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In the Kitchen at Parties

In the Kitchen at Parties

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Paul Dakeyne.

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In the last quarter of 1993, a pioneering nightclub manager called Nodd McDonagh called me to say he’d been head-hunted to run a new venue in Dublin’s Temple Bar district, to be named, ‘The Kitchen’ - the owners of which, were U2. ‘Would you like to DJ for the opening night and see how you [...]

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Akai and Me

Akai and Me

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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For many years I had a love affair with one manufacturer and a series of ever evolving machines. Akai: and the S- Series hardware rack samplers. I used to protect my collection of sample, loop and program laden floppy discs as if I was guarding Her Majesty’s crown jewels . Throughout the late 80’s [...]

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