Eoin Murray

London

Deputy Digital Editor at DJ Mag TM

Reviews Editor at The Thin Air

@DJmag | Anois, Os Ard | he/him

Articles

New Irish Music: April 2025

1 week ago | anoisosard.substack.com | Eoin Murray

The unthinkable has happened: I’ve spent a week romanticising Limerick Junction. For those unaware, Gabhal Luimnigh is an interchange railway station in Tipperary that connects trains travelling between Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Ennis, Cork and Tralee.
Premiere: Lúnasa ‘Sneak’

1 month ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Dublin’s Ethereal Skies label will release the second instalment of its ‘Aerga’ compilation series this week. Listen to Lúnasa’s contribution, ‘Sneak’, below. Comprising 13 tracks from artists including Lighght, R.Kitt, LEGIT GIRL DJ, Real Tears and DJ Deep Heat, 'Aerga Vol. 02' encompasses a wide range of club-focused styles ranging from hard dance and experimental trance to maximalist d&b and blissed-out bass.
Yilan, UK producer and DJ, dies aged 32

1 month ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Content warning: this story contains information relating to suicide, misscarriage and mental illness that some readers may find distressing. Yilan, the Leeds-based DJ and producer whose music appeared on labels such as Infinite Machine, Listening Sessions and LOFS, has died. A statement shared via the artist born Mark Bridger’s Instagram account earlier this week confirmed that he died by suicide on 10th February. He was 32.
Premiere: ASOY ‘3 Boys In Trouble’

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Or:la’s Céad label returns this month with a new EP from former SOS collective member Demi under his ASOY alias. Listen to the title track, ‘3 Boys In Trouble’ below. The first release on the Derry-born, Liverpool-based artist’s imprint since NIKS’ May 2024 EP ‘Milieu’ is a significant one.
Roy Ayers, jazz-funk visionary behind ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’, dies aged 84

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk musician and composer, has died. A statement shared via the 84-year-old vibraphonist and composer's official Facebook page confirmed that he passed away in New York City on 4th March after a “long illness”: “He lived a beautiful 84 years and will be sorely missed.
Premiere: C Powers ‘I Will Not Live In A Fascist State’

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

C Powers returns to NYC’s Sorry Records this month with her new album, ‘Unlawful Assembly’. Listen to ‘I Will Not Live In A Fascist State’ below. Following previous appearances on the label including last year’s collaborative EP with CH Rom as Pump Media Unlimited, the Portland-based artist channels her work in abolitionist movements and anti-displacement organising into nine club tracks that imbue their furious production with purpose and collective power.
Rowetta calls for witnesses of alleged 2000 attack by former Happy Mondays bandmate Shaun Ryder

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Rowetta, the Happy Mondays vocalist who left the group in December 2024, is appealing for witnesses of an alleged attack by her former bandmate Shaun Ryder to come forward. In a series of posts shared on social media last month, the singer alleged that Ryder “punched me”, “knocked me out” and left her with “a black eye” on a Stena Line Ferry in 2000 while the band were en route to play Witness Festival in Dublin. “When I speak about Happy Mondays... it will always be true.
Angie Stone, R&B and soul singer known for ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’, dies aged 63

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

Angie Stone, the R&B and soul singer best-known for her 2001 hit ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’, has died. News of the artist’s passing was shared on Facebook on Saturday 1st March by her daughter Diamond Stone. A representative told Variety that Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama. She had reportedly been travelling home to Atlanta from a show with her band, and was the only person who died in the crash. She was 63.
Selections: LUXE

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

“My sound is only ever growing day by day,” said LUXE in her 2022 interview with DJ Mag.
Premiere: D Stone ‘Deep Inside’

2 months ago | djmag.com | Eoin Murray

D Stone is next up on Semi Delicious with the ‘Banggg’ EP. Listen to ‘Deep Inside’ below. The Amsterdam DJ and producer’s aptly named EP is an ideal match for Demi Riquísimo’s imprint, which follows its recent sixth anniversary compilation – which features tracks from Manami, Kassian, Scarlett O'Malley and many more – with a four tracker that works through numerous shades of house, offering something for every occasion.