beckett. or rory to those who know me....
the name beckett incidentally isnt robbed from the playwright or my surname, its from a 70s cop show me and my mates invented when we were about 15 called "beckett and bloom". Someday i'll find the draft of the first script and put it online. Its ridiculous.
Influences
from everything and anywhere, not just music but everything else happening around me.
Beckett has been heavily involved in the irish drum and bass scene for donkeys years now, and is the man behind Ireland's long serving online community for junglists irishdrumandbass dot com.
Initially starting off as a DJ (as well as running the website) Beckett gained a reputation for his across the board selections and solid mixing. Guesting all around the country, as well as providing backup for innumerable jungle "heavyweights" he eventually moved into the promotion game.
Nights he was involved in running included Second Street and Release, which brought over a Host of guests from overseas as well as representing with some of Ireland's finest DJs.
Taking a break from jungle promotion at the moment, Beckett has turned his attention to production and has released tracks on a couple of online labels including exegene and digibeat, and is currently focusing on a body of work he hopes to pimp out to labels in the coming months...
In the mean time keep an eye on here for latest tracks and upcoming shows.
***OFFICIAL VIBE PRESS RELEASE***
re. VIBE no longer at Milk
It appears that Milk are trying to hijack the VIBE brand by postering & flyering with a brand they are calling "live VIBEs" (the "live" & "s" are so small you can hardly see them on the posters!).
They have even tried to further reinforce that Carley & Tina are part of this promotion by putting "C&T promotions" on the flyer!
Milk are attempting to get party-goers into the club by deceiving and misleading them....please let everyone know that VIBE are nothing to do with Milk & this "new" Sunday promotion is a poor attempt to ride off someone else’s hard work. This promotion is motivated purely by jealousy and financial gain, unlike VIBE, which is always promoted from a burning desire to give people a great night out.
VIBE IS NO LONGER AT MILK & WILL HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANY ACTIVITIES AT THIS VENUE.
Future VIBE parties will be taking place at Club Mynt on Saturday nights; watch this space for some extra-special shenanigans!
www.ilovevibe.com
www.bebo.com/ilovevibe
www.myspace.com/ilovevibemusic
PS. please pass this important information on!
Tickets are selling fast for this year's Urban Arts Academy. All courses will take place at the Belfast Waterfront Hall between the 14th July and 8th August.
Each course costs only £50 for a full week of training and some courses have already sold out, so call now to book your place!
Courses on sale are:
DJing Beginner & Intermediate; Rock Music; Music Production - Electronic & Live; Aerosol Art; Film for Music; Game Design; Comic Book Art; Street Theatre; Free Running; Fashion Design; Street Art Masterclass; Radio Production; Photography; Journalism; Graphic Design; Gig Promotion; Documentary Film Making; Urban Dance; 3D Animation Urban Sports (Skateboarding and BMX); Beatworks - Live Drumming for Dance Music
To book a place on any of this years courses contact the Waterfront Box Office.
Tel: +44 (0) 28 90 33 4455
For further information on any of the courses and info on all this years events, gigs and seminars click the link below for the Urban Arts Academy/Trans 2008 website.
http://www.transbelfast.com
Saturday 14th June we have Axel Karakasis for an exclusive Northern Ireland show. From Athens - Greece, Axel is one of the most in demandr DJs on the european techno scene. He will be playing for 3hrs on 3 decks with efx and final scratch.
Tickets for the 2008 Urban Arts Academy are now on sale!!
All courses on this award winning programme will take place at the Waterfront Hall between the 14th July and 8th August 2008.
Each course costs only £50 for a full week of training.
Once again Sonic Academy are one of the key partners in this event, delivering courses in DJing and Music Production (Electronic & Live), alongside a brand new course for 2008, Film for Music!
Courses available are:
* DJing Beginner & Intermediate
* Rock Music
* Music Production - Electronic & Live
* Aerosol Art
* Film for Music
* Game Design
* Comic Book Art
* Street Theatre
* Free Running
* Fashion Design
* Street Art Masterclass
* Radio Production
* Photography
* Journalism
* Graphic Design
* Gig Promotion
* Documentary Film Making
* Urban Dance
* 3D Animation
* Urban Sports (Skateboarding and BMX)
* Drumming for Dance Music
To book a place contact the Belfast Waterfront Hall Box Office on +44 (0) 28 9033 4455.
Don’t delay as this programme has sold out every year. See you at the UAA 2008!
For further information on any of the courses and info on all this years events, gigs and seminars click the link below for the Urban Arts Academy/Trans 2008 website.
http://www.transbelfast.com
SATURDAY SEE'S CJ BOLLAND GRACE BELFAST AGAIN FOR THE OPENING NIGHT OF BODYSHOCK FOR 2008. WE HAVE VIBE'S 10K!!! SOUNDSYSTEM THAT WILL BLOW THE ROOF OFF. THIS NIGHT IS GONNA BE MEGA, WE HAVE THE PLACE DECKED OUT WITH VISUALS, WITH 5 LARGE LCD TV'S ACROSS THE PLACE PLAYING ABSTRACT DELIGHTS. MUSIC RUNS ON TO 2AM, DOORS 9:30.
AU Magazine Head Honcho Jonny Tiernan at Funkasaurus This Saturday Night!!
As editor in chief of AU (formerly Alternative Ulster) Magazine Jonny Tiernan has established himself as one of NIs leading taste makers and breakers with not only the hippest music and culture magazine throughout Ireland but with his groundbreaking and genre defying Gigantic nights in Laverys.
This saturday sees his debut headline set for Funkasaurus at the Basement Bar so expect everything from funked up indie and filthy house to disco punk and beyond. This is definitely not one to miss!!
As usual we will be offering limited 2 for 1 guest list places to the lucky few who msg us b4 6pm on Saturday night!
Funkasaurus with Special Guest Jonny Tiernan (AU Magazine) Saturday 2nd February The Basement Bar Donegall Sq East Belfast 9pm - late £5/6 after 11
Its time to blow away the January cobwebs and get back into the swing of things - KALEIDA is back this Friday 25th Jan for our first Party of 2008.
Venue - BAR BUDDA (in The Odyssey)
Guest - CRICKY LYTTLE
Our first local guest Cricky has been DJing for number of years now with Keymix DJ Master kicking off his career. Cricky is on the ClubbingIreland DJ Roster and has been guest at many a venue, including the Nerve Centre, Bar 15 and also for Dusted and the Orange Corner in Ibiza. Expect some great tunage from this up and coming talent!!
Support - Stephen Garrett, Ryan Cooke & Simon Hamilton
Hello becks,have a night on this weekend 19th at the black box with Scroobius Pip/Dan Le Sac,it'll be a feckin stormer,why don't you pop down,you'll like these guys....peas Noel x
Kaleida is back with a bang this Friday (21st Dec) night @ Renshaws for our Christmas Party! We've decided to open the doors an hour earlier at 8.00pm so we can cram in an extra hour of electronic festive fun! Its still only a five spot in and drinks as always are only £2 all night!!!
We've a few special suprises to kick start your christmas holidays, so we hope to see you and your friends on the dancefloor!!!!!!
beckett...long time,you good,lost my phone with all my numbers couple weeks back,send us a mess with your no,would like to speak to you and just have a catch up...tunes sound dope btw...peas
Arite Rory, we are thinking that we're going to get a start on this thing pretty soon. Maybe we could arrange an interview with you and John, probably in the same shot so the two of you can work of what each other says! We'll have you captioned as Beckett & WigWig - Musical Dynamos if ya want!
DURASOUL promo mix for download, just copy and paste:
http://download.yousendit.com/75DD37894C2540D2
tracklisting:
1.All Good Funk Alliance - Where I need to be 2.At jazz ft Clara Hill - Nowhere (Version Mix) 3.Shaun Escoffery - Let it go (Jazzanova mix) 4.Short bus kids ft Allison - Funk Train 5.TARD - Baby Cum Back (Latenight Society Dub) 6.Quantic - Don't Joke (Seiji's Club Sandwich Mix) 7.Garage Family - Mr jazz (Marco Rizzos People Track) 8.Roisin Murphy - Sow Into You (Bugz In the Attic Remix) 9.Circus ft lyric L and Motet - I Know You 10.Maddslinky ft Jenna G - Somethin Extra
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GET YOU TICKETS NOW BY E-MAILING junglerepublic@hotmail.com or phone 0876774481 two night tickets 25 euro line up is available at http://www.irishdrumandbass.com/JR.htm 16/17 nov 2007..........................
The Lineup... Calibre (Signature, Belfast) Zero Tolerance (CIA, Dublin) Jet Li (Phase 2 Recordings, Kerry) Beckett (irishdrumandbass.com, Belfast) Code (Subtle Audio Recordings, Limerick) Naphta (Lightless, Dublin) Source (Phase 2, Cork) DeltaForce (Reach, Dublin) Don Rosco (Bassbin, Dublin) Covert (Rastachaun, Dundalk) Hago (Global Virus, Derry) Skeletor (irishdrumandbass.com, Dundalk) Steve O'Leary (The 4th Dimension, Killarney) Leon (Nu Killa Kru, Limerick) King Rathid (Worries Outanational Sound System) Bonz (Clare) Wuzza (Bassbin, Dublin) Criminal K (Bassbin, Dublin)
GET YOU TICKETS NOW BY E-MAILING junglerepublic@hotmail.com or phone 0876774481 two night tickets 25 euro line up is available at http://www.irishdrumandbass.com/JR.htm 16/17 nov 2007..........................
