08.03.10  Hi everyone. I've had a great last month with some amazing gigs around the world and a hugely productive streak in the studio also. Some of my big highlights over the last while included a hugely enjoyable Letrik return to the Academy in Dublin where I played alongside Marco V. At the moment Marco is possibly my favourite DJ and producer with a style and energy of his own that consistently translates into complete dancefloor carnage. Letrik was no exception!

Other notable gigs included a return visit to Happi Jaxx in Luxembourg, a club whose unusual title never fails to illicit childhood memories of certain liquorice and apple flavoured penny-sweets! The gig was quite delicious also with a largely UK and Irish ex-pat crowd in exuberant form.

Fuse in Madrid was typically hot, sweaty and hedonistic, but the undoubted highlight was a pair of gigs in South Africa where headline sets to packed houses in Johannesburg and Durban were truly memorable with a level of sexual dancefloor expression matched only in my experience by crowds in Brazil. The South Africans really know how to dance! So, on to Brazil where I had a one-night stay for Source in Curitiba, followed by a flight to Houston, Texas for the wonderful open-air Trance-Gate club event. Texas is one area of the US that seems to have a fast-developing trance scene and the local talent on display was exceptional.

I'm excited about the coming month with gigs in Poland, Germany, the UK, my Greek debut at Freekout in Athens and a number of huge Irish gigs looming. The first of these is on the 12th March in Tripod, Dublin with Paul van Dyk, as part of his 2010 World Tour, followed by Planet Love in Horan's, Tralee the next night alongside Lisa Lashes and the abundant talents of Jordan Suckley in the huge main room. Room Two is headlined by the exceptional Jonno Brien who is definitely a DJ to watch out for this year.

On March 16th, the eve of St. Patrick's Day, I'm in Northern Ireland for my second visit to the superb Relic for Planet Love. Marco V is the main headliner and if my last exerience in Newry is anything to go by, a huge night awaits! Then on St. Patrick's Night I'm Amber, Dundalk for the ever-enthusiastic DKIT.

In terms of production, my remix with Scimon Tist for fellow Carlow native, Miami resident and lifelong friend Ed Whitty is out now on New York based label Peak Hour Music. The track is called 'Automate' and it's a huge thrill to be be a part of an amazing package headed by Whitty's superb Original mix. Incidentally, Whitty appears on remix duty for myself and Scimon's release 'Tactics', forthcoming in May on my own Club Educate label.

Myself and Scimon's recent track 'Yesterday's Children' has just been signed to two more compilations in Europe and our remix of Tiny Magnetic Pet's track 'Control Me' has been playlisted for daytime radio on a number of Irish stations in the coming weeks. I'm also thrilled with the reaction to our remix of John O'Callaghan's 'Every Lesson Learned' featuring the vocal talent of Lo-Fi Sugar, which is receiving huge support so far, most notably from Judge Jules and Ferry Corsten.

We've also just completed work on our remix of Matt Everson's trance bomb, 'Down Under' for Paul Webster's 'Vibrate Sounds' label and I've just teamed up with DJ Mog to remix the new track for Agnelli & Nelson's Robbie Nelson. I've also just signed up with Mog to run his busy Ego Records label which is preparing to release his amazing debut artist album, a development I'm extremely excited about.

My radio show 'Club Educate' has enjoyed a good month, with figures showing another rise in listenership while my syndicated 'Club Educate Global' show has just been snapped up by a number of exciting high-profile FM stations - more on that next month! The show continues it's regular Thursdayand Saturday night slots on Dublin's Spin 1038 at 23.45GMT and can also be listened to on www.spin1038.com and NTL Channel 934. The show is also available as a podcast from i-Tunes. Tracklistings, downloads and details of all shows are available here.

Until next time - see you somewhere... Bass Is Pumping!

JG