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Long Island Sound has quietly evolved into one of underground electronic music’s most consistent and emotionally resonant duos. Built on over a decade of friendship and creative collaboration, their widescreen take on dance music has been supported by the likes of BBC Radio 1, Resident Advisor & Bicep. 

Following the release of their acclaimed 2024 album HYDRA and a standout run of live shows across Europe - including headline sets across London, Prague, Dublin - Rob Roche and Tim Nolan are using their label, Signs of Space, to present a more direct vision of their sound. Striking a balance between the melodic and the muscular, the emotive and the explosive, it is club music with a narrative edge - built for headphones, main stages, and everything in between.

But Long Island Sound has always been more than just a musical outlet. It's a shared language, a constant thread through years of change - moving cities, navigating life, and growing together. The back catalogue feels like a diary of their friendship, each release capturing a moment in time. From the artwork to the events, to the music itself, every part of the project has been shaped by their hands. No shortcuts, no hype cycles, just a steady commitment to sound, feeling, and community.

Ian Dalton was born into a musical family.  This lineage runs back to the Spanish Armada of 1588.  Javier Daltonez who was a sailor in the Spanish Armada was eating soup with two spoons on deck to save time between rigging the sails.  A large wave crashed against the ship and the spoons clacked together!  From this moment on the castinet was born.  Javier Daltonez became central to the morale of the fleet with his unique flamenco castinet playing style, called flamenco because of his unusually long pink neck due to sun exposure and lack of vitamin C.   Javier Daltonez washed up on the shores of Waterford and established the Daltonez family name in Waterford.  Due to racial stigma and fear of the letter “Z”, he dropped the “EZ” and adopted the anglicized name “Dalton”.

Centuries past and the Daltons became key figures in the vinyl pressing factory in Waterford City. Ian's grandfather, “No Fingers Dalton” , lost all his fingers in a vinyl pressing accident and retired from public life for a period.  He spent most of his time honing and perfecting what is now known as “mixing” in DJ culture.  The fingerless pioneer that was “No Fingers Dalton' relied on his stubby knuckles to cue, scratch, mix, crossfade, eq and isolate his musical vision, which predates that of one Frankie Knuckles by 15 years.  These skills were passed down to Ian by “No Fingers”.

Ian Dalton has built on this rich family history by refining his skills on a local level for 15 years. When some people went to university to study, Ian stayed at home studying records, soul and rhythm.  He is deeply influenced by the sounds and cultures of Detroit, Chicago & New York's disco scene.

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