POD, Dublin Fri 11pm €18 01-4763374A three-room affair on Harcourt Street as Hype lock horns with the 515 bunch again. The big house name on the ticket is DJ T, aka Get Physical label founder and Groovemagazine publisher Thomas Koch, who will be holding court in the POD.
Since he set up the label back in 2002, Get Physical has released a rake of heavyweight cuts by the likes of MANDY and Booka Shade. Koch is no slouch in the production department himself, chalking up remixes for Spektrum, Newcleus and others.
In Crawdaddy, its Swedish producer Christian Smith, who has carved out a smart niche for himself when it comes to cutting-edge funky tech-house electro via world tours and releases for labels such as Ovum, Underwater and his own Tronic imprint, and albums such as Sino. Local representation in the Lobby Bar in the shape of masterchef Billy Scurry and Calvin James. JIM CARROLL
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Hot Chipgo electropopping (Friday, Limerick), Freakscene's 15th birthday party (Wednesday, Cork) and Mekthrills Cheebah (Friday, Limerick)
