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Matt Burns spent 8 years running and DJing at Twitch in Belfast along with Paddy Towe & Phil Lucas. Matt has a new night now called Breezeblock, running monthly events in various venues around Belfast.

Disco Express | Polari | Stories Recordings


With a sound that tugs on the pop-electronic heartstrings of the 80s, while simultaneously reimagining vintage club sounds through a contemporary lens, Irish producer and DJ Sean Den is placing himself at the forefront of the island’s romantic blend of Italo, Disco and House. 

Following in the footsteps of Irish producers, DJs and party-throwers Jordan Nocturne, Timmy Stewart and Cormac, Sean’s blend of ethereal summer-time and peak-time, queer-affiliated sounds have won him admirers all over the world, from TSHA and Sarah Story (who has supported a number of his tracks, most notably during her FLY Open Air Boiler Room in 2023) to Jaguar, Cinthie, Massimiliano Pagliara and Pete Tong in clubs and venues across the globe like DC10,Fabric, Pikes and Pacha to name but a few..

This thrilling sequence of straight-up house, nu-disco acid and electro-clash is made all the more ear-catching with the bumpy basslines of Italo and the squelchy throwback of the 303, earning Sean a string of renowned releases on The Disco Express, Stories and Cormac’s Polari Records, the latter of which where the producer has released three times; as part of Polari’s first VA No Tears In The Backroom from 2022, the first ever ‘Pamely Stanley’ edit on Polari – which made waves throughout the 2024 festival circuit – and his debut standalone EP on the label titled ‘Summer In London’.

As a DJ, Sean pulls from the House sounds of Cinthie and Derrick Carter, the 80s aesthetic of Prince and the cosmic otherworldliness of Krystal Klear and Hammer, all of which twist and knit themselves through the fabrics of Chicago and Detroit. 

Having supported Fatboy Slim, Annie Mac, Patrick Topping, Kettama and Dense & Pika, the vinyl-playing selector is just as comfortable in a big-room setting as he is in a small dark room with a banging soundsystem; capable of meandering towards those big-moments while also maintaining the headsy, dancefloor-glued sensibility of a journey-DJ, earning him slots at AVA Festival (where Sean won an Emerging DJ competition back in 2018), Emerge Festival, Berlin’s Bulbul Bar, London’s 25 Paul St., Belfast’s dance music institution Shine and Derry’s Jika Jika, and mixes for Emmett Read on SWU.FM and BBC ATL Introducing, where the Sean has taken control of multiple broadcasts, two of which were recorded live from Celtronic and Stendhal Festival. 

With a string of releases in the pipeline Sean looks set to build on what is already a glowing reputation; adding his own piece to styles of music that are just as much a part of the sonic culture in Ireland as they are in their transatlantic states. From the tribalism of Acid House at early Art College parties, thrown by David Holmes in Belfast in the 90s, to the modern interpretation of the sound in The Night Institute – where Sean would regularly attend  – Sean’s take on Balearic breakbeats, Chicago House, Detroit Techno sees him pulling from the sonics of a bygone era and breathing new life into them via ethereal euphoria and a trademark bumpin’ groove.
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