Ive has been part of the dance scene in Ireland for many years and part
of the music scene for even longer! Growing up in Drogheda, which was
then a small town north of Dublin, Ireland. At a young age Ive started
to write music, play guitar with his bands and run alterative clubs.
This was in the mid 80's and where Ive started to mix vinyl, his first
band that really got him noticed was "The Dreads" a New York punk
influenced outfit. With this band, Ive toured all over Ireland and the
UK and gained extensive live and studio experience.
With an embedded interest in new and exciting forms of music Ive found
the rise of dance music irresistible and in the early 90's moved into
mixing dance records. After a short period of time on the underground
dance scene in Dublin Ive formed Solar Productions to promote himself
and other DJs in clubs around Ireland. Which was responsible for the
now legendary Solar 1, a multi room event in a gothic mansion along the
Boyne valley. Ive's first dance music residency was in the Da Club
(Dublin), with Solar's alternative club Nemesis VI a progressive trance
based night featuring live acts. This is where Ive formed his first
live p.a. "White Heat" a psychedelic experience with decks, live guitar
and precussion and Ive mixing it all up for the crowd.
Ireland with headline gigs in Sir Henry's (Cork), the Underground
(Dublin) Liquid (Galway) and at U2's club the Kitchen (Dublin) playing
regularly at their Saturday club "Fever" and their Monday chill club
"Disko".
Ive has also been heavily involved in various live and studio production
over the years as a sound engineer and has worked with such names as
Hot House Flowers front man Liam o'Maonlai, Sisters of Mercy, Therapy?
Bad Manners and Tom Robinson to name a cross section of acts.
Having met Podje through playing in the Kitchen and realizing their
common interest in progressive house and trance music, they joined
forces to first form a production team called Deep Blue, and Dale Studios was set up. In 2002 the lads met with singer El, changed their name to Ridgewalkers and the rest as they say is history.
Ive's talent has taken him through all facsits of music to bring him here
and is now sharing stages with heavyweights such as ABT, Rank 1,
Alex morph and the legendary Chris Fortier. But is still known to join
bands on stage and lash out a couple of Iggy Pop songs, sweet!
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