Ok so we're live on air and still able to blog, that's how we roll. Call it a gift.

Just a heads up about some exciting electronica thats been pushed through the ATL letterbox in the past few weeks that have been making our feet twitch. As we put together tonight's running order a certain theme emerged so let's talk it out people. If you tuned into the show (if not then listen again, why don't you?) you will have maybe been captured by a song from Moon Unit. The Belfast/Berlin duo features vocals from Ros of Duchampions, originally from Antrim but having graduated with honours from a London art school scene that included the like of New Young Pony Club she has an naturally international outlook. Moon Unit have just featured their Ewan Pearson remix of Connections on a cover mount CD for an esteemed monthly dance magazine mixed by the awesome Belgian outfit Aeroplane (see a certain ATL presenter's gush below).

Boxcutter, aka Barry Lynn from Lurgan, has already been championed by the elite underground press and is signed to the consistently groundbreaking Planet Mu imprint. Now onto his third record, his sound is like nothing that has ever emerged from Northern Ireland. There are elements of dub, techno, jazz and..whisper it quietly...Dubstep.

Local label Acroplane have long been championing choice new NI beats. Exhibit A is Jack Hamill. His Space Dimension Controller moniker is the more dancefloor alter-ego from the maker of RL/VL tracks which have been on rotation on ATL for over a year. Unidentified Flying Oscillator is a collection of dancefloor grooves that are startlingly mature for a producer with so few miles on the clock. Also check new offerings from David Baxter under his Filaria guise as well as the Kinnego Flux collaboration.

Having heard Coda many times, we had singer Julianne pegged squarely as a rock chick. One listen through to her new collaborative offering along with Dave from Jane Bradfords as Nakatomi Towers and ATL are well and truly on an evangelical crusade.

Add in the usual suspects such as Phil Kieran, Calibre, the Jet Project and the Japanese Popstars (to name just a few) and we are beginning to be less the stagnant pond of years gone by and more like a steady stream that just might become a torrent.