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Sykes

A name synonymous with Electronic music in Limerick City. His interest in electronic music was opened up fully when he was introduced to clubbing. At 20 he bought his first turntables and began buying records. At 23 he travelled to Manchester to study music production.In 2004 he opened Vivamusicstudios in Limerick City as a place for music to be recorded and to teach short music production courses. He also began working as a promoter running nights like First Fridays in Trinity Rooms and later the legendary Viva Thursdays. In 2007 he started the massive MICRONITE in Baker Place in Limerick, the night now resides in Dolans. He has brought the likes of Dapayk, Camea, Duoteque, Dusty Kid, Andrea Ferlin, Fairmont, Bloody Mary, Plastic FM, Bearweasel, Louis Osbourne, Remute, Julius Steinhoff and many great Irish acts to Limerick.From 2007 to 2009 Dan presented the Component Radio show every Saturday night on Spin South West (now on RTE Pulse, the show was nominated as Best Dance Show for two years in a row. Dan has played at festivals such as Electric Picnic, LIFE, Planet Love and was part of the Irish tour to Ibiza in 2006. He is also the Irish booking agent for Fantastic Friends and their roster of Artists. MySpace SoundCloud Facebook

Sykes

A name synonymous with Electronic music in Limerick City. His interest in electronic music was opened up fully when he was introduced to clubbing. At 20 he bought his first turntables and began buying records. At 23 he travelled to Manchester to study music production.In 2004 he opened Vivamusicstudios in Limerick City as a place for music to be recorded and to teach short music production courses. He also began working as a promoter running nights like First Fridays in Trinity Rooms and later the legendary Viva Thursdays. In 2007 he started the massive MICRONITE in Baker Place in Limerick, the night now resides in Dolans. He has brought the likes of Dapayk, Camea, Duoteque, Dusty Kid, Andrea Ferlin, Fairmont, Bloody Mary, Plastic FM, Bearweasel, Louis Osbourne, Remute, Julius Steinhoff and many great Irish acts to Limerick.From 2007 to 2009 Dan presented the Component Radio show every Saturday night on Spin South West (now on RTE Pulse, the show was nominated as Best Dance Show for two years in a row. Dan has played at festivals such as Electric Picnic, LIFE, Planet Love and was part of the Irish tour to Ibiza in 2006. He is also the Irish booking agent for Fantastic Friends and their roster of Artists. MySpace SoundCloud Facebook
JC

Originally from France, Brigadier JC moved to Limerick in 2006 to complete a Masters in Music Technology at the University of Limerick. In 2007, he created Roots Factory, a monthly club dedicated to reggae and sound system culture that has welcomed the likes of Adrian Sherwood, Dixie Peach, Jonah Dan and Brother Culture. Meanwhile he's also been busy in the studio, producing dub music. He is now working with Jamaican and English MCs and has been played on numerous radio stations around the world. His other interests include experimental electronic music as well as music programming. In 2010, he created Echo Multimedia, a company specialised in multimedia and sound. MySpace SoundCloud Echo Multimedia
CODE

From humble beginnings listening to day-time national radio Code's taste moved to early hardcore, rave, drum & base and jungle at the age of 13. The perfect music! The likes of 4-Hero, Hyper-On-Experience, Bizzy B, LTJ Bukem & Randall inspired Code to get his own decks and start mixing.In 2005 he started his own label "Subtle Audio". Since then artists such as Alpha Omega, Equinox, Breakage, Nebula, Fanu, Sileni,Polska, Macc, dgoHn, Naibu, 0=0, Senses, Fracture & Neptune, Dissident and many more have contributed beats for Vinyl, CD and download releases. There's plenty more to come too! With a background in Electronic and Computer Engineering he completed a Masters Degree in Music Technology in 2008. He is currently working on collaborations with another local producer, Mecca, as well as his own compositions. MySpace SoundCloud Subtle Audio Recordings
EGGZ

Eggz was born in Dublin and grew up in Limerick City in a house of music. In the late 80s Dance music combined the sound in this house and it became a rave of 24-7 party people of Limerick. Eggz doesn't remember when he started Djing it was a natural progression that fell into place. In the early 90s Eggz was a house hold name and Dj'd all over Limerick, Cork and Dublin From the Ciaro Club to the legendary Sir Henry's. He combines a unique sound of Hip Hop, Breaks to Funky House. DMCs was a passion for Eggz, as he was a vinyl lover he found fun making sounds with them he relentlessly practiced and pick up and moved fast with his technical abilities. Eggz was Limericks first scratch DJs and this made him stand out from the rest. Eggz is still spinning his tunes keeping his hip hop house style...the only difference is he uses Serato or bootleg vinyls. You can always catch him in Mickeys and The Chicken in Limerick he sometimes spins in Dublin most recently at Subjects Hype in the Pod and Fusion at Dame Lane.

About Limerick

"Limerick has grown on me - I have become attached to it, because I cannot make it out. It is not charming - it is irresistible. It's a city of contradictions and conflicts, the most segregated of places in Ireland, physically and mentally. It is rough and gentle in the weirdest mix. Planned for the car, fragmented and smashed apart and left with a truly lovable - neglected and dying - city centre, truffled with great little butcher shops. It defies 21st century idea of urbanity and urban living by the persistent and perplexing presence of animals; sheep and cows, rare birds, horses pulling sulkies in the middle of the streets or grazing impediments within the road spaghetti. Both invisible and highly physical walls cut across the city, pulling neighbourhoods far apart. Remnants of crashed Celtic Tiger Dreams stand like monuments with their haulted cranes and half finished towers. In many ways, Limerick is like a miniature glimpse the passionate absurdities and restraining certitudes. Limerick is longing to be seen."
Elizabeth Bonde Hatz / SWEEDEN

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About Viva Music

Vivamusic was set up in 2004 to provide a platform for people who wanted to learn music production and Dj skills. The original studio was based in the now defunct workspace building in Micheal St. The original facility was more geared to recording and part time teaching. Since its inception Vivamusic has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Running nights, making beats, working with community projects, presenting radio show and more.