Soul Rotation presents Don Carlos & Liam Dollard at Hang Dai

Carlo Troja aka Don Carlos has been collecting records since the late ’70s, coming out of Varese in northern Italy with a musical grounding in funk, soul and Philly disco. By the early ’90s he was helping shape a distinctly Italian take on deep house , warm, atmospheric and soulful. His debut track from 1991 on Calypso/IRMA records, ‘Alone’, becoming a cult classic.

His debut album Mediterraneo followed in 1992, with subsequent projects taking in everything from jazz and disco to electronic soul. Releases as Aquanauts on Chicago’s Guidance Recordings further cemented his connection with the deeper end of house music, while more than three decades on, his early productions continue to be rediscovered, reissued and played by a new generation of selectors.

Joining Don Carlos is Liam Dollard, one of the original figures in Dublin’s house music story. After playing the now-fabled Thomas Street warehouse party in the summer of 1990, Dollard became a Friday night resident at Sides D.C., holding the residency for the next four years and establishing himself as a fixture of the city’s emerging club scene. Expect a deep knowledge of music from Liam on the night.

Don Carlos
Saturday 21 November 2026
Hang Dai, Camden Street, Dublin
11pm – late | €12