Mark McCabe

MANIAC 2000 (25th Anniversary Edition) available to stream for the first time ever!

Mark McCabe discussed the chart-topping hit with JOE. MANIAC 2000 (25th Anniversary Edition) is now available to stream for the first time ever! Before the re-release of the the chart-topping hit Mark McCabe sat down to discuss the anniversary edition with JOE. When asked what fans can expect from the new version, McCabe replied: “We […]

Mark McCabe discussed the chart-topping hit with JOE. MANIAC 2000 (25th Anniversary Edition) is now available to stream for the first time ever! Before the re-release of the the chart-topping hit Mark McCabe sat down to discuss the anniversary edition with JOE. When asked what fans can expect from the new version, McCabe replied: “We […]

10 months ago

Mark McCabe on 20 years of ‘Maniac’ and the life-affirming power of music

“I guess I grew up as the joke. In dance music, I was the joke. Your man with his ‘Maniac’ track; what the heck is this?” Mark McCabe doesn’t really need an introduction at this stage, but he could perhaps benefit from something of an addendum. It’s a unique enough complaint, being faithfully haunted by a […]

“I guess I grew up as the joke. In dance music, I was the joke. Your man with his ‘Maniac’ track; what the heck is this?” Mark McCabe doesn’t really need an introduction at this stage, but he could perhaps benefit from something of an addendum. It’s a unique enough complaint, being faithfully haunted by a […]

6 years ago

JOE’s Song Of The Day #809 – Aimée ‘Break Me’

Breezy dance-pop with a personal twist. Having emerged via a Mark McCabe collaboration last summer, Dublin hopeful Aimée is busy taking steps to carve out her own path. As such, she’s back with another dancefloor-friendly slice of power pop, one that speaks to personal struggles as it looks to find the light. “Anxiety is something I have […]

Breezy dance-pop with a personal twist. Having emerged via a Mark McCabe collaboration last summer, Dublin hopeful Aimée is busy taking steps to carve out her own path. As such, she’s back with another dancefloor-friendly slice of power pop, one that speaks to personal struggles as it looks to find the light. “Anxiety is something I have […]

7 years ago

WATCH: Limerick hurlers let loose to live rendition of Mark McCabe’s Maniac 2000

Incredible. The celebrations in Limerick are still very much in full swing following their incredible win against Galway in Croke Park on Sunday. The win ended the county’s 45-year dry spell when it comes to hurling All-Ireland finals, leading for quite a serious cause for celebration. After an estimated 90,000 people took to the team’s homecoming […]

Incredible. The celebrations in Limerick are still very much in full swing following their incredible win against Galway in Croke Park on Sunday. The win ended the county’s 45-year dry spell when it comes to hurling All-Ireland finals, leading for quite a serious cause for celebration. After an estimated 90,000 people took to the team’s homecoming […]

8 years ago

The enduring hit-maker returns with his bid for the sound of the summer… “Timing is everything,” says Mark McCabe. With many years of music industry experience as a DJ, producer and radio programmer, he ought to know. In conversation with JOE a couple of months back, McCabe spoke of the importance of a song hitting at […]

The enduring hit-maker returns with his bid for the sound of the summer… “Timing is everything,” says Mark McCabe. With many years of music industry experience as a DJ, producer and radio programmer, he ought to know. In conversation with JOE a couple of months back, McCabe spoke of the importance of a song hitting at […]

8 years ago

“I’m ready to really give it a go” – The Second Coming of Mark McCabe

Veteran producer Mark McCabe on his fresh start, overcoming musical snobbery and, yes, that song… As comeback stories go, even Mark McCabe would admit that his is fairly unlikely. And yet, here he sits, smiling in a Dublin café a handful of hours after the official unveiling of ‘Over Me’ – the latest venture for the record label […]

Veteran producer Mark McCabe on his fresh start, overcoming musical snobbery and, yes, that song… As comeback stories go, even Mark McCabe would admit that his is fairly unlikely. And yet, here he sits, smiling in a Dublin café a handful of hours after the official unveiling of ‘Over Me’ – the latest venture for the record label […]

8 years ago