When did the idea for
Quarantune
form?
Niamh O’Connor: Back in March, Just as things were beginning to get scary and seemingly out of control with the virus, I moved back to my family home in Dublin, having lived in London for almost six years. I had been working as a club booker, writer, DJ and ‘events person’ (everything from artist liaison, to door/guestlist to managing an event itself) and after a few days at home, I began to wonder about the friends, colleagues and personal connections I made over the last three years working in music. Would I see these people again? I wasn’t sure at all but I thought it would be a fun way to stay in touch by asking them to share a resonating, music-related photo and to have a chat about how they were dealing with the knock-on effects of COVID that were beginning to unfold at the time.