Arrow in the Sky is the songwriting partnership of midlands-based singer Conor McCauley and multi-instrumentalist Brian Murphy. 'Time Of Need' is the third single from their forthcoming album 'Arrow in the Sky'.

Releases on:
Unfelde Records,Raw Level Records

Contact email: 
alexcociorva91@gmail.com

Al Dillon is a DJ/ radio presenter/promoter hailing from Dublin, he has really come to the fore over the past 5 to  6years playing some of Dublin city’s hottest venues and select nights in Lanzorote and Europe’s dance Mecca Ibiza (Ibiza Rocks) also promoting his own nights in dublin (JUICED)  and new resident for  melodic
dublin https://www.facebook.com/melodicdublin

Specialising in the funkiest deep/ tech/tribal house you can hear Al spinning on his weekly radio show on Tonikradiodublin , Tuesday night’s 6pm-10pm www.tonikradio.com

Over the past couple of years Al has played alongside the likes of  Tim green  Dosem , los suruba , SLAM, Loco & Jam, Paul Webster,Neil Navarna, Kid Dubb, Xpress2, Audiojack, Paul Woolford, Spectre, Dean Sherry, Paddy Sheridan, Dubbed Out, Neil Scarborough, Ian Booth, Alan Hynes,Rockwell 
Ignored Playerz, Press Play DJ’s Frank Kearney and Eoghan Farrell, 
Play FM’s Paul Allen and Seán Fitzmaurice to name a few 

for dj booking 

ali171d@gmail.com

Aidan started his musical life early by trying to snatch music recorded from the radio before the DJ would talk over the music on an old cassette recorder. Music technology has changed over the years and so have Aidan's tastes. 
Growing up during his teens metal and later punk and hardcore music where his choice. This is where he came across the D.I.Y ethos and started promoting punk and hardcore gigs himself and producing his own “Zine” this went on for a good few years and it was while working in the Ormond Multimedia Centre in 1996 and seeing Dave Clarke DJ this is what broadened his musical tastes to include house and Techno. 
Aidan started clubbing around Dublin in clubs such as UFO, Sides, Alien, The Temple of Sound and The Kitchen, this is where his passion for Techno and House music became stronger.  
In 1997 he took up the Decks and mixing trying to mix and blend records with a friend and fellow DJ Gedge's help and equipment, starting out on belt driven Ariston decks he found it a challenge but when he changed to Technics 1210's there was no going back. 
Starting out mixing Techno and House he made his DJ début in the (in)famous 13th floor Fusion club situated on O'Connell Street in Dublin spinning Techno. 
Over the years of playing House and Techno he has played in clubs situated mostly in Dublin
Mono, temple bar music centre, The POD, Molloy’s, The U Bar, The Old New Orleans, Viva    
Later with a friend and fellow DJ and friend Gedge they brought the Do it yourself punk ethos and Aidan helped Gedge to promote and play House and Techno at a club called “Genesis” and brought it to various venues around Dublin, The 13th Floor, The Parnell Mooney. Switch, The Melody Bar, Peader Kearnies.
During this time there was a healthy legitimate and  pirate radio scene in Dublin and Aidan has played on a few of them. Radioactive 101 FM, Power FM, Radio Na Life, Tonik FM and has had two mixes played on 2FM with a short interview playing mostly House and Techno on these stations.
It was during this time of playing on radio stations Aidan hooked up with DJ Leevi who ran his own radio show on Nova 94.6 FM. He was invited to play on his show. Together they would play everything from Jimi Hendrix to Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Breaks and anything else that they would feel people needed to hear. 
It was during these sessions on Nova F.M that his musical tastes expanded and he got a residency in   
The Blue Note in Galway playing funk, soul, hip hop and breaks. This led him to play in different venues in Galway city The GPO Massimos and The Victoria Hotel. During this time he has also  played in Longford Arms Hotel The Stables situated in Mullingar Dolans warehouse in Limerick and started to play in various venues around Dublin  The Good Bits,  U Bar, 4 Dame Lane,
aidanb2001@yahoo.com

Benny Smiles is an Irish synthwave/retrowave producer based in London. Favouring electronic instruments, vintage synthesisers and drum machines, his most recent work nods to M83, Neon Indian, and Com Truise. Think Stranger Things / Drive / Hotline Miami soundtracks and you’re most of the way there.


“When We Touch” marks Benny’s fourth release, and is the first single from his forthcoming “Fearless Leadership” EP. It follows the “Hotline Miami 2 EP”, which is featured in the cult video game Hotline Miami 2 and in Spotify’s Retrowave / Outrun editorial playlist, both of which have helped to garner an international audience and around 5 million streams of the EP across various platforms.


Benny’s latest material follows a period of focus on his work in studio engineering, building his knowledge of old school recording techniques and equipment in some legendary recording studios, and learning first hand from some of the world’s most renowned record producers, songwriters, and artists. Having cultivated a collection of vintage analogue synthesisers and audio processors along the way, he now returns with a newfound appreciation for sonics, analogue imperfection, and the soul that lives in electronic instruments.


Prompted by the tongue-in-cheek artwork, the most pressing question about the Fearless Leadership EP thus far has been “is your face really that small?” And the answer is… it could be.


Benny Smiles has supported artists including London Grammar and Ghostpoet, and performed at festivals including Electric Picnic, Indiependence, Castlepalooza, and Ireland Music Week.



INDUBLIN.IE: “First [at Hard Working Class Heroes festival], to the Workman’s Club for one-man electro wonder machine Benny Smiles. Infectiously upbeat loops, guitar, and Bowie-esque vocals, with the occasional healthy dose of slap bass was warmly met by the crowd. Yet it was Smiles’ stage presence that really endeared him to those present. Informing us early in the set he had foolishly taken a valium to help fight off a flu; if he is this good when sick and under the influence you can only image how good he is when on top form. A definite highlight of the festival, how this guy isn’t already huge is a mystery.”

 
GOLDENPLEC: “[Somehow Yours Do] is a beauty of a track with hypnotising synths and a captivating video”

 
NIALLER9: “Benny Smiles has given me one of my favourite tracks of the last month already with ‘Sunday Morning’”

 
PUFFERFISH: “Playful, fun, fucking awesome… Benny Smiles is making funky electronic music that you can really enjoy. And we mean really enjoy.”

CHASSEUR MAGAZINE: “Benny is by far the most charming, energetic, addictive, unique and pleasurable acts of the [Hard Working Class Heroes] festival so far. He asks everyone to take “seven steps forward” and then proceeds to move and shake across the stage, never missing a note. The audience are in the palm of his hand throughout, truly captivated by his inescapable talent, showing many of the bands how it is done. Industry execs must be salivating at the prospects he presents.”

 
HOTPRESS: “‘Moonlight’ featuring Ham Sandwich’s Niamh Farrell is radio-friendly whimsy at its finest. Known to his postman as Ross Fortune, this shapeshifting musicmaker has covered a whole lot of musical ground…barely stepping a foot wrong”

 
GOLDENPLEC: “With [Sunshine / Moonlight] Benny Smiles shows that he is a diverse and talented artist. His willingness to use different instrumentation and sounds results in tracks that are varied and unique and aurally tantalizing. It is solid proof that he doesn’t have to rely on novelty to grab an audience’s attention.”

 
AOIFE MC RTÉ 2XM: “[‘Sunday Morning’ is] definitely, definitely my favourite of the whole podcast [Nialler9 Podcast 39]…it’s so much fun!”


bennysmilesmusic[at]gmail[dot]com

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