D1 Recordings is an Irish independent techno record label founded in 1994 by

Eamonn Doyle Eamonn Doyle (born 1969) is an Irish photographer, electronic music producer, DJ, and owner/manager of the D1 Recordings record label. He has produced a number of records of his own music. His self-published photo-books include the trilogy ''i' ...

. It is named after the

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

postcode in which it was located and has released music by artists from there and elsewhere. Ian Maleney wrote in ''

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'' in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history".

History

Doyle Doyle is a surname of Irish origin. The name is a back-formation from O'Doyle, which is an Anglicisation of the Irish (), meaning "descendant of ''Dubhghall''". There is another possible etymology: the Anglo-Norman surname ''D'Oyley'' with agglut ...

worked in the independent music business for 15 years. Around 1993 he and others set up a recording studio in the basement of the building he lived in at 147

Parnell Street Parnell Street () is a street in Dublin, Ireland, which runs from Capel Street in the west to Gardiner Street and Mountjoy Square in the east. It is at the north end of O'Connell Street, where it forms the south side of Parnell Square. History ...

's north inner city. Some of that music was released on the Dead Elvis indie record label he co-founded and ran. Doyle became a DJ, then founded D1 Recordings in 1994. D1 Recordings also ran a recording studio (d1), record shop and, eventually, a distribution company (Dublin Distribution) all in the same Parnell Street building. D1 also ran a weekly club night on Saturday nights for over a decade. Doyle also set up two subsidiary labels called D1aspora istributed via Submerge in Detroitand DublinLondon with UK electronic music producer

Mark Broom Mark Broom (born 6 May 1971)Mark Broom Official
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. By the end of the 2000s, the shop, distribution company and club had closed down. Ian Maleney wrote in ''

'' in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history".

Artists past and present

Baiyon Tomohisa Kuramitsu, better known by his stage name Baiyon, is a Japanese multimedia artist from Kyoto.
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Roger Doyle Roger Doyle (born 17 July 1949) is an Irish composer best known for his electro-acoustic work, for which he was made a Saoi of Aosdána, and for his piano music for theatre. Education Born in Malahide, County Dublin, Doyle studied piano from t ...

* Peter Van Hoesen *

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Keith Tucker Keith Tucker is a DJ and producer of Detroit techno and electro music from Detroit, Michigan. Career Tucker began his career playing cover versions of Juan Atkins' electro hits from the 1980s with his childhood friend Tommy Hamilton. The li ...

(AKA DJ-K1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Recordings, D1 Irish independent record labels Irish companies established in 1994