Carl Cox has contributed unreleased music to Skintown, a new film set in the 1990s Northern Irish rave scene.
The adaptation of Ciarán McMenamin’s 2018 novel has drawn comparisons to Trainspotting. Directed by Kieron J. Walsh, the feature premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this past weekend.
It follows characters played by Jack Rowan and Chris Walley as they try to leave Enniskillen, nicknamed Skintown, through schemes that include selling stolen MDMA during the 1994 IRA ceasefire. Jamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls and Hope Ikpoku Jr. also star.
Soundtrack and cast
The film centres around a rave and beach afterparty where Carl Cox is due to appear. Alongside unreleased music from Cox, the soundtrack includes:
- The Prodigy
- Elastica
- Happy Mondays
- Jeff Mills
“This isn’t necessarily a film about the Troubles,” Rowan said in an interview. “It’s actually just a film about people just getting on with their lives… I would just hope people enjoy it, appreciate it, and have as much fun watching it as we did filming it.”
Recent projects
Carl Cox recently contributed music to Andy Serkis’ animated adaptation of Animal Farm. He is also in the midst of his UNVRS Ibiza residency.
This past weekend, his guest Miss Monique invited Robbie Williams on stage to perform their new collaborative single, “Beauty In Us”. At the end of July, Cox and David Guetta played a back-to-back set for the first time.
