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In the first of three podcasts recorded live at the District Magazine Issue 004 and Bulmers Forbidden Fruit launch party Hannah O'Connell speaks to 2fm's Tara Stewart, RTE Pulse's Beta Da Silva and fast rising r&b songstress Erica Cody about the landscape of modern pop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this new podcast series we invite musicians into the studio to take it way back to their very first release, telling us where and who they were back then.We then fast forward to their latest music to see how they've developed and changed and ask them to dissect their journey.On Episode One Hannah O'Connell goes Back & Forth with ex-Animator and current half of Mango x MathMan, Mango Dassle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Craig speaks with 'Notorious' director Gavin FitzGerald about the upcoming release about Ireland's biggest star; Conor McGregor. They speak about the early meetings between FitzGerald and McGregor, how the Mystic Mac nickname was apt back in 2012, the dedication in bringing the film to life and what Gavin's hopes are upon its release. This is the District Conversations Podcast. Notorious is out on limited release of just two days, starting from Wednesday November 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
'From Cardboard Gangsters to back working at Lidl' Ryan 'Linco' Lincoln a rapper and actor from Ballymun. He is one third of Dublin rap crew 5th Element and has recently starred in two critically acclaimed feature films Cardboard Gangsters & Kissing Candice. In this podcast fellow Dublin MC Mango sat down with Linco to discuss his music and views on the current state of hip hop in Dublin, the foundations laid by Workin' Class Records in the early 00's and his budding acting career. This is D...
Amidst the current ticketing crisis in Dublin, where popular concerts have sold out immediately only for the same tickets to appear on secondary ticketing websites minutes later for up to four times the price, we spoke with Ticketswap CEO Hans Ober about the origins of his Fan to Fan resale platform and how effective it's been in helping reduce touts and extortionate ticket prices in his native Holland. Questions by Craig ConnollyFind out more about Ticketswap here: www.ticketswap.ie Hosted on A...
At 29, [Noel Rock] is Fine Gael's youngest TD, and one of the youngest in the Dáil. He represents Dublin North West, and we're particular fans of his in the District office because he's taking a stand against ticket touting in Ireland. Through passing a private member's bill, he aims to make above-price ticket reselling a criminal offence, which means fans will be able to access tickets when touts can't profit from them, and there'll be no more paying out the nose for gigs. Here, Adam Heaton cha...
Kelly-Anne Byrne is one of Ireland's most loved and hardest working DJs. She's put in countless hours behind the clubs' decks and played music for multiple radio stations around Ireland, specialising in disco but never turning down a good tune from any genre.We sat down with her last month to discuss her musical upbringing with Phantom 105.2, emigrating to New York to focus on playwriting and rediscovering DJing over, and finally focussing on the contentious issue of women in dance music.Intro m...
Eoin McCormack is an Athlone-born, Dublin-based fine artist, whose defining works have caught eyes in the Irish art scene. Working with large scale canvases, limited colour palettes and often bringing in found objects to create multimedia paintings, he was commissioned last year by Teeling Whiskey to create a piece entitled 'The Spirit of Dublin', which now resides in their headquarters in The Liberties. District's head podcaster Adam Heaton headed down to Steambox Studios for a chat with Eoin a...
Irish hip hop wouldn't exist at the level it is today without Lethal Dialect. Any fan of the genre in this country should be aware of his legacy and the influence he has had on today's sound.He recently took to Twitter saying "the bravado, the misogyny and the alpha male bullshit that accompanied the LD moniker was to be swiftly dropped", citing influences from Rubberbandits, Damien Dempsey, Tara Flynn, Una Mulally and the passing of a friend to suicide as the catalyst.In this podcast Eric David...
Tony Cantwell has embedded himself in modern Irish comedy in the last few months, through a series of comedy shorts on his Facebook page. These spread rapidly and virally across Ireland, and regularly still pop up in news feeds months on from their first upload.We caught up with Tony just a week or two after he returned to Ireland after seven years working in London. We discussed a variety of important and divisive topics, including milk, magic tricks, and mammaries. We really enjoyed recording ...
“[Self-deprecation] is a way of reminding you of your own humanity and insignificance in the grand scheme of the universe. And that can be very grounding and freeing… but it can really easily slip into a dark depressive self-hate.”Loah is a self-trained soul musician based in Dublin, but raised between Maynooth and West Africa. Last month she released her debut EP This Heart, a collection of compositions with her bilingual lyrics at the forefront of the release. Here she chats to our editor Eric...
Ireland has come leaps and bounds in the past couple of decades in all aspects of society, sex included. A desire to break through boundaries and experiment has developed as part of this social evolution, and this is where Sex Siopa comes in. Set up by Shawna Scott in 2011, SexSiopa.ie is an online sex shop that prides itself on inclusivity, discrete shipping, and body-friendly sex toys. Here she chats with our own Tara Stewart about her history in the sex toy industry, the demographics of her I...
For the 10th edition in our District Conversations podcast series we had Peter Simpson, head brewer at The Open Gate Brewery, in the studio, with Mat Kemp, creative director at Meatopia UK, on Skype from London joining in on the conversation.We discussed beer, meat and what people can expect from GUINNESS X MEATOPIA.GUINNESS X MEATOPIA will take place on Saturday, July 1 (4pm-10pm)and Sunday, July 2 (1pm-6pm).Tickets include six meat dishes, each paired with a taster serving of anexperimental br...
Seán Pussys is the founder of Pussys.club, a collective of young, LGBT-friendly Irish outsiders with a penchant for design, music, sportswear and pills.He's been involved with Pilly Willy, an exhibition of gay club fliers from Ireland's past, as well as creating a subversive clothing line with the biggest seller being a rebranded Lidl bag and running a series of queer friendly club nights in Galway.For more information on Pussys visit www.pussys.club, an online "magazine" that combines art, disc...
"I often get down on site, and you're so involved in Excel sheets, and emails, and the next thing you see out the window is little tents popping up and you're like 'Oh yeah, there's people coming, there's going to be lots of people here!'"Any Irish festivalgoer worth their salt will have attended Body&Soul in the past, and will know it's a special experience. These gatherings have a lot of moving parts and take months upon months of planning, so we sat down with Jenny Wren, head booker of Bo...
In July of last year we caught up with Anna Cosgrave, the leading voice of the Repeal Project, to discuss the movement. Just under a year later we reconnect to see where Ireland stands in regards to Abortion Rights.In 2012 Anna Cosgrave attended a vigil for Savita Halappavanar, the woman who died due to the avoidable circumstances of a septic miscarriage. Unbeknownst to her, the emotion Anna felt after the vigil led her to start one of the most progressive and effective pro-choice movements this...
“We’re offering a scholarship and incubation scheme on a rolling basis, so if somebody has a project or practice that would benefit the space they can apply through our website… I’d like to see more applications coming in for it… The more I speak about it, the more people will become aware of it.”Dublin's art scene has stagnated since the economic downturn in 2008. Funding that used to go to arts and culture programmes has been severely cut, and despite being nearly ten years on, still hasn't re...
“(MF DOOM) had taken his mask off. I took a picture of him. I was so happy. And his manager grabbed me by the throat and said, 'give me your phone'. "DJ and producer Jamal Sul steps up to the mic. He discusses his run in with MF DOOM's manager, honing his skills with Martin Clancy, and his new project Moving StillEric Davidson chats with him below. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“When someone wants to assert their personality (in a project), that’s a deadly time to bump into someone."Steve McCarthy is a member of Dublin's illustrative scene. Recently producing artwork for a limited edition Jameson bottle, he's also designed all of the artwork for Another Love Story, as well as working on Song of the Sea, the Oscar nominated animated feature.Steve discusses the Irish music scene’s relationship with design, the future of print media, and how he tackles his projects. Hoste...
"I as a man don't live in fear, in the way women live in fear. And I never copped onto that."This week we’re joined by one of the most recognisable voices in Ireland. Emmet Kirwan talks the meaning behind Heartbreak, cat calling, toxic message boards and the return and success of Dublin Oldschool being made into a film.Tara Stewart chats to him.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Over the past 14 months, globetrotter Will Meara has been to every corner of the world. He discusses the adverse affects of social media and technology, and what he's learnt from his travels.Craig Connolly chats to him... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We recently managed to pin down Hugh 'the Badarse' Cooney for a chat ahead of his shows at The Sugar Club on December 28th & 29th. Tickets for the first show sold out quickly, but due to 'femonomal' demand, a second date was added. Act quick though, there's less than fifty tickets left for it.Arriving at our office, he refused to be interviewed by anyone but someone known as 'DJ Vibesphere'. We cleared the room, and then Hugh called him round for an intimate chat touching on Brexit, why Lond...
