Before my visit to Cork in March, I was interviewed by the regional newspaper. The interview is pretty accurate, although I am cited as a Drum n Bass DJ (!!).

Memoirs of an invisible man - Don O’Mahony chats to the illusive Drum n Bass DJ Hoonboy - Evening Echo, March 20th 2008
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Another great night, thanks to everyone at Audacious, particularly the Toms, Dan and Gavin!! I played the headline slot for 81 minutes in total. MDS was a hard act to follow, so I broke it down and eased the crowd back in with a little dubstep and ragga jungle, steadily progressing through the mashup to a breakcore frenzy at the end. At one point the whole night was teetering on the brink of collapse as we
had power issues and a distinct lack of subbass but the issues were quickly resolved and the night went down like a storm.

Download Mix

01. vex’d - lion VIP
02. rusko - cockney thug
03. drumcorps - this time
04. rcola - pass the dutchie
05. johnny osbourne - buddy bye
06. krinjah - championmindset
07. krinjah - krinjahsuccess
08. aaron spectre - 1600 penn, ftw
09. nkogliaz - soundbwoy killah
10. igor - ragga split
11. mochipet - botan ricecore (aaron spectre mix)
12. aaron spectre & prodigal son - say yeh
13. mathhead - bonafidekilla (aaron spectre mix)
14. fat controller - in complete darkness
15. pisstank - bassbins
16. hoonboy - clowntown
17. soundbites - fiyah
18. monkey steak - big up yourself remix feat. scorpio
19. dj k - on a mission
20. parasite - 99 skanky hoes
21. krumble - ticket to grind
22. hoonboy’s in the gusset - megamix
23. rotator - jump da fuck up
24. cutty ranks - limb by limb (original ragga mix)
25. rotator - big booty
26. repeater - collision repair specialist
27. mr kill - aerodynamit punx
28. venetian snares - hand throw

Just recorded another live show with Pete Juxtaposeur, this time as agentblu, my ambient chilled other half. i’ve been writing bits of downtempo music since 2002 and this is a rare chance to get some of it aired.

The show will be broadcast on the last thursday of april, at 9pm(BST) via the Sound Unsound Network, and later archived for download on the Skip To The End homepage.

And I thought Uprizing was fun . . .

Hadn’t been on a plane for a while and I was worried what airport security would make of me travelling with nothing but a case full of breakcore apparatus and a toothbrush. Luckily my little wheely case stows nicely in the overhead luggage compartment and the plane was half empty anyway, so no-one clocked the fact that it weighed nearly double the 6kg allowance. Its a strange feeling to travel in the evening with a bunch of holidaymakers and tired business execs when you know full well you’re on course to wreak havoc at some unknown venue.
Big thanks to Gearoid, Paddy, Man-G, the crazy Polish DJ, Charlie, Tim and everyone else who’s names I’ve forgotten. It was also nice to have a sound engineer on hand who knew the rig and was able to help me get my output eq’d properly for the room. Its not easy to turn up somewhere to a bunch of total strangers and try to party but you made my visit so memorable, and I really look forward to coming back some time soon. UK promoters take note, a little hospitality is not to be underestimated and really helps to make artists feel comfortable in unfamiliar territory.

The quality of the other DJs was high, with some good performances especially the Polish guy who was dropping some ragga stormers and a few classics to build up the heat earlier on in the evening.

Photos are in the gallery, hopefully some more are on the way.

hoonboy live @ dnb impact 22/03/08

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01. rusko - cockney thug
02. aaron spectre - say more fire
03. nkogliaz - soundbwoy killa
04. krinjah - krinjahsuccess
05. mathhead - bonafidekilla (aaron spectre rmx)
06. the fat controller - in complete darkness
07. soundbites - fiyah! [death$ucker]
08. mochipet - botan ricecore (aaron spectre rmx)
09. the teknoist - richie’s breakcore love song [death$ucker]
10. aaron spectre & prodigal son - say yeh
11. gromov - bring da noise
12. parasite - 99 skanky hoes [death$ucker]
13. rotator - big booty
14. repeater - collision repair specialist
15. exile - big bad purple bad boy
16. evol intent - corrupt cops (noisia rmx)
17. stivs & ed cox - slew rmx [death$ucker]
18. krumble - ticket to grind
19. rotator - jump da fuck up

Filthy, filth, filthy. The east coast massive certainly know how to run tings. They put me on quite early but I managed to get the crowd into it after the Peace Off tunes started coming out. Props to the VJ and the guy who installed the rig - the management were tearing their hair out over the insane amounts of bass, concerned about their impact on the structure of the building I guess. 4 twin folded 18″ bass bins and a pair of mid tops stuck in the middle of the room soundclash style!

I don’t have any pics from the night but if you do, get in touch.

Hoonboy Live @ Uprizing 23/02/08

download mix

01. m-beat feat general levy - incredible
02. capleton - who dem
03. ten pound sound - bust outta dis (ten pound remix)
04. johnny clash - movement [death$ucker]
05. hoonboy - in the gusset megamix [death$ucker]
06. mochipet - botan ricecore (aaron spectre rmx) [daly city]
07. fat controller - in complete darkness
08. mathhead - bonafidekilla (aaron spectre rmx)
09. rotator - jump da fuck up
10. rotator - get so exxxcited [peace off]
11. rotator - come get some
12. the teknoist - richie’s breakcore love song [death$ucker]
13. gromov - bring da noise
14. drumcorps - down (teknoist rmx)
15. venetian snares - handthrow

After the Cambridge gig I shall cruise over to Norwich to record a live set to be broadcast on www.livewire1350.com. The show is called ‘Parlour Games for the Disenchanted’ and is hosted by Dean and Sam. Its going out on 1st March at 10.30 pm.