Cowtown's most famous dj-duo are at Shine tonight, tearin it up & hopefully turning the place into a sweatbox. You can check out some of their tracks on their myspace page but their dj sets are where it's really at. I snagged the mix below from Discobelle a couple of months back so it'sa bit older but check it & you'll see what i mean...
keepin (kinda) on the electro ghettoblaster theme, today's the global release of the director's cut of Kingstonlogic2.0 - extra-nice jamaican electro from Kingston's own Terry Lynn. Go to Terry Lynn's site to check out some more of her beats & some great photographs courtesy of The Afflicted Yard if you wanna learn more (& you should wanna...).
I can't speak for authenticity, but Lynn's got these dirty electro tracks that seem to speak more to the daily Kingston grind than partying & sex - which, i dunno, maybe it's just me but that's kind of a nice break sometimes, yeah???
Last night of Midforms tonite!!! Soul of Man, Myagi, Neighbor, Precise & Kraig, & hosted by MC Think Tank. The night's've been great so far so if you haven't checked it out yet now's your last chance!!! lot's more info on all the acts at clubzone
& in the spirit of all things hip hop & break check out this ghetto blaster...
I know that looks like a CD in this pic, but it's a turntable (believe me, i checked...)
A couple more from the boombox setup... yup, that one's got a keyboard on it... (didn't make any noise tho...) mr_
New Form Festival's doing Midforms09 this weekend - Mar5-7 at the Great Northern Way Campus (the one UBC, SFU, & Emily Carr share). 3 nights, 3 themes: Mosaic Sounds, TechForms, & Breaksform plus loads of new media art & exhibits like cos&fx's Visual Soundscape Lounge, James Phillips' Social History of the Ghetto Blaster (below):
or this wild collection of dozens of tiny, servo-controlled mirrors from Heliomatrix (just a taster, the full exhibit should be much more involved...):
Exhibits are free from 1pm-4pm on Fri & Sat. More info here.
dj sets & shows run from 9pm on every night. tix at beatstreet, zulu, highlife, & clubzone
Biltmore's got Thunderheist & Cadence Weapon tonite as part of VANOC's pre-2010 media promos. Can-con, electro, & hip hop - & probably a shitload of pro-2010 hype, yeah? Everything's got a price...
Thunderheist's that t-dot, mtl mashup I posted up on back here (that fucked-up rooster eye, remember???) & Cadence's out from edmonton (seriously) with a pay-what-you-can mixtape of originals & remixes.
It's an early show tho (8:30) i guess cause it's gotta be relatively family friendly for the olympic promos??? shitty...
Alright, it hasn't exactly been rainy (& it's definitely not Monday) but this week's been pretty much shite since... well... Monday (ohhhh... i get it now...)
anyways, not much mixin here - just some rainy day reggae tracks. but they somehow always make me feel nice...
Messenjah - Rock you High Dennis Brown - Blood, Sweat & Tears Black Uhuru - Sponji Reggae Black Uhuru - Happiness Glen Brown & King Tubby - Wicked Tumbling Dub Sly Dunbar - Unmetered Taxi Lady G - Nuff Respect Mikey General - Tell it like it is Theivery Corporation - Originality Morgan Heritage - Black Man's Paradise Military Man- Concrete Castle Jah Cure - Cease All War Steel Pulse - Roller Skates Junior Reid - Boom Shak-a-lak Admiral Tibet - Have the Strength Turbulence - Notorius Mr. Vegas - Worry Valentina & Tanya Stephens - It's a Guilt Trip (heatwave refix)
Nick Catchdubs tonite at Shine - co-founder (alongside can-con favorite, A-Track) of Fool's Gold records. His sets are supposed to be an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink kind of affair, so if you're down with the mashups this should be the set for you!
You can grab mix he did for The FADER Magazine, where he's been working for the last couple years, from the link below:
Cowtown's most famous dj-duo are at Shine tonight, tearin it up & hopefully turning the place into a sweatbox. You can check out some of their tracks on their myspace page but their dj sets are where it's really at. I snagged the mix below from Discobelle a couple of months back so it'sa bit older but check it & you'll see what i mean...
keepin (kinda) on the electro ghettoblaster theme, today's the global release of the director's cut of Kingstonlogic2.0 - extra-nice jamaican electro from Kingston's own Terry Lynn. Go to Terry Lynn's site to check out some more of her beats & some great photographs courtesy of The Afflicted Yard if you wanna learn more (& you should wanna...).
Nick Catchdubs tonite at Shine - co-founder (alongside can-con favorite, A-Track) of Fool's Gold records. His sets are supposed to be an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink kind of affair, so if you're down with the mashups this should be the set for you!
