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How time flies. Really. it does. Its already our 2nd birthday! We are just getting the hang of using the potty and we now know enough words to order a double rum with ice, although we cant see over the bar yet..

What a better way to celebrate then to get one of our previous guests back again. Myself and Ruari were taking notes at the back of the club in Airbound 2009 during his set and we agreed he was the best live techno act at the festival. His sound has come a long way since we had him way back in early 2008.

Taking the Detroit template as a starting point, Chymera (real name Brendan Gregoiry) crafts deep, melodic tech-house and techno that is designed as much for the home as it is for the club. Both reflective and subtle, hard-hitting and groove-ridden, Chymera’s housing of all the techno sensibilities has helped make him an in-demand producer and DJ. Since moving to Barcelona in 2008, having spent time in Costa Rica and travelling around Europe, Brendan has adopted a more considered approach to his releases, with tracks on Delsin, Figure, NRK and Connaisseur Superieur which have won him more broader critical acclaim. His latest track “Fierenix” - a peaktime dancefloor destroyer - came out on this year’s Cocoon I compilation, alongside tracks from Secret Cinema, Radio Slave and Timo Maas. His most popular track however, “Arabesque” was used by Luciano as his finale at many gigs. It was also licensed to several high profile mixes on Global Underground (by Felix Da Housecat), Renaissance (by Sander Kleinenberg) and Fabric (by Luciano). As a result of the success of the beatless mix of “Umbrella” (Ovum), he was voted 3rd Best Chillout Artist in the 2007 Beatport awards.

Check out his Bodytonic podcast or his ECDR podcast .

Joining him on the night is resident Number1: Ruari, who has had one ‘ell of a summer playing at Sonar Barcelona, Airbound Croatia, Electric Picnic and Oxegen festivals! Doors open at 11.00 and admission is €10.

Tags: chymera, galway, house, madness, melodic, ruari, techno

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