Pot Duggans | Cois Abhann Presents Zkellies + mynameisJohn (DJ Set)

Live techno trio Zkellies bring their hand-played dancefloor sound to Pot Duggans, followed by Clare selector mynameisJohn. Pot Duggans welcomes Zkellies + mynameisJohn (DJ Set) as part of Cois Abhann 2026. Zkellies are a new live techno project from three long-standing figures in Ireland’s underground music scene: Andy Connolly (FKA Naive Ted), Dan Walsh of Fixity and Killian Barton AKA Bill Karnation. Their approach is refreshingly physical — repetitive, dancefloor-focused electronic music performed entirely by hand and foot, with no sequencers, loops, backing tracks or click tracks. Two drummers and live electronics build and reshape short musical phrases in real time, creating something that has the pulse and repetition of techno but the unpredictability and energy of a live band. Following Zkellies, mynameisJohn takes over the decks. Clare-based artist, DJ and record collector John Lillis has spent more than 20 years playing around Ireland and abroad, with appearances at Electric Picnic, Another Love Story, Body & Soul and Féile Na Gréine, alongside broadcasts on NTS, WFMU and Dublin Digital Radio. His sets are famously wide-ranging, moving from the relaxed to the ruckus and joining dots between Irish traditional music, hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, house, electronics and whatever else feels right for the room. A night built around two very different approaches to the dancefloor: live, improvised techno from Zkellies followed by a typically unpredictable late-night selection from mynameisJohn.