Dublin Digital Radio - ddr.

Dublin Digital Radio - ddr. Online community radio station representing a wealth of music, art and politics across Ireland. We are here to change that. Be surprised.

Dublin Digital Radio is an online digital radio station dedicated to providing a quality platform for the various communities striving to create a socially and culturally progressive city in a landscape netted with political stasis and tepid bureaucracy. We here at Dublin Digital Radio, believe it is time to break the mould with the medium of radio. The inanity of the licensed radios’ relationship

with advertisers, record labels, playlists and impartiality even when faced with the truth have no space on an online radio station that thrives on the medium it exists upon. Too long has the music scene in Ireland rip roared along without a radio platform to support it, to provide the link between what’s happening on the ground to the listener, the music lover that has been left behind by the cultural dearth on Irish national airwaves. Too long have social and political issues been silenced on the airwaves due to the puppet show of balance and too long off air are the days of the pirate radio when a degree of autonomy existed on the airwaves. DDR will be a platform for open ears delving into all that has been silenced, both musically and socially for too long. DDR will be a home in Ireland for all those with a passion for music, from the labels that are allowing the environment of independent Irish music to breathe to local DJ’s and music lovers, to those pushing the sound barriers on the classical end of things. DDR will be a space for conversations and debates, for stories and criticisms, a space to challenge all attempts to depoliticise culture. We want our listeners to fall in love again with radio and in the process creating a stronger environment for musicians, and listeners alike. Get your your router ready for DDR. Tune in every weekend.

Up at midday on ddr. It’s  with a guest takeover - .percussion is an electronic music producer based out of dublin.His m...
15/02/2025

Up at midday on ddr. It’s with a guest takeover - .percussion is an electronic music producer based out of dublin.
His music is inspired by artists such as aphex twin, squarepusher, SOPHIE and A.G. Cook, and blurs the lines between electronic genres such as jungle, techno, dnb, idm and hyper-pop.
Active since 2023, cable.percussion has gathered some local attention for his unique sound and high-energy live sets, particularly because his music is produced and played live using only hardware (no DAW / laptop) and also for his novel take on 303 sequencing (famous acid bass synth) which can be found throughout his music.
Recently cable.percussion released his first full-length album 303 Mechanics with a local Irish braindance label called Aduaine, which was shortly followed by an EP called XYZ released with Icelandic label Intellitronic Bubble

🚨 NEW SHOW 🚨 Saturday at 2pm on ddr.  Famous Dublin record label. In the mirror world we play music 🎶 Yes, you can dance...
15/02/2025

🚨 NEW SHOW 🚨 Saturday at 2pm on ddr.
Famous Dublin record label. In the mirror world we play music 🎶 Yes, you can dance and sing in the mirror world 🌍 but you cannot stay. You cannot stay. 🪞 Did you ever get lost in a hall of mirrors? 🪞 😱 ?

A gorgeous Valentine's Day mixtape - lessons in loving - from .pickering_ Love is for everyone. Listen in one and all!
14/02/2025

A gorgeous Valentine's Day mixtape - lessons in loving - from .pickering_

Love is for everyone. Listen in one and all!

ddr. new studio Launch - live radio line up! ✨ Introducing our live radio shows and performances for our Imbolc event ! ...
31/01/2025

ddr. new studio Launch - live radio line up! ✨ Introducing our live radio shows and performances for our Imbolc event ! Come and see our new studio get put to use with some of the regular Saturday ddr. crew , ddr. residents from elsewhere in the schedule , and some special guests!

✨ Bringing chill tunes for lazy transes, Small Trans Librarians Méabh and Greta are gonna guide you into St Brigids day

✨ Getting Away With It and are on air as usual on Saturdays , will be broadcasting a special show of their own productions ✨

PERFORMING LIVE in the ddr. studio -

✨ aka Polyp presents original ambient music
✨Dream pop star will perform live as well as co-hosting Getting Away With It
✨Beatboxer will be in studio , if you saw him perform at our Dabke 🇵🇸 party, you know it’s not to be missed
✨ and .mckenna present a 45-minute sonic journey in honor of Saint Brigid’s Day. This immersive soundscape blends hypnotic drones, experimental compositions, and ethereal harp improvisations, accompanied by readings of Saint Brigid’s prayers. The sacred meets the avant-garde in a celebration of imbolic
✨ddr. radio stars will be hosting throughout out the day too , so be sure to gawk in studio window at them

There’s also a full programme of talks and radio in the gallery space , flash tattoo by .hood , Brigids cross making and food by and , merch , so come on down to tomorrow 12pm / 8pm to hang out!

You can tune in on listen.dublindigitalradio.com if you can’t be there in person , experience the new studio from afar ✨ bigí linn !

ddr. Studio Launch - St Brígids Day ✨ Join us in the gallery space of  for talks , radio , film ,  ephemera and maybe ev...
30/01/2025

ddr. Studio Launch - St Brígids Day ✨ Join us in the gallery space of for talks , radio , film , ephemera and maybe even a trip down memory lane through the day at our new studio launch on Saturday ✨ full programme details below 👇

Dublin Digital Radio Presents IMBOLG @ The Gallery, Flux

12:00 - 12:30
RADIO: Jennifer Walshe & Wobbly: MOREOVER First Broadcast as part of Alternating Current 2021

12:30 - 13:00
TALK: YOUR RADIO STATION: Dublin Digital Radio

13:00 - 13:30
RADIO: Renée Helena Browne: Rebuilding Urania First Broadcast as part of Alternating Current 2021

13:30 - 14:10
TALK: Designing DIY run online radio and cultural spaces into the future: What can community radio do for cities, scenes, and community?

14:10 - 14:40
RADIO: Alternating Current 2021: Rachel Ni Chuinn: Patchwork First Broadcast as part of Alternating Current 2021

14:40 - 14:50
FILM: Resonant Frequency

15:00 - 16:00
VIDEO: Alternating Current 2021 Rerun

16:00 - 17:00
RADIO: Aisling Ór Ni Aodh: An Áit Nach Siúlann an t-Uisce First broadcast as part of Alternating Current 2022

17:00 - 18:00
RADIO: Spooky Beore: The Collection
First Broadcast as part of Alternating Current 2023

18:00 - 19:00
RADIO: Radiofare: The Living Stream
First broadcast as part of Not Your National Broadcaster, Dublin Fringe 2018

19:00 - 20:00
RADIO: Yoga for the Ears: How Will You Look After Me? First Broadcast as part of Alternating Current, 2021

Tattoos by .hood ✨ As part of our studio launch gathering in our new home  , .hood will be offering St Brigid cross flas...
29/01/2025

Tattoos by .hood ✨ As part of our studio launch gathering in our new home , .hood will be offering St Brigid cross flash on the day . See below some info about the process, and whether you’re getting tattooed or not , come down and welcome Spring and our new studio with food, talks, St Brigids cross making , and of course - loads of great live radio and music 🌸

FLASH BY .hood 🌷
How this works :
Availability 12-8
First come first serve basis
If there is a few people at once I will have times in a jar and we can pick them at random
🌷
I like to make people feel as comfortable as possible in my spaces
Providing an atmosphere that is a relaxing process. We chat about the logistics of your tattoo over tea and cake ✨
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However on this day, it will be a much quicker process than a usual session with me and I ask you to please keep an open mind coming into the space where we will commence the tattoo in a brisk fashion
🌷
I will never do a design twice every single tattoo I do is an original
On any other day If you like a design that is taken, I will make an altered version of it but on this day I will have this collection available to choose from and will
Do each design only once.
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ddr. Studio Launch - St Brigids Day
12-8pm Chatham Row, Dublin 2

Join us for the DDR launch in Flux Studios this Lá Fhéile BrídeIn the spirit of Bríde, we invite you to share a bowl of ...
27/01/2025

Join us for the DDR launch in Flux Studios this Lá Fhéile Bríde

In the spirit of Bríde, we invite you to share a bowl of soup, make a cross and perhaps get a tattoo from .hood , organised by friends of ddr. Laoise, Leo & Peggie

There will also be live radio, live music and talks to enjoy throughout the day !

The event is open to the public - drop in anytime
ddr. Studio Launch
12-8pm
, 4 Chatham Row

ENACT THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BILL NOW!! This Saturday join  national demo in Dublin to call on the government to pass ...
22/01/2025

ENACT THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BILL NOW!! This Saturday join national demo in Dublin to call on the government to pass the occupied territories bill NOW and march in solidarity with the people of Palestine. ddr. will be broadcasting the speeches from the demo for those who can’t join in person to tune into. Get down and show your support for the demo.

ddr. NEW STUDIO LAUNCH!1st Feb 12-8pm  live radio, live music performances,talks, St Brigid cross making, flash tattoos,...
21/01/2025

ddr. NEW STUDIO LAUNCH!
1st Feb 12-8pm
live radio, live music performances,talks, St Brigid cross making, flash tattoos, food, and more.

Dublin Digital Radio are launching their new radio studio in Flux, 4 Chatham Row on Imbolc, the 1st of February. Our studio will be open to the public and broadcasting live DJs and performances from 12pm until 8pm. The music will be broadcast out onto the street outside from Chatham Row’s beautiful courtyard, the music spreading over the surrounding area like Brigid’s cloak. We’ll have food provided by friends of ddr., a discussion from ddr. members on developing sustainable alternative cultural spaces through radio, and for the day that’s in it, tattoo artist .hood will also be providing Brigid’s cross tattoos to those who really want to memorialise the occasion.

Music on the day will come from ddr. residents broadcasting their regular scheduled shows, and will also include live performances from ddr. Residents and friends. We will be resharing old radio work commissioned previously for Alternating Current and Dublin Fringe in the Gallery Space, delving deep into the station’s rich archive for a new collective listening experience, as well as screening Resonant Frequency, beautiful short documentary on the station.

The launch of the new studio is an incredibly exciting time for the station. The location, in the heart of the city centre, and the accessibility it offers the alternative cultural scenes that ddr. platform and champions to the public is something that hasn’t really been on offer in Dublin city in recent memory. So often these communities can only exist on the edges. Due to the housing and space crisis in Ireland, it is almost unfathomable that a listener funded, volunteer run organisation like ddr. could have such a central home. We are incredibly grateful to for providing this space to us, and for the cultural space they are trying to establish on Chatham Row, with love and care for the city around it.
Art by feat cross by .hood

At 3pm on ddr. tune into Floating Into The Night - a tribute to David Lynch , presented live by
18/01/2025

At 3pm on ddr. tune into Floating Into The Night - a tribute to David Lynch , presented live by

THIS SATURDAY: Hackathon with  TU Dublin’s Live Music Research team needs your help in mapping Dublin’s live music ecosy...
15/01/2025

THIS SATURDAY: Hackathon with

TU Dublin’s Live Music Research team needs your help in mapping Dublin’s live music ecosystem. From live music venues to the backrooms of pubs, rehearsal spaces to DIY spaces, record stores to youth halls, we want to create an interactive map that captures the spaces that make up Dublin’s diverse music scenes. We want to capture the past and the present of Dublin’s rich musical history so whether you consider yourself a rocker or a raver, a punk or a metalhead, a disconaut or a dancehall frequenter, we want your memories of Dublin’s musical spaces to help us develop our live music map.

We’re hosting a mini hackathon at Flux Studios Chatham Row on Saturday 18 January from 12pm until 3pm. As part of the hackathon, we also invite you to bring any visual memorabilia with you that you are happy to have scanned and archived as part of the project. Flyers, posters, zines, gig listing pages – we’d love to see what you have. We will also be broadcasting a panel discussion on the project on our second stream.

If you cannot attend on the day but would like to be kept informed of future events please email mailto:[email protected] or follow us on instagram

As part of  spotlight of  Independent Community Radio Network’s radio stations, Dublin Digital Radio’s stream will be mi...
03/01/2025

As part of spotlight of Independent Community Radio Network’s radio stations, Dublin Digital Radio’s stream will be mirrored from midnight tonight (Fri) until midnight tomorrow (Sat) on Resonance FM.

Resonance is London’s Community Radio station for the Arts & Culture, broadcasting on FM in Central London, DAB in Greater London and online. Resonance Extra is a globally-focused broadcasting platform dedicated to sound art, radio art and experimental music, broadcasting on DAB in Greater London and regionally across the UK in Brighton & Hove, Cambridge & King’s Lynn, Peterborough and Norwich.

We’re thrilled to be broadcasting a mix of live shows from the studio, as well as highlights from the past year and a couple of live sets from prior editions of Alternating Current.

It’s  live in the ddr. studio right now ! Say hi in the chat if you’re listening
19/12/2024

It’s live in the ddr. studio right now ! Say hi in the chat if you’re listening

Calling all Snooze Fans- the Snooze zone is back for the inaugural live broadcast from the new ddr. studio in Flux Studi...
09/12/2024

Calling all Snooze Fans- the Snooze zone is back for the inaugural live broadcast from the new ddr. studio in Flux Studios. Join and from live from 8pm and get sleepy. This is the last Snooze Zone of the calendar year abd the very first show broadcasting from the new ddr. studio so make sure you tune in to get your zzzzzz fix.

We are broadcasting live from the  march on ddr. stream 2 right now 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
07/12/2024

We are broadcasting live from the march on ddr. stream 2 right now 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

TOMORROW! 1PM at the Garden of Remembrance, join the  March in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and let the incom...
06/12/2024

TOMORROW! 1PM at the Garden of Remembrance, join the March in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and let the incoming government know that we will not stand by while they allow arms to fly through Shannon airport. If you can’t make the March , we will be broadcasting the speeches on ddr. stream 2.

Calling all ddr. RESIDENTS! We are preparing to reopen our studio for live shows and are holding inductions to the studi...
04/12/2024

Calling all ddr. RESIDENTS! We are preparing to reopen our studio for live shows and are holding inductions to the studio this weekend and next Wednesday evening. Please check your email for the link to book your induction, and let us know if you did not receive an email.
Please note that you will not be able to use the studio to do your radio show live until you have been inducted - so please book your slot.
There’ll be more slots in January if you can’t make it this time!

Thanks for your patience while we prep the new studio and we can’t wait to get everyone back broadcasting from our lovely new studio!

Ufuk a.k.a. Quasifission, became one of the prominent names with his conceptional sound in the areas hosted by Istanbul’...
04/12/2024

Ufuk a.k.a. Quasifission, became one of the prominent names with his conceptional sound in the areas hosted by Istanbul’s underground communities until he came to Dublin. He was a resident on Root Radio and also took a role on HKCR, Operator Radio and Noods Radio. Quasi uses clunky drums, hard breaks, creating battlefields of percussion packed with colossal kick drums, mechanical and glitchy clangs. He creates dynamic moments on an experimental background.

From Istanbul’s underground scene to Dublin’s airwaves, tune into ddr, December 4th, at 9 PM to experience his dynamic, experimental music.
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