Dominik Eulberg, Spy, April 18th

The Spy revolution pulled off another wonderful coup on Friday evening as Traumschallplatten's Dominik Eulberg arrived to give an exhibition in all things dark and minimal. While it seems to be a cliche at this stage, Eulberg is certainly a DJ's DJ, without huge commercial or mainstream clout. Despite, or perhaps due to this fact, Spy was hopping for this one (Dublin really is a bit of a "place to be" at the moment isn't it?). There was a level of comfort which was lacking at the pressure cooker that was the Michael Mayer gig, yet by the time Eulberg was into his set the main room (which BTBW firmly endorses - very very cool) was packed out. He gave the crowd what they wanted - click-a-dee-clickk style minimal techno with a certain touch that makes it more palatable (IMO) than the brand espoused by the M_nus crew. Massive breakdowns invoking the sense of dark clouds above the floor followed by heavy stomping bassy riffs were the order of the day. By the end of his set the crowd were well and truly blown away, and his "one more tune", Beautiful Life by Gui Boratto certainly sent us all away smiling. Once again hats off to Spy for offering another truly world class guest to the Dublin masses.
Here is a youtube of one of his monster tunes, Bjorn Borkenkafer. I have no idea whether or not he played it on Friday