Happy new year! Here's a nice, reasonably paced, chuggy mix to get you moving in the first month of 2023. Recorded at home on 2 CDJs, a Mastersounds Radius 2 and some 'tasteful' Space Echo. Use it for jogging, concentrating or as a bit of a background to the spring clean but most importanly, enjoy.

Upcoming dates:
Sat Jan 28 - The Circular, Dublin
Sat Feb 4 - Dubh, Newbridge
Sat Feb 11 - Lumo Club, Tengu, Dublin
Fri Feb 17 - Hang Dai, Dublin
Sat Feb 18 - Fidelity, Dublin
Sat Mar 4 - Dubh, Newbridge (w/Kim Keating)

Tidy Towns Tape 1: Clean Sweep

A snippet from Slow Focus Number One, from Love Tempo Dublin on Sunday 25 February 2024. Slow and low. Well Balearic. Is it? What is Balearic anyway? Level 42? Spanish guitar and gong baths? The outline of a gold neck chain on a tanned body? It's up to you, man. I'm just here to try and play good tunes and enjoy myself. Hope you enjoy them too.

Slow Focus #1

5 hours of all vinyl business with the excellent Gilbert Steele in Dublin's Big Romance on Friday 19 July. Enjoy!

Slow Focus with special guest Gilbert Steele - Big Romance 19.07.2024

An excellent set from Emmy Shigeta at Slow Focus in Grand Stretch, Newbridge on Saturday October 26th 2024.

Emmy Shigeta at Slow Focus 26th October 2024

Lento

One hour of slow chuggy bits recorded live in Grand Stretch, Newbridge on Saturday August 2nd 2025, just about creeping over 100bpm towards the end. Enjoy!

Rough Ton Mix

Broken Records Resident DJs Gavin Elsted and Rob Smyth opening for Ricky Chong in Dubh, Newbridge on Saturday 15 November 2025.

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Broken Residents 15 Nov 2025

A recording from one of my sets as a resident at The Workman's Club Dublin in 2012.

Workmans 18.05.2012

Resident DJ at Lumo Club, Dublin.
Head of Chug at Slow Focus, Dublin.
Guest at The Big Romance, Hang Dai, The Circular and Dubh.
Label Boss at Central Tones and 045 Recordings.
Management at Minimum Maximum.
Bookings: info@045recordings.com

Gavin Elsted

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