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Ignition Sequence hands one artist five records they actually pull out and play, with their own reasoning attached to each one. No press releases, no filler, just five that work. Opening the series is a Waveform favourite; Cailín, the Waterford/Berlin selector who runs Frequency Architecture and has spent well over a decade doing all of it on wax. Her five picks stretch from a 1994 Secret Cinema record to a Luis Flores rework of Denise Rabe, taking in Knotweed, Interruption and one of her own along the way. Bandcamp links on every one, so you can put your money where your ears are.

Anyway, commencing countdown…

Cailín grew up in Waterford and made her name in Dublin, holding residencies at Subject and District 8 while the rest of the country caught up. She plays vinyl, only vinyl, and has been building the collection for the guts of twelve years. On the alternative she is blunt: "Digital just does not resonate with me at all."

The reach went well past Ireland a while back. Two Boiler Rooms, Tresor, the Dockyard Festival stage during ADE, and headline slots at Electric Picnic, Life Festival and Boxed Off at home. She has shared bills with Jeff Mills, Ben Klock, Paula Temple, Regis, Objekt and Honey Dijon, and Dave Clarke named her one of his ten producers of 2021.

The production side runs through her own Frequency Architecture, which is where her debut album landed. We wrote up 'Cosmic Sonic' on the site back in May. There are also records out through Ben Sims' Symbolism and All City's Gurriers offshoot. The studio is hardware to the core, a Korg MS20 Mini, a Jomox Xbase 888, a Future Retro Revolution and a Juno 106 among the ranks. When the diary allows it she teaches, most recently a four week vinyl workshop at Racket Space in Dublin.

Digging, for the record, happens at Audio In in Berlin, Oye, Rush Hour in Amsterdam, A1 in New York and Phonica in London. She keeps things ticking over on SoundCloud and Instagram. Here are her five.

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'Binary' arrives via Interruption Records 005, a four track split from September 2023 that also carried Patrick DSP, Concrete DJz and Ceri Suss. Interruption is an Irish operation, with Flatlife handling distribution out of Eindhoven.

Cailín: "I always pop this in the bag in case I need some heavy artillery to lift a dull crowd, to catch their ear and rev them up. Never fails. Ever. Belter of a tune. Irish label."

Pick it up over on Bandcamp.

This one sits on 'The Lion And The Mouse', the fifth release on Denise Rabe's own Rabe imprint and out since March 2021. The twelve pairs two of her own tracks with a remix apiece, Headless Horseman taking 'Pretending' and Luis Flores handling this one.

Cailín: "I can't get enough of this track. An absolute bomb. This one initiates proper rowdiness on the floor and bends a few minds in the process."

The full record is available from Bandcamp.

'Final Approach' is the title track of KW033, out on Knotweed Records since April 2019 with 'Shifted', 'Satellites' and 'Lasting Thought' filling out the EP. Knotweed has been running since 2011 under Philippe Petit, the Belgian who long ago decamped to Chamonix, and whose 'United EP' for Symbolism we covered on the site this week.

Cailín: "This one has been in my bag a long time now. It creates so much energy and the break is where it shines. It teases and teases and builds energy supremely before it drops and drives the crowd wild. Mode_1 is an Irish artist and a fellow Subject resident."

Grab the EP now on Bandcamp.

One of her own, and the only track in the five she built herself. 'Internal Affairs' comes off the 'Afterlife EP', out on Frequency Architecture in September 2025, with 'Afterlife', 'Dromen' and 'Wait For Me' completing the record.

Cailín: "It's not always big bangers required to ignite a dance floor. This track is on the deeper side and it really gets the crowd moving. Super effective earlier in the night before you step it up a gear."

Get yours direct from Bandcamp.

Top of the pile, and the oldest record here by a distance. 'Timeless Altitude' was the first Secret Cinema record ever pressed, out on EC Records in 1994, and the Dutch producer has gone back to it more than once since. Gem Records reissued a remastered cut of the original as part of a run marking his twenty five years. On Bandcamp it turns up inside an Ultra Techno collection, listed there as 'Timeless Attitude'.

Cailín: "I love to drop this at the end of a heavy set to lift the mood and add a sprinkle of euphoria. It's an absolute classic that stood the test of time. Always generates a huge vocal reaction from the crowd and loads of smiles, from myself included."

You can buy it on Bandcamp here.

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