Brian & David Harrington: No Sound Is Too Taboo
Biography:
Brian Harrington is a Dublin based funk and soul veteran. He brought Acid Jazz’s music to Ireland via the underground speakeasy The Blue Note on Bedford Lane and was on the Acid Jazz’s Magic Bus DJ payroll from the mid-nineties. He was also a resident DJ at “Lost In Music” at Lillie’s Bordello, and at “Soul Riot / Hit & Run” which ran for a decade from the late nineties to the mid noughties. He can be regularly heard spinning the decks at the Sugar Club and the Workman’s Club.
David Harrington is a musician who has gigged with various bands in various guises in most of Dublin’s major music venues, as well as across Ireland, even performing on the Late Late Show. He is also a part time DJ, having played regularly in the Ivy amongst other venues. He can currently be heard performing numerous instruments in the Mammoth Banna Ceol, Apollo’s Creed, The Racket and the Way Back When Band.
Sample Tracklist:
01 Architecture in Helsinki – Do The Whirlwind
02 Reuben Wilson – Got to Get Your Own
03 Prince – Controversy
04 The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing
05 Hamilton Bohannon – Foot-Stompin’ Music
06 Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes – The Love I Lost
07 The Chemical Brothers feat. The Flaming Lips – Golden Path
08 Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
09 Emilíana Torrini – Me & Armini
10 Grace Jones – William’s Blood
11 The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
12 Prince – Erotic City
13 Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
14 Sly & The Family Stone – If You Want Me To Stay
15 The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You
16 David Bowie – Sound & Vision
17 Freda Payne – Band of Gold
18 Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Starting Something
19 The Knife – Heartbeats
20 Aaron Neville – Hercules
21 Amy Winehouse – Help Yourself
22 Jackie Wilson – Your Love Lifts Me Higher
23 The Beatles – Baby, You’re A Rich Man
24 Janelle Monáe – Dance or Die
25 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig! Lazarus Dig!

