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Comments and Press...
Scans of press features and reviews are here
   
Overthrow The Boss Class (album) released July 28th 2008....
"IDC has managed to generate quite a reputation within electro circles. Each of his releases to date has been nothing less than a short savage injection of visceral dancefloor energy, created with a punk-like disregard for fashions or critical acclaim.
In a nutshell, "Overthrow" is 2008's "We Are The Night". Where the Chemicals soared into the stratosphere on a multi-million-pound spaceship, IDC's travelling on a rocket he made himself with a bunch of things he's robbed off cars, air conditioning units and terrorist's garages. The end result is a bumpy ride that jerks, jets and jams in many directions but is more fun than any sleek first-class shit NASA could offer."
iDJ 5 stars recommended album July 08
"Rock, electro and breaks collide on this daftly charming debut. Here's something you don't hear very often. The hybrid of rock, electro and breakbeat that IDC, or David McCarthy to his mum, is responsible for does not sound like Basement Jaxx remixing Prodigy, Prodigy jamming with Jimi Hendrix or indeed any artist you care to name 'on acid'. Bad news for us lazy journalists - but great news for you, the CD-buying public.
Part of the original quality in tracks like 'Stomp' is down the the beautiful, scortching guitars that McCarthy himself provides. But there's a simplicity and fun to the production - a sense of delirious enjoyment rather that trying to be clever - that gives it an instantly accessible appeal. In fact, the dumbest moments, like 'Akai Elvis' and 'Scratched', are among the most thrilling. With much potential beyond the realms of clubland too - it sounds tailor-made for live performance - don't be surprised if the festival crowd soon fall at IDC's feet too.
Interesting debut from David McCarthy!"
DJ Mag August 08
"There are more then enough bona fide illicit beats to keep us happy. Like the quirky 'Stomp' with throbbing guitar lines and bass rumbling grooves that we previously heralded as a battle cry to raise arms for the future sound of electronic; ditto the equally brain fucking 'Bolshy Beats', the glam rock riffs of 'Boss Klass' and the Prodigy-esque 'Akai Elvis'. IDC have made a real niche for themselves - not quite breaks, nor electro, they make the future sound of electronica that computer geeks and cyber freaks can relate to."
DMC Update 4/5 July 08
"Self-proclaimed "dancefloor rock'n'roll", I reckon that hits the nail directly on the bass and synth driven head"
Artrocker July 08
Bolshy Beats (single) released June 08....
"Another dose of rocking electro. If you like your electro noisy and in-your-face then you should be familiar with IDC's two bangers from last year, 'Stomp' and 'Akai Elvis', both of which scored deserving props on this very page. Well, it's business as usual for 2008 as he throws raging guitar riffs, pumping beats and out-there arpeggios together, which certainly ain't a bad thing."
Mixmag June 08
Akai Elvis (single) released Sept 07....
"Is this house? Is this breaks? Is this electro? Who gives a rat's arse, it's a filthy feel-good romp that's likely to tickle the soles of anybody's dancing feet. Just like his previous offering 'Stomp', IDC has managed to create an almost rock-like vibe to this five-minute slice of headbanging fun. Bleepy, screechy and more rugged than that builder your mum had a fling with last year, this shouldn't be overlooked. It's time, ladies and gentlemen, to rock!"
iDJ house reviews 4/5 Sept 07
"'Akai Elvis' by IDC is one of the act's strongest and most accessible yet, and the perfect follow-up to 'Stomp'. It's built around ravey synths that echo of the Vicks Vapour Rub mask-wearing Altern 8 and the Prodigy in their youth, mashed with drums phat enough to keep a matching band in sync. You can instantly hear why it's getting the same kind of response LCD Soundsytem's "Losing My Edge" got before it reached saturation levels"
DJ magazine Inside Track Sept 07
"Big, noisy "washing machine on crack" music, all crashing indie drums and guitar-like distortion"
DJ Magazine electro-house reviews 4/5 Sept 07
"More ravey gear, yet again from a Brighton base. This time out it's hot upcoming DJ IDC whose latest single recalls 1991 gurn-mayhem over a beat the size of Texas. It doesn't do subtle but what it does do is clout the listener around the head with great big noises that will make them want to throw strange cubic shapes with their hands. Nasty, loud, rude and ripe for a messy night out in the very near future".
Beatmag Sept 07
Mixmag - club reviews
"This is Brighton's Dirty Weekend where resident DJs rule and bands meet beats, there is definitely a stick of rave for every stick of rock. Since starting six months ago, DW's promoters have sculpted the best bits of clubbing 07 into one tidy package, regularly pulling bigger crowds than New Year's Eve. Resident DJ IDC drops his banging new track "Akai Elvis" to a glittering dancefloor and with added rave, it seems Brighton rocks."
Mixmag Sept 07
International DJ - club reviews
"Who better to strut to than the future king of electronic rock'n'roll IDC? Letting fly with a blistering blend of thick, rasping electronic hooks, gung-ho guitar riffs and his own bootlegs, IDC launched the excitable gaggle of Europeans into a world of pure dancefloor bombs. A long standing resident at Barcelona's Razzmatazz, the venue's regulars knew exactly what to expect from IDC and cheered away as he dropped stone cold classics. It wasn't long before iDJ starts whooping and hollering with the rest of the cosmopolitan crowd. A fitting end to a perfect NYE"
iDJ February 07
DJ Magazine "Fantastic four - hottest names in dance"
"He makes music that sounds like a washing machine on crack. The great thing about IDC is that he uses the best elements of rock'n'roll (namely phat twisted electric guitar riffs) with tripped out electro beats and grotty Alter Ego-style synths. No wonder the likes of Mark Moore, Erol Alkan, Pete Tong and John Kennedy are all over his tunes"...
DJ Magazine February 07
Stomp (single) released Jan 07....
"Coming on strong like the snotty nosed, unruly bastard child of Alter Ego's 'Rocker', IDC has delivered one seriously heavy slice of deviant dancefloor electro. Check it now, or forever walk around with sign saying 'kick me' on your back"
iDJ 5/5
"This really is as noisy as f**k, but that's what the kids want. Like the Prodigy smackin' their bitch up without the vocal hook, in fact it's easier to sing when there's no words to remember!"
DMC Update 5/5 "Electro Single Of The Week"
"A battlecry to raise arms and prepare for the future sound of electronica, it similarly drives the crowd into a frenzy in much the same way that Alter Ego's 'Rocker' did"
DJ magazine
"IDC lets fly with his stompiest cruncher to date. With maximum bleeps, screeches and distorted guitars, this screams party time!"
International DJ Magazine 4/5
"I'm definitely into this style. The production's great too. It reminds me of 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' but dirtier!"
Ed Rush & Optical, iDJ guest reviews 4/5
"Bass-driven dancefloor assault. These four minutes of filthy bass-driven electro are a good way to sign off the year"
Mixmag
IDC remix for Client - "Zerox Machine" released Jan 07
"Taking the guitar-laced original into bleepy electronica land - think Ladytron produced by SMD"
DJ magazine
IDC in NME summer 06 - scan
Payola (single)....
"Our favourite protagonists of the illicit beat return"
DMC Update 4/5
"This has by all accounts been kicking around all summer and is only now due for a full release. Doesn't take a genius to see why... a grungy, Moroder-ish romper-stomper. Both sides have a devil-may-care attitude about them which makes perfect, if nutty, sense".
iDJ 'house' singles review
"First seen as a limited edition earlier in the year, 'Payola' now gets a full release. A thrusting electro-techno cut with a disco edge and a rock riff, it's got something for everyone."
iDJ 'electro' singles review
"A mad thing"
Mark Moore
"Another great success story, its got a really kind of nightclub vibe about it"
Eddy Temple Morris XFM
"A hard funking disco dance anthem, with rock'n'roll guitar kicking the door down half way through"
Tony Fletcher ijamming
"Make sure you have the bass bins set correctly before you drop this. Trust us, if you don't you will be buying a new one. Awesome dirty house"
www.htfr.com
"Blending rock vibes with a funked up dance groove the floor filling beat monster pumps the woofers to destructive effect"
ireallylovemusic
"A classic three minute 7" single style concoction"
CMU
"Carrying on in the same wonderful vein as Mylo"
Northern Uproar BBC
"The bootleg beatnik proves he has more strings to his bow"
Juice Magazine
Scratch (debut single)....
"Scratch further pushes the boundaries of 'electro-disco'."
DJ magazine
"An extremely appealing and highly commendable number that DFA or A Touch Of Class should be proud to release."
DMC Update 5/5
"IDC - "Scratch" (Corsair Records) Bootleg beatnik goes legit. Sounds a little DFA-ish, which is a good thing indeed"
Juice Magazine 4/5
"Out now as you read this: bootleg kings IDC have an original track (no nicked things on it!) called "SCRATCH". Mega is an understatement! Try to track down the IDC CD - "TOP 20" where every bootie is a killer".
QX Magazine
"Corsair Records are producing superb releases. Debut single, Scratch, by cut-up wizard IDC was one of the highpoints of 2004. Based around a 48 Carat riff, DeBeers couldn't craft anything more complex and dazzling"
Channel 4 Ideasfactory
"I LOOOOOOVE Scratch!!!"
Mark Moore
More Remixes & Productions....
"This artful simultaneous medley of "Burning Down the House" and "Take Me Out" from mash-up master IDC cements the Glasgow band's admittedly superficial reputation as a latter-day Talking Heads -- all while reminding us that, yes, Byrne began his life in Scotland, too."
anti-hit list - the eye
"The leading light of the UK mash-up / bootleg wave over the past two years"
Notion
"IDC - Hey Mug
Outkast's "Hey Ya" is still toe-tappable two years on from release and here that naughty IDC collective has segued it with the main rap from The Streets "Don't Mug Yourself". What you get is the full effect of "Hey Ya" with the whole vocal, but given just a bit more edge, Street-wise. IDC have done it again. You'd be a mug not to get this."
DJ Magazine
"Not sure which mix to play of Soulwax's 'E Talkin', because they're all so good? Well worry no more as IDC has done a naughty mash up of the Tiga, Soulwax and Rex The Dog versions into one tight and devastating, 5 minute track. Called 'ThrEEE Talking' - find it if you can!"
Mark Moore / QX Magazine
"Soulwax - E-Talking (IDC - ThrEEE Talking Remix)
One for the indecisive here. If you can't decide if you prefer the remix of
Soulwax's 'E-Talking' by Tiga, Rex The Dog or the Soulwax boys themselves,
then IDC presents a bootleg mashing together all three. Perfect!"
CMU Daily
"London bootleg king IDC"
Skrufff-E
"THREEE TALKING (IDC)
Once more the illicit masters of the mix, those devilish mash-up men, IDC,
get their mitts on Soulwax¹s "E Talking", or to be more exact the mix
package that featured remixes from Rex The Dog and Tiga, and crunch them
together with Soulwax's Original to create the aptly named "ThrEEE Talking".
As if that wasn¹t all the fun you could handle, they then they turn their
attentions to Mylo's Nagnagnag anthem "Drop The Pressure" adding harmonies
from Whitey. As with most of their dancefloor stomping bootlegs you can
download them from their website."
DMC Update Issue #115 4/5
'Cold Turkey' (IDC Remix)
"In the spirit of Deep Dish's 'Flashdance', this un-official, oh-so-naughty housed up reworking of the 1969-released John Lennon-penned original takes the full vocal and main riff from the rocking original and underpins it with a mid-tempo house beat. It chugs along nicely, in a steady but saucy groove, and gives a perfectly-timed boost of energy to a song that many of you won't remember, but you'll grow to love. Don't be a turkey - get this and play it loud. Out now on white label..."
DJ Magazine
"IDC - '7 NATION ROCKER'
Just as it's getting primed for re-release through Skint, techno anthem of the year 'Rocker' by German duo Alter Ego, is lauded via a nasty-but-nice mash-up segueing it with White Stripes signature tune '7 Nation Army'. The main melody hook and 4/4 beats from the White Stripes' original are combined with the acidy-bassline and freaky incidentals of 'Rocker' for a sexier-than-though cut that will have you head-banging in the bass bins. Ouch!"
DJ Magazine
"IDC - '7 NATION ROCKER' - Cut 'n' paste alchemists IDC are at it again with another hot mash-up, this time out fusing the White Stripes with Alter Ego. It's also currently available as free download from their website; for now. Although their last soundclash of Kasabian with the Happy Mondays and Blur was swiftly removed at the record labels insistence so if you want it, be quick."
DMC Update Issue #94 - 4/5
"SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE VS. SHAPESHIFTERS - "Sly's Theme": On which mash-up specialist IDC pairs the former's '60s anthem "Dance to the Music" with what is shaping up as the club hit of summer 2004, "Lola's Theme." Given the latter's affection for '70s Philly soul, '80s chic and the '90s Haddaway hit "What Is Love?," the result effectively bridges four decades of dance music in a tidy six minutes.
Eye anti-hit list
"Music from the underground to remixes for Har Mar Superstar and 50 Cent, the sound of IDC is hard to define yet is making the crossover to the mainstream. The tracks have a distinctive style that have pushed IDC's David to the forefront of the new wave of artist/producers/djs."
Space magazine
"IDC - Justin's 17 Shower Scene (JT, Felix Da Housecat and Ladytron)
(White Label)
After a lull, bootlegs seem to be back - this is a seductive electro mash-up by the mysterious IDC."
NME
"Genius"
Edith Bowman BBC Radio One DJ
"Major props go out to IDC. There's a plethora of deconstructed offerings to their name, a rare, but beautiful thing."
DJ Magazine
"I got this CD from the legendary IDC and looking at it it's just staggering the breadth and depth of work this boy's put out. If you're into your booties, you'll know IDC. For those not in the know, IDC is one of the producers who's been giving us a steady flow of real quality work."
Eddy Temple-Morris The Remix XFM
"Nothing is safe. This is what pop music can be all about. Fun, sex, noise, chaos, pop music doesn't all have to be cleancut and pure. There are several standout tracks here .. some of which have broken out from the underground and become sought after remixes. IDC has a knack for taking a section that you know from the radio and making it sound completely fresh. Top subversive pop sonic collision entertainment, simple as that."
ireallylovemusic
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