ddr.10 Listening Lounge
Nov 1, 2026, 12:00 PM
Free Entry
A shared listening experience
Whether you're already part of the ddr. community or you're simply curious about the music we play, you're very welcome. Come for the music, stay for the conversation, and listen to something you might not have heard before. Through its decade of existence, ddr. has become home to a repository of musical knowledge, stories and information. Across our residents, shows and wider community, there is an incredible depth of knowledge to draw from, from 90s dance music to Indian Classical, and everything in between. For this listening lounge, we're bringing some of that knowledge together and sharing it with the wider community. Expect tracks, stories and conversation, with some of the ddr. residents sharing some of the music that has inspired, fascinated or stayed with them, played through the RiseUp! Soundsystem.
LINE-UP
Nic from A New Forest
A New Forest presents Journeys by DJ - ColdCut: 70 minutes of Madness "I'll talk about the album a little bit from a personal perspective and a little bit from what I've learned about it. The influences it took from other mixtapes and how it influenced me and other Djs mixing across other genres. Also maybe look at it critically as a mix where the mixing over shadows the music."
Kate Butler - Crazy Bitch: Women producers in 1990s Dance Music
From a 13-year-old Jana Rush in Chicago to Metalheadz icons in the UK, Kemistry and Storm, this is a journey into the sounds produced by women in one of the most creative periods of dance music history. Kate is a writer and DJ based in Dublin since the 1990s. She has a monthly show on Dublin Digital Radio (ddr). Since 2017, she has been developing Atomic, a programme which teaches girls and marginalised children how to DJ and gives young people access to broadcasting on ddr. In 2026, she produced Control, a four part radio documentary on 2FM about women's work in the recording studio.
Deer(Adio) - Sonically:Sudanse
Flowing between the past and present this listening experience explores the nuances of Sudanese music, through song, poetry and found sounds. Bridging Sudan’s sonic tapestry with its sociopolitical history we will dive into sonic planes to draw a picture of Sudan’s evolution. Amidst escalating conflict this session explores the power of music and its ability to colour, augment and shape our times.
Tracks from the Racks in conversation with Age of Love - Are you Really going Analog?
Tracks from the Racks interviewed by Age of Love
TRACKS FROM THE RACKS
Tracks from the Racks are Eoghan and Tanya, DJs, record collectors and hosts of a monthly all vinyl show on Dublin Digital Radio. With roots in Dublin’s club and radio scene going back decades, TFTR grew from a shared love of electronic music, record collecting and the culture surrounding it.
That passion led to the creation of the Tracks from the Racks Mix Tape Series, a non profit project bringing together DJs from Ireland’s past and present to record vinyl mixes captured onto physical cassette tape. Each mix is accompanied by a limited edition book documenting the music, the DJs and the wider club culture surrounding it.
AGE OF LOVE The Age of Love is a documentary podcast exploring the connections between the electronic music scenes of Ireland and Italy during the 1990s, with a focus on progressive techno and trance. Through interviews, personal stories and music, the series traces the links between two scenes that, despite being geographically distant, shared a powerful sense of community, freedom and discovery.
ABOUT THE TALK Age of Love will interview Tracks from the Racks about the Mix Tape Series, exploring where the idea came from, why they decided to return to cassette, the process involved in putting the series together, recording the mixes, creating the physical tapes and books, and what they have planned for future editions. We’ll also be playing some music directly from the tapes during the conversation.
The Indian Classical Show presents… Call of the Valley
Kieran Lakhera O’Shea looks at the landmark 1967 instrumental album, Call of the Valley. It was conceived as a conceptual suite following a day in the life of Kashmiri shepherds by pairing classical ragas with their corresponding times of the day. This atmospheric masterpiece became one of the most commercially successful Indian classical albums of all time, serving as a gateway for introducing the genre to western ears.