December 21st 2011

Wrapping up 2011 in style

The votes are in and we’re proud to announce that irk has won Solid Steel’s prestigious Guest Mix Of The Year award for the second year running! He’s now the title-holder for 2010 AND 2011. It was his mix from March, “irked vol. 5: It’s What Gets You Ahead In Life” which won it for him. What’s more, this is only his second year on the show, since his SS debut was in Jan 2010. That makes it 2 out of 2 so far. Thanks for listening, we’re going to celebrate with a Johnnie Walker Black Label, you should too. To Hitch, Cheers!

and here’s the AV intro to “irked vol. 8: Too Much Pressure” again:

irked vol. 8: Too Much Pressure – out now on Solid Steel

Played a couple of great London gigs this week alongside Red Snapper, Kid Kanevil and Solid Steel DJs Cheeba and Moneyshot. The new mix is now live, grab your free download! There’s also a short AV scratch intro to accompany it, be sure to check that out too…

Link direct to Solid Steel Soundcloud here

Next live date: 17 Dec in London.

New Date

Come on down:

irked vol. 7 – Unbelievable Krimewave – out now on Solid Steel

yarp. here it is:

irked vol. 6 is out

I should just mention, had a wicked night on Friday DJing at TempoClash in London alongside Kutmah, Om Unit, Bug, Jon Phonics. Big night, great crowd, cheers guys.

And now to business: my new mix is out! It’s a special collaboration mix for Solid Steel and Montreal-based bassmusic podcast J’aime Le Dubstep. On the sample front we’ve got Kenny Powers, Ron Burgundy, Southpark, Arrested, Heathers, A Night At The Roxbury, Adam And Joe, Brasseye and loads more. This is the first time I’ve crowd-sourced samples… over on Facebook I had a good laugh with folks from all over the world suggesting stuff from their favorite shows and movies that they’d like to have included. So I just did exactly what they said, great success! See what you reckon

LINK: irked vol. 6 on Solid Steel

LINK: irked vol. 6 on J’aime Le Dubstep

Hot Rod Riot Scene – aww yeaaah.

Love this. First saw it flying in to Bali for a surf mission. Remember it vividly; was a big empty flight, tired from travelling, totally wasn’t expecting to see anything worthwhile, but ended up totally loving Hot Rod and stifling some serious out-loud laughter for the sake of appearing almost normal to the few people on board. Samberrrrrrrg!

Scratching with Ron Burgundy O_o

Here is part 3 in the Release The UnReleasable series. More details on tha faceboookz.

And here’s my most recent mix again:

irked vol. 6 Teaser

The new mix is about to drop! It’s a collaboration set for Solid Steel and J’aime Le Dubstep, called Irked Vol. 6: The Rum And Ritalin Mix. Here’s the teaser… release date is THIS FRIDAY 8 JULY…. which happens to be the same day as my first London gig since returning to the UK. irkage all round

Wu-Tang BAM

Glastonbury looks wiiiiiiild, listen and watch Wu-Tang’s show here. DO IT, IT’S FKING AMAZING!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/2011/artists/wutangclan/

Serato in the house

Trade secret: Wu tune coming up in the new irk mix… out worldwide on Solid Steel Radio very very soon. Here’s the last one again if you missed it, clocking up thousands upon thousands of listens and downloads, cheers guys.

Diamonds, marketing and how Dumb Ideas Are In Fact Dumb

If you’re in marketing, kill yourself. No, please, really. Diamonds are not rare, in an economic sense, and people should stop buying in to it. Here’s an excellent article on the matter:

10 Facts About Diamonds You Should Know, on Neatorama

Also, unrelated, humans need to stop NOT calling people out on bullshit ideas. We are all entitled to our own opinions but we’re not entitled to our own facts. Water boils at 100 degrees.

“…And while people might enjoy studying Lit Crit or subscribe to fundamentalist religions, if they’ve got any sense they’ll notice that people acting in either of these two roles have rarely done anything tangible to better the overall lot of their fellow man… unlike all those rude, elitist, judgemental, snobby scientists, engineers, geeks and other educated types (who instinctively recognise that ideas vary in quality and efficacy, and have therefore been quietly and industriously changing the world for the better for the last few hundred years).” Big up. Read the rest of this great article here:

Say It With Me: “Dumb Ideas Are Dumb”, on Philosophtly

A Field Guide To Bullshit, on New Scientist

Tempo Clash London – back in the UK and ready to….

… rock? rumble? drown? freeze to death? I just returned to the UK from various travels. As expected, it’s 10 degrees Celsius and raining… lol. This next gig should heat things up a bit though

Tempo Clash

Faceboook event

Sheeeiit (irk’s The Wire refix)

FREE DOWNLOAD ONLY AT www.facebook.com/irked

Here’s my refix of the tune Way Down In The Hole by The Blind Boys Of Alabama, which was used in the opening credits to The Wire (Season 1). Undoubtedly one of the best TV shows of all time, if you haven’t seen it yet, get on some duh-vuh-duh action, it’s amazing. The scratchy bit in the middle uses a dialogue segment featured on the soundtrack album “And All the Pieces Matter – Five Years of Music from The Wire” from HBO (iTunes: http://irk.com/fk6). As for beats, the first bit is a tune called Pata Pata by Minimatic, and the last bit is Got That Vibe by Afrika Bambaataa… give them your cash now, they deserve it, support the artists I dropped this refix in my mix “irked vol. 4” which won Solid Steel’s Mix Of The Year 2010. Free download links for both this refix and the whole SS mix are up on www.facebook.com/irked …. come say hi.

The Rapture is a made-up story (among many).

Hey guess what?.. Your religion is made up.

The only difference between this backwards, made-up Rapture story and every other backwards, made-up religious story is that these Rapture douchebags were dumb enough to give us an explicit deadline after which we’re able to say without a shred of doubt that they are completely and utterly wrong. RETARDS!!!!! (Meanwhile the pope still thinks it’s way cooler to die of AIDS than use a condom. I’m not sure which is worse. Go figure.)

Here’s the story,as reported by the BBC

That was a hell of a weak week.

What a fucky week.
This happened:

And these are the two best articles I’ve seen on the matter:

The Washington Post: Bin Laden’s War against the U.S. economy

Johann Hari: Can We Learn The Real Lessons Of Bin Laden’s Death

Also Canadian grandparents and/or retards/conservatives voted insanely right-wing Harper back in to power

And then to add insult to injury British grandparents and/or retards/conservatives voted against voting reform (AV, the alternative vote). In the words of The Economist’s Bagehot, “Today’s result has killed off not only AV, but perhaps the prospect of any electoral reform for a generation.” Fuckin’ A.

So I decided to formally start hating, via Facebook of course:

On the plus side, I encountered this beautiful anti- loose-thinking/nonsensical/backward/hippy sentiment:

irked vol 5. out now on Solid Steel

Et voila! The fifth in the irksome mixtape series has just hit Solid Steel. With a load of huge sounds and smooth mixes it’s just what the doctor ordered. Dr. Fünke of course

let’s blog

I’ve decided to start making more of a blog out of my site, so here we go, stay tuned for loads of random crap, links and excellent opinions on what’s wrong with the world and how to make it better.

I was recently interviewed for Howstuffworks.com and Discovery Space News. The article went out yesterday. Check my ramblings on alien communication, maths, sampling and mixing HERE.

And with all this royal wedding crap going on, remember, #donaldtrumpisabellend

New mix – irked vol. 5 – coming soon.

irk’s first new mix release since winning the Solid Steel guest mix 2010 is about to drop, but for now, here’s the teaser:

Solid Steel Mix Of The Year 2010… Winner!

irk takes the top spot this year in Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel Guest Mix Of The Year Contest. This is a very cool situation. Thank you to all who supported, serious like. Here’s the winning mix, with a whole load of lovely comments. SS listeners are awesome.

So… what’s next …

Vote for DJ Irk for Mix of the Year on Solid Steel Radio!

The Solid Steel Mix Of The Year Competition is now on! If you’ve enjoyed my mixes this year and would like to support me, then I’d appreciate your vote. Plus there’s a whole load of free Serato swag for one lucky winner of the free prize draw, plus a bunch of other prizes. Details here:

I’m hoping my Solid Steel mix from 2 Oct 2010 makes a strong show, so that hopefully it gets a repeat play on the end-of-year show. After all, it’s got Flight Of The Conchords, The Wire, 30 Rock, Team America, blah blah blah, and all manner of insanity in it, innit. Thanks!

Irked Vol. 4 out now on Solid Steel

Irked Vol. 4: ShowBusinessTime has just gone live on Solid Steel. It’s a stormer. Listen out for the milllllllion samples…

Irked Vol. 4 Teaser

Irked Vol. 4 is getting its world premiere tomorrow on Solid Steel. Here’s the teaser:

The DJ irk sound…

Just a quick re-post of this lovely nugget of joy from the Irked Vol. 2 mix broadcast on Ninja Tune’s mighty Solid Steel radio in Jan 2010. Check it if you haven’t already! An excellent reflection of many mad irksome times in the Chamonix Valley. Big ups to Monkey Bar, BardUp, Terrasse and Cantina crews.

And here’s a link to irk’s latest Solid Steel offering:

Come say hi on Facebook

Oh and by the way, irk is inside the Facebook. Go introduce yourself, say hi, he won’t bite. He’s not nearly as nasty as he pretends to be in all those “f*ck you” scratch sequences, honest! Clickedy-click click on this:

Irked Vol. 3 on Solid Steel

Here’s a link to the latest irky mix, which dropped on Solid Steel on 16 July 2010:

DJ irk in Montreal on August 7th 2010

Irk’s first gig in MONTREAL… it may well look a little bit like this:

Irked Vol. 3 airing NOW on Solid Steel

That’s right ladies, the rumours are true, Irked Vol. 3: Can’t We All Just Not Get Along? is airing right now and all this week on Ninja Tune’s legendary Solid Steel Radio. Here’s what they say: “This week DJ Irk makes a welcome return to the show with another cracking mix”. In true rock ‘n’ roll style, the mix was recorded in Chamonix, France (round about when the Les Houches park photos were taken ) then edited and produced on the road in San Francisco and LA.

(cover by www.elopedthought.com)

Up Next… Irked Vol. 3 Teaser, right here:

irk’s been busy lately: the new mix, entitled “Irked Vol. 3: Can’t We All Just Not Get Along?” (*tip hat to Tina Fey/30Rock), is finished and awaiting release details. Recorded in Chamonix, France, edited and produced in San Francisco and LA, it includes all the usual comical sample scratch trickery, and a backbone of raw hiphop, Cali-glitch, dubstep and breaks. Stay tuned for that. Plenty more in the works too, including a re-work boot of one of the classic tracks from Mel Brooks’ The Producers, and even some Noisia/Foreign Beggars shenanigans. And hey you know what… people should start leaving some damn comments on this site, it’s getting awfully lonely up in here… if you like it, say so, come on people! Anyways, that’s blaow for now, keep it Steel…

irk in the US of A

Well, irk manned up, stole through an almost deserted Heathrow (pics), braved the ash cloud and made it out of Europe on one of the very first post-ashalypse/volcanogeddoon flights. He’s in New York City as of now, hanging about, causing trouble, editing hard on the Irked Vol 3. But he is also fully Serato-enabled and wouldn’t mind rocking a few crowds if the opportunity arises… so if you know a good gig, drop him a line and he just might be able to make it over to your area code.

: Heathrow deserted: attention, make way for the irk

: Heathrow Security deserted: attention, make way for the irk.

: DEADLY ASH???? AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

New stickers now in

The latest batch of DJ irk stickers are now in stock. We have waterproof white lettering IRKSOME and ROCKING ROLLING RIDING board stickers, and full colour fancypants Docvek graphics ones too. So go to a DJ irk gig and tug on his sleeve till he gives you a wad of the damn things. Or leave a nice comment in the News section here and leave your address in the Contact section and we’ll mail some out for free. Word.

DJ irk + Mister Pop in Chamonix on April 12th 2010

Solid Steel’s DJ Cheeba is back in Cham for another week of Irk and Cheeba gigs!

Having just returned from his Reels Of Solid Steel World Tour with Boom Monk Ben, Solid Steel’s DJ Cheeba is now back in Cham for the week. We kicked things off last night with a cheeky AV set in Monkey Bar; we’re back at Monkey tomorrow for part 2 of the adventure, then off to The Pub for thursday evening’s shenanigans, and we’ll go out in style on friday at the Cantina, which is bound to be another packed out sweatbox session, oh yes! And the rest of the time we’ll be shredding the spring slush up in the park, oh yes! Check out www.djcheeba.com for a taster of his awesome show.

Les Houches park shoot

Spring time hits Cham! New pics up already from last week’s park session up at Les Houches amongst the various DC riders in town for the week… couple of nice ones in there. Bah. Cheers Chris for taking snaps! The Terrasse Boss Des Bosses afterparty on weds went OFF also!!

Irk and Cheeba in Chamonix on March 23rd 2010

Irk and Cheeba in Chamonix on March 26th 2010

Irk and Cheeba in Chamonix on March 25th 2010

irked vol. 3?

Work has indeed commenced on Irked Vol. 3. Hallelujah, praise the lord, moving on, maybe. Let’s bloody hope so…

Right, let’s go!

Worldwide premiere of Irked Vol. 2 airs THIS WEEK on Solid Steel

The Solid Steel World Tour of Chamonix is now over…

The Solid Steel Beats, Breaks and Videotapes World Tour of Chamonix with DJ Cheeba is now over… GREAT SUCCESS!

The Beats, Breaks and Videotapes World Tour of Chamonix is underway

The Beats, Breaks and Videotapes World Tour of Chamonix is underway and it’s all good so far. Meanwhile, official release details for the new mix, Irked Vol. 2, have been finalised… The worldwide premier broadcast will take place on Ninjatune’s Solid Steel radio show live on 15 Jan 2010. The show goes out on the UK airwaves and is also syndicated to many of the biggest and best radio stations around the globe. And if you miss out on all of that, the show will be available 24 hours a day for live streaming from the Solid Steel website, and the offical podcast will be released about a week later, so you too can bag your own copy of the outstanding mix “Irked Vol. 2: Boy What A Headache”. It’s already been compared to the DJ Yoda Cut And Paste Mixtapes we all know and love. To find out which station in your country will be broadcasting the magic, and for show times, head to solidsteel.net.

New Mixtape Finally Finished

At last the new mix is finished. It’s called “Irked Vol. 2: Boy What A Headache” and it’s rad. Stay tuned for info on when and where to hear it first. So, off to Indo next week for a surf break, back in Chamonix for New Year and Jan gigs with Solid Steel’s Cheeba. Then going Stateside for a while. Lots of new things happening very soon. And I’ll have those stickers sorted for you too!

TEASER for the forthcoming Irked Vol. 2

Brand new TEASER for the forthcoming Irked Vol. 2. Check it.

Summer in Chamonix

Summer in Chamonix is in full swing, and I now have a regular slot at the excellent Bar’D Up every saturday for a few months, so come check that out if you can. Meanwhile, Irked Vol. 2 is FINALLY under construction, and is sounding well rubbish, as usual.

Many thanks to pearsontowers.com

Many thanks to the pearsontowers.com community for listening to and rating my Irked Vol. 1 mix – always good to get positive feedback. Meanwhile the snow season in Cham winds down, just the one gig left this coming saturday, with Solid Steel’s AV master Cheeba (plus a little end-of-season slush-shredding together no doubt), so that’ll be a good one! What next??? Who knows. Shiiiiit. Suggestions welcome…

My track used in new snowboard vid…

This is the intro to last year’s movie from Austria’s amazing Hot-Zone crew, featuring my track We Gunna Kick Their Bus.

Wakestock

The two Wakestock weekends were thoroughly successful. Crowds were rocked, rain was only intermittent, and I got to hang with (and witness the awesome sets of!) a few of the biggest stars of the DJ world…

My track used in new snowboard advert

My track Let’s Begin Now used as soundtrack to this new advert:

…the hardliest-working man in no-business.

Recent Posts

December 21st 2011

December 4th 2011

November 6th 2011

September 23rd 2011

July 10th 2011

July 4th 2011

July 2nd 2011

July 2nd 2011

June 26th 2011

June 14th 2011

June 12th 2011

June 3rd 2011

May 21st 2011

May 7th 2011

April 29th 2011

April 29th 2011

February 26th 2011

December 18th 2010

December 9th 2010

October 22nd 2010

October 22nd 2010

October 8th 2010

October 2nd 2010

August 10th 2010

August 5th 2010

Related show

July 16th 2010

June 24th 2010

April 23rd 2010

March 28th 2010

March 27th 2010

Related show

March 22nd 2010

March 21st 2010

March 17th 2010

Related show

March 14th 2010

Related show

March 13th 2010

Related show

March 7th 2010

January 14th 2010

January 13th 2010

January 6th 2010

November 10th 2009

September 8th 2009

July 26th 2009

April 21st 2009

October 23rd 2008

July 9th 2008

February 8th 2007