I was away in Montreal when it all happened, but Dubstep got big in Calgary. I showed up and quickly invited to a new night, featuring DJs I have never heard of, at a bar I didn’t know existed. None of this was all that surprising, Calgary turned in to a different city in the [...]
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MIKEYSHHH
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Artist:MIKEYSHHH
So, the previous post I went on about the fertility in this city; cold breeds creativity and so on. Here’s another gestational Winnipegger.MIKEYSHHH (aka Mike B) runs a weekly that could stand as one of the best in the country. (Now if only I could ever get to it…that’s a different story). GOODFORM has been [...]
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DWIGHT WHITE
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Artist:DWIGHT WHITE
There’s a tonne of talent here in Winnipeg.If you haven’t heard, it gets really cold here in the winter. Honestly, -40°C (and colder) goes way past frigid and straight to pain. It’s believed, however that the weather forces the city’s citizens into hibernation which in turn breeds creativity. For the most part I agree with [...]
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NROTB x Drop The Lime
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Artist:NROTB
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Track:Drop The Lime
While it may not seem fair to some, but having that talent to drop two fun remixes of the same tune. People will be jealous of course, people will bitch and moan, people will call you out, but we all know the facts. NROTB bring it with everything they got, well dressed, well mixed, well [...]
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FISCHERSPOONER + DIM MAK
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Track:Supply and Demand
DIM MAK is proud to present the release of Fischerspooner’s new single “Supply and Demand”, out on November 10 and FISCHERSPOONER will be doing a DJ set at DIM MAK TUESDAYS on the evening of the release.When my wife and I met, we bonded over Fischerspooner. I’m not sure if it sealed the deal for [...]
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SOUND OF STEREO
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Album:Zipper
I’m a big fan of old rave-style piano stabs. Combined with the wobble of SOUND OF STEREO and this gets my full attention.Sound of Stereo is more than just wobbly beats and funny lyrics though, and they prove it with their new EP, Zipper. Released on November 23rd on Belgium’s LEKTROLUV RECORDS the EP pounds [...]
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READYMIX + THE SHAKE
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Artist:Bulgarian & Spoek
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Track:Zombie Door
It occurs to me that my promotional skills are lacking a bit in terms of what I’m doing outside of this blog. Every once in a while I’ll post a setlist from THE SHAKE – a weekly radio show LOTEK and I do – but nothing else really appears on this blog. Errrr, what am [...]
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Alexi Peznakov
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As some of you may (or may not) know, I’ve been trying my hands at this “DJ” thing for the last 13 or so years. Once and a while, I like to share some of my favourite tunes, old and new, with the populous at large.This mix is more on the moody side of the [...]
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HOUSEWIVES
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In the late 2006 Adeline Supreme and La Fleur teamed up to become the duo Housewives and to make the floor more dirty and wet than it’s ever been before.The text above is the intro from some promo text about HOUSEWIVES. (Besides being grammatically awkward) normally, I’d say it’s way too cheesey to include anywhere, [...]
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Kap Bambino
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After 14 years of DJing, I’m still blown away at how us humans keep comming out with music that tingles my senses to the point of elation.French duo KAP BAMBINO have captured a fresh sound from the old world of analog synthesis. The grunge rock influence meets the digital punk influence…like a mashup of NIRVANA, [...]
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UDY + MUNGO BAOBAB + LIQUID
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Artist:Udy
Photo from VICEAll I’ve been listening to (well all I want to listen to) lately is bassline house and wobble. Can you blame me? It only seems appropriate then to give tribute to one of the sounds’ roots. Thank you dubstep. Your influence on dance music has gone deeper (pun intended) than anyone ever imagined.Here [...]
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UNDERHALL + BESTRACK + STEREOHEROES + POLA RIOT + KAPTURE + AMPERSAND
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Artist:Underhall
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Track:Digithall (original mix)
UNDERHALL is a new act from the south of France. , Lucas, 20, and Roger, 23, say their influences are balanced beetween electro and house but since they only sent some grinding chainsaw cuts I’d say they lean a lot more to the former.Their first EP on On The Fruit Records is so strong [...]
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DIGITS
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Artist:Digits
Alt Altman is your new god. Or at very least, he will probably make some noise very very soon. Please read on and make realizations at the glory that is Digits!Regardless of what you may gather from this picture, Alt Altman is not a young British Postmaster, but a Torontonian multi-instrumentalist that was just kind [...]
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POP! ETC. BRINGS VITAMINSFORYOU + LEBEATO
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Local hero MIKEY MMMUSCLES put together a string of shows for the latest (and greatest in my opinion) Winnipeg music festival, POP! ETC. Tomorrow, VITAMINSFORYOU – the full band – is in town with dj sets from locals LEBEATO and MIKE B to start things off right.MP3: Lebeato – BBR (demo)MP3: vitaminsforyou- He Closed His EyesMP3: Crosstown Rivals – [...]
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METERHEAD REMIXES
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The last time METERHEAD sent material this way we were just getting into the swing of summer so this latest package has been received with the glee of a coffee addict who’s been without its joyous flavour for three months. It’s not as if the duo from Los Angeles have been slacking – if you’ve [...]
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LINUS LOVES
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Track:European Vacation
The follow up to LINUS LOVES‘ last single “Prom Night’ is a Moroder-inspired italo disco journey. The Linus Loves Roadtrip mix (out on beatport soon) focuses on the clubs while the original (link below) sparkles like control panels from 1970s retro-futuristic space machines.MP3: Linus Loves – European Vacation
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GASHUPS
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Artist:Deadmaus
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Track:Ghosts n Stuff
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard “Ghosts n Stuff” over the past couple weeks. It seems like every time I spark up my iPhone, some version of this tune manages to shake its way into the playlist. Maybe it’s some sort of charmic action for copping out and leaving during DEADMAU5‘ set [...]
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BULIMIATRON (or BUL!M!ATRON)
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Artist:BULIMIATRON
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Album:Stab Attack
Some revved up action from LA’s BUL!M!ATRON and DSKOTEK. Check them out at a show near you – it looks like they know how to get their groove on. The “Stab Attack” EP drops sometime this month on BLACKLABEL RECORDS with a tonne of hot remixes, although this one didn’t make the cut.MP3: Bul!m!atron – [...]
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BETTER SWIMMERS PRESENTS POP! ET CETERA
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Artist:Lebeato
The fine folks at BETTER SWIMMERS have put together a serious of shows that should have the Winnipeg indie crowd donning their finest for weeks. You can check out the full line up over at the POP! ET CETERA site. While you’re there, you might as well grab the sampler pictured above. The kickoff party [...]
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