing a bit as well should be a laugh

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Originally Posted by francois

good man sunil....'bout time too! It's me 40th sat 4 feb in the hub, drop down for some ole' geezer techno and madchester/baggy indie stuff, myself and mick heaney are gigging for the first time together since about 92, (old skool UFO stuff) and anyone else on the list are more than welcome...I did a deal: free in b4 10, and if we get enough bodies in they'll close the place up and we can run amok till all hours..warren K doing a bit as well should be a laugh

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Nice one Francois, I'm there ;)

I'm gonna be in the vicinity too around then. :techno:

Last bash till snails 40th. ;)

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Originally Posted by massplanck

I'm gonna be in the vicinity too around then. :techno:

Last bash till snails 40th. ;)

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haha, yeah not long now

Have any sets recorded?

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Originally Posted by SummerOfSam

Have any sets recorded?

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Jaysus, I've stacks of sets recorded, but I think the last one that went on the web was from 2003.

Ok, I think I know what a New Year's resolution of mine should be ;)

post one, your irishness!

Nice one, good to see Sunil getting the credit he deserves...Played one of the best sets ive ever heard off anyone at an outdoor festival we ran down in Cork two years ago absolutely destroyed the gaf, pity i didnt record it.

he plays a bit too much prog for me :)

There was a mix from Sunil on the Creation web site a while ago... not sure of the address though - or if it even exists any more

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Originally Posted by stjohn

well said Conan!!! i like your attitude. We're starting to see a new techno scene emerging in Dublin now. We have the household names like Azrael/Fran Hartnett, Sunil, GmcD, Massplanck who seem to be very much focusing on production, building on what can often be a very small scene. Ive heard productions from all, aswell as a few others like Rhythm Technologies, and the level of production is very high across the board.

I would love to hear some of the productions from these guy's if there dj sets are anything to go by they should be great.

I also think it's graet to see sunil getting the respect he deserves as a dj. I have seen him play in Dublin several times and never been the slightest bit disapointed. He gives harder techno that edge it deserves and as someone else pointed out he is a top bloke and very well minded.

I also think the talk of getting the exitment back into things while using homegrown names is great and as sunil has said 2006 is looking good.

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Originally Posted by rotts

We have the household names like Azrael/Fran Hartnett, Sunil, GmcD, Massplanck who seem to be very much focusing on production, building on what can often be a very small scene. Ive heard productions from all, aswell as a few others like Rhythm Technologies, and the level of production is very high across the board.

I would love to hear some of the productions from these guy's if there dj sets are anything to go by they should be great.

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There's a set from Fran Hartnett HERE

Also, check my signature below... there's plenty more mixes from various Irish DJs there