MELTX is an Irish-born hard techno DJ and producer from Adare Manor in Limerick, and one of the fastest-rising names in the hard techno movement. She began her career by self-organizing shows and supporting international acts in Ireland — including Clara Cuvé, 999999999, Sara Landry, and Charlie Sparks — at venues such as Shine Belfast and Index in Dublin. Since then, her profile has grown considerably, with sets at Hidden in Manchester, XXL x Warehouse Project, O2 Brixton in London, and multiple dates for Teletech across Europe and the UK. Festival appearances at Emerge, Boxed Off, Life Festival, BD, and Fuinneamh have also been central to her development as a touring artist.
In a recent gear rundown for Magnetic Magazine, MELTX detailed the essentials she relies on while on the road. At the top of the list are Apple AirPods Max, which she uses for referencing mixes, organizing sets, and editing content during travel. She notes their noise cancellation as particularly valuable in airports, on long-haul flights, and in loud backstage environments. She also uses them before performances to mentally prepare for the atmosphere she wants to create, and carries a wired adapter to plug directly into mixers or interfaces when working on ideas backstage. Her advice: always travel with a hard case and never check them into luggage.
For actual performance, MELTX relies on Sennheiser HD 25 headphones, citing their durability, volume clarity, and isolation in large club environments with heavy sound systems. She describes them as part of her performance identity at this point, trusting their consistent translation across different club systems when mixing fast or layering cinematic elements into harder sections. She recommends carrying spare cables — a lesson learned quickly on tour — and breaking headphones in before a run so the response becomes instinctive under pressure.
Data management is another priority. MELTX keeps music libraries, unreleased tracks, visuals, project files, and backups across multiple SanDisk Ultra USB flash drives, preferring compact USB-C models for their compatibility across laptops, CDJs, cameras, and editing stations. She organizes files by vibe, energy, and emotional pacing, and keeps duplicate backups separated across different bags. She recounts situations where last-minute file requests from promoters or corrupted visuals before shows made that system critical. Her recommendation is to organize everything before the tour begins and store drives in protective cases rather than loose in backpacks.
Rounding out the essentials covered in the piece are oversized black sunglasses, which MELTX describes as providing a sense of privacy and calm during the visual overstimulation that comes with busy airport runs, hotel lobbies, and festival environments. Taken together, the selections reflect a practical, experience-driven approach to touring — one shaped by the demands of performing high-BPM, emotionally driven hard techno across a growing international circuit.
Source: Magnetic Magazine
