Dublin native Gavin Lynch, otherwise known as Matador, had been DJing vinyl from his early teen years until he was 28. At 28 he met 

, who he eventually went on tour and learned a lot from. At the time he believed the best way to introduce the world to his sound was by performing live because there was no competition with other DJs when it came to booking gigs. In an interview with 

, Lynch says that he didn’t look at a vinyl for probably four or five years, but that he never lost his passion for vinyl.

Nowadays, Lynch has a “hybrid” setup that allows him to DJ as well as perform live. This setup allows him to play much longer sets because his live sets would only last up to around two hours but now he can play much more music which keeps the audience engaged for longer.


Matador is very well-respected within the techno community and with his several years of experience, he launched his own imprint 

. RUKUS has seen the release of music from 

, Fabio Florido, OC, and Verde to name a few.

Ireland

deep minimal techno

irish electronic

irish techno

minimal techno

Matador

Italy

Agents Of Time

Germany

Aril Brikha

Netherlands

Arjuna Schiks

Booka Shade

United Kingdom

Dave Clarke

Dixon

Enrico Sangiuliano

Extrawelt

Ferro

United States

Inner City

Jamie Jones

Jeff Mills

Jennifer Cardini

Joris Voorn

Juan Sanchez

Klaudia Gawlas

Kollektiv Turmstrasse

Sweden

La Fleur

Lee Burridge

Lewski

Loco Dice

Luna Ludmila

Magdalena

Mathew Jonson

Mathias Kaden

Belgium

Milo Spykers

Spain

Paco Osuna

Pan-Pot

Patrice Bäumel

Croatia

Petar Dundov

Pleasurekraft

Rødhåd

Sasha

France

Sébastien Léger

Solomun

Adam Beyer

Switzerland

Adriatique

Anfisa Letyago

Benny Rodrigues

Boris Werner

Chris Liebing

Cirez D

Egbert

Ellen Allien

Eric Prydz

Gregor Tresher

Israel

Guy J

Guy Mantzur

Argentina

Hernan Cattaneo

Johannes Brecht

Joyhauser

Karotte

Kevin de Vries

Melon

Michel De Hey

Miss Melera

Nick Warren

Nuno Dos Santos

Olivier Weiter

Ramon Tapia

Remy Unger

Richie Hawtin

Secret Cinema

De Sluwe Vos

Speedy J

Stephan Bodzin

Tale of Us

Terry Francis

Vince Watson

VNTM

Sloterpak

Loveland

alternative dance

dance-punk

electronica

filter house

indietronica

new rave

Justice

Ducci

Mita Gami

Gio Lucca

CЯSPY

afro house

Friend of Honor

Honey B

Ukraine

NASTIA

indie poptimism

nu disco

The Knocks

Matador

Past events

Other artists