Author: DJ Fintan Moloney

My first commercial DJ mix, RTE 2FM, 1996

Here is one from the old days, my first commercial DJ mix from the ‘Dance Nation’ dance show on 2FM with Mickey Mac (Michael McNamara). This was back in 1996 when I was the guest mixer for the ‘Bedroom Bedlam ‘ DJ slot. 2FM thank you note

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DJ Sneak interview for XLR-Radio

When I started DJing & Producing back in 1996 two of my main influences were and still are DJ Sneak & Armand Van Helden.  A few years later I got to see Armand Van Helden play in the Red Box Dublin.  I had been waiting many years for the chance to see DJ Sneak play and I finally got that chance last night.  DJ Sneak rocked the house @ Strutt, Dolans Warehouse, Limerick for a full 3 hour set.  Just before Carlos (DJ Sneak) hit the decks I was backstage to have a chat with him exclusively for XLR-Radio.

I have to say he is one of the friendliest dudes you will ever meet and for a guy as world famous as he is he has no attitude at all..not like some other premier league DJ’s I’ve supported or met in the past..DJ Sneak is straight up and to the point, its all about the love of the music, as in good quality house music..the way it should be 🙂

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Building the new XLR-Radio studios

We have been really busy lately moving in and building our new radio studios in Limerick City for XLR-Radio. Here is a little sneak preview of what we have been up to.  Looking forward to the full station launch really soon 🙂

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Paul Engemann – ‘Push It To The Limit’ (Fintan’s Flashback In The Garage Remix)

Hey so just recently I was having a conversation with some friends on Facebook about how we used to play the original of this a lot back in the day when we were partying.  The idea came up to do a remix and I thought it would be be interesting to see what I could do with it.   The original is around 155 BPM so I took it down to 131 BPM and created a house track from that…there is a definite flavour of my old speed garage days in there hence the ‘Flashback’ and ‘Garage’ in the remix title 😉

Taken from the ‘Scarface’ soundtrack the original is by Paul Engemann, ‘Push It To The Limit’ (Fintan’s Flashback In The Garage Remix).

Full quality MP3 can be downloaded from Soundcloud for free.

Soundcloud link (streaming & download):

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YouTube link (streaming):

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Justin Robertson – ‘Stay At Home Weekender’ DJ set

*Update 23/02/12* Mix is back online now after it was removed recently from another host

Justin Robertson came to Limerick on October 30th, 2011 to rock the ‘Stay At Home Weekender’ @ The Underground, Baker Place, Limerick, Ireland.

Here is his rocking set with plenty of Tech House, Deep House & Electro bangers recorded exclusively for XLR-Radio 😀

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Graeme Park interview for XLR-Radio

House music legend Graeme Park arrived into town for a night of house anthems on December 10th, 2011 for the first night of Back2Love @ Baker Place, Limerick, Ireland. I chatted with him backstage about music production, the legendary Hacienda & Sound Factory clubs, radio shows and more 🙂

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Mini Viva – ‘I Left My Heart In Tokyo’ (Fintan’s Berlin Calling Remix)

This is another track that was suggested to me by a friend to remix. As a change from the usual bassline and heavy beats that make up my productions, this is more disco..reminding me of my earlier days. Had a bit of fun with this one, my take on Mini Viva’s ‘I Left My Heart In Tokyo’ which I believe was something of a one hit wonder.

YouTube link:

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