Ireland has a storied history of legendary parties and productions. Likewise, Buckfast and dance music, especially sounds on the harder end of the spectrum go together like slip matts and dubplates and there’s few places where this relationship is more implicitly intertwined. Andrew Moore took a virtual roadtrip to all corners of the country to explore the disparate thriving microscenes and get a snapshot of the sounds shaping their cities.

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