The latest in a succession of great new Dublin labels putting out vinyl, Ghetto Quietly launch Prince Kong’s long awaited debut full length album, “Proper Horror Show”. This gig will be the stuff of legend.

The gig features the man of every moment Prince Kong with a heap of guest MCs, another appearance by the Forcefed combo of A-Force and Bluefood who’ve been provoking much booty-shakin about this town of late, purveyor of dubby-steppy-techy-something (i give up on genrification) Manus Goan, and the delightful shorter half of Lakker (but not that short really) Eomac will warm the place up.

The venue is the always interesting Melody Bar on Dublin’s Capel st, the damage is €10 in, but first 100 tenner-payers get a copy of the album on double vinyl (nice!) or on mp3 (which is smaller than a tape apparently), and i’ll be bringing every speaker that i can fit in my van. Proper bo.

Fingers out, one and all, and not a moment too soon. In typical “left to the last possible minute, yet executed with the grace and dignity of Twink” style, we are throwing a bash to assist us and our long term partners in offshore shenanigans, the mighty Force 10 Crew, to bring to you all…. the Jigs n Rigs Festival 2k9!

This is seriously some of the finest of the finest right here, we’re chuffed to bits to have the support of these guys, it’s a killer line up. Get in, people!

Prince Kong has been killing dance-floors for the last few years, like seriously killing them. He graced our stage at the last Jigs n Rigs, he did us the honour of playing with us at our belfast gig too, and the man is still with us! He’s had releases out on Alphabet Set and !kaboogie records, he’s recorded with Warrior Queen, Jah Balance and a host of other supremo vocalists the man is pushing through. Watch this, then get some air, and drink some water, then clear your calendar for saturday, cos you’ll need to lie down all day after friday. No joking.

PCP will probably be the reason for the introduction some sort of “life time achievement award” for Dublin’s counter-culture or underground or whatever it all is. The man is a Lifer, no doubt. He’s maintained a 15 year (yes.. 15 years!) presence on Radio na Life, Dublin’s most consistently excellent radio station, with his “PCP ina huí” weekly broadcast, the stains left on the nation by the SpaceCraft anarcho-theater collective (to whom the Audio Terrorists crew owe immense dues for inspiration and mojo.. seriously…) will never wash out and for this we are all better off… and he’s currently regularly proving he’s still down-with-the-kids spinning tunes with some of the world;s best at !kaboogie nights. We we trust you will all join us as we bow down before our leading ambassador in creative activism and active creativity, as we tip our hats and shout “Bo!” to a proppa selecta! Expect the new and cutting edge mixed in with the old and cutting edge.

Herv. An exceptional gentleman, he has been doing the Irish chiptune / 8bit / breakcore / noisecore / whatever scenes massively proudly over the years. He was an outstanding favourite at Jigs n Rigs 2007, and we’re delighted to announce he’ll be gracing our stage yet again this year. We seriously love Herv. Can’t even be bothered listing all his releases.. check the Discogs entry yourselves. Come down on friday not only to hear the man play his finest tones, but to observe all the female members of the audience be reduced to starry-eyed lust-fuelled gibbering balls of hormone. It sounds disgusting, but it’s really quite beautiful.

DJ Welfare will be making his debut appearance on the Audio Terrorists system, and about time too. A full time and active member of the Electronic Resistance DJ collective, the man is all about change. His jungle n breakcore and beyond sets have had him playing all round the country for the last couple of years and we look forward to his selection on friday. Giggidy.

A-Force. A few years ago now, Andy A-Force came into Dublin. Just walked in, all shoulders like. Synth under one arm, bag of records under the other. He didn’t say much really, just gave everyone the eye. And it’s pretty much worked. He’s got in there with like, all the crews of note… us, Alphabet Set, !kaboogie… pretty much anyone for whom BASS is a requirement will have got to know this man. He posts music an ting at Aistear Dub. Get in to us on early on friday to make sure you catch all this noise. Gonna be massive.

DJ Chuck from our partners in revelry, the Force 10 crew will be hitting the wheels of steel. We first met Chuck in a woods many years ago. He wasn’t chucking wood, now, he’s not a woodchuck, he’s just a Chuck. But he’s a good Chuck, and we love him. Expect some groovy dance-floor action. Gonna be mega.

So there ye have it. Get there early for added value for your donations and to hear all the talent. We’ll be playing as late as we’re allowed to. All donations received will go into the general costs of running the festival… the millions of sundries required for such an event. Highly appreciate all your support in this. Keep your eyes on the site for more updates about the festival over the next couple of weeks.

It’s that time of year again, our favourite ever party is coming up very soon, and the Audio Terrorists shall be there in full effect.
Big efforts are being made to limit the numbers attending this year, so while admission is FREE, it is necessary to reserve your tickets, so GET ON IT NOW.
Read all info, and reserve your place here @ the Force 10 site.
We will have a fundraiser gig in Dublin on Fri 24th in The Pint / Soul 28, Eden Quay. More details to follow really soon!
Booyah!

Went into the Israeli embassy this evening to join in with the projecting of “War IS Peace” onto the wall of the embassy. Indymedia blurb: “A video which uses the names of the people who have signed an open letter calling for the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, combined with footage from Al Jazeera shot in Gaza suring the Israeli attack and invasion will be projected onto buildings a number of times this evening in Dublin in protest at the attack on Gaza, and in protest at the ‘PR attack’ being conducted in ireland by an Israeli minister.”

Brought some speakers in, but didn’t use them. It was a cold night but nice buzz among those of us who were there. Pictures are very dark and don’t show it well, but you can see some of mine here, and read the indymedia article too.

After a lengthy period of homelessness, seomra spraoi have found themselves a new home.

In their own words: Seomra Spraoi is an autonomous social centre in Dublin city centre. It is run by a non-hierarchical collective on a not-for-profit basis. It hosts workshops, political meetings, film screenings and lots more. The centre seeks to be a hub of positive resistance, in a city and society where public spaces have been eaten away by consumerism, property speculation and the culture of the car.

For info, keep an eye on SeomraSpraoi.org, and for more info and pics, check Indymedia here and here.

Sort of belated update this one, but anyway.. a couple of months ago, we brought the sound system down to Rathlugh for a party on the protest site there. The mud was so thick that bringing the whole system through was unthinkable… and as it turned out, the DJ monitors did a fine job for the size of the party anyway. Great energy, great dedicated, admirable people as you’ll always meet on a site such as this. Great techno sets from the Deviant DJs and DJ Rackitt from the Stay Up Forever Collective. Strange juxtaposition of such positive people vibes, and the knowlege that the site security front-line is just 20M away… for more on the campaign, check Tarapixie.net. Click the image to view the gallery page.

It’s coming to an end. Winter is over, summer is here. Time to start making some noise-making plans (excuse the terrible sentence construction there).

So the main plan at the moment is the upcoming Rathlin festival. I’m not sure if there are any other plans, but seeing as last years festival was so involved and took so much organisation, I’m sure that even if we only sort that out, well that will be good enough.

I can’t report on the exact state of the Audio Terrorist rig, but I know for sure that cravings has been hard at work on beefing up the AT sound system – it’s painted now as well, so less danger of it getting wrecked on a lump of rock in the rough waters off the north coast of Ireland.

Keep your eyes peeled here for more announcements. Tickets for Rathlin are on sale soon, and will be strictly limited in numbers.

Well I think this is the fastest I’ve ever gotten photos up after a gig. Check them out over on ebauche.net.

Brilliant gig, thanks again to the Force 10 crew for having us along for the night, and big appreciation due to the Catalyst Arts Centre – it’s an amazing space which I recommend checking out.

Many thanks to A-Force for his quality mix set, and to Prince Kong and Lakker for coming along and representing the true sound of Audio Terror.

We’re really looking forward to this one!

If you are travelling up from Dublin, and are in a postition to give some lifts, please get in touch ASAP.. either leave a comment here, or get in touch otherwise.. (you’ll manage..).

We’re just trying to optimise transport for all.

Well it’s only taken me 2 weeks to get some photos online. Not a lot to look at but it gives an idea of how well the space worked.

Check out the photos here:
http://www.ebauche.net/photos/?album=SeomraSpraoiGig

Really enjoyed the night, really looking forward to the upcoming Belfast Gig. Roll on more nights like these!