It's the Supersound

This isn’t your usual festival note but one definitely worthy of mentioning. THE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL is a fairly small gathering that focuses on roots music. Acts like Romi Mayes, Nathan, Ridley Bent, John K Samson, and Christine Fellows are playing this year – all of whom have deep folksy traits – not exactly the right fit for a blog that exclusively showcases electronic music, specific to the beat variety.

Last year was my first forray into this realm. As one-half of THE SHAKE we closed out the Saturday night with a dance party. This year, we’re doing the same only a day earlier (Friday). What’s funny about last year is that LOTEK and I had absolutely no idea what we should play. We both agreed we couldn’t get too techy so in the end, we played a lot of mashups, disco and funk. Thankfully the dance enthusiasts in the crowd ate it and we’re lucky to play again this year.

For a taste of what’s to come, check the players below and click below to buy your tickets.
http://harvestmoonfestival.ca/tickets/

hugo – 99 problems (JPOD remix) (FREE DL IN DESCRIPTION) by JPOD the beat chef

Tim McVicar – For The Money (Bombastic Jam 020 – Out 18th JULY) [Bombastic Jam] by Tim Mcvicar

Dandy Warhols-Not if you were the Last Junkie…(Blunt Instrument Bootleg) click here for free download by bluntinstrument

The most iconic DJ pair Winnipeg has ever known are closing out the festival yet again. DJ HUNNICUTT and DJ CO-OP play are cross-genre playing masters but you can expect to find some funk, soul, hip hop, and probably some originals (Like Tim’s brand new long player out on WOVEN RECORDS).

Tim Hoover – More Napkins (Beauchamp’s Bootleg RMX) click here to download by Woven Records

I Heard it Through the Grapevine (DJ Hunnicutt Remix) click here to download by DJ Hunnicutt

The Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME) starts tomorrow!

This is the second annual event for the one-of-a-kind festival in Manitoba. Like last year, you’ll find a tonne of talent, both local and from abroad. International headliners include THOMAS FEHLMANN (Berlin, The Orb) and DANDY JACK (Geneva) with HITORI TORI (Vancouver) and Winnipeg’s own VENETIAN SNARES and LEBEATO.

Inspired by Montreal’s legendary Mutek festival, MEME’s outdoor performances at Old Market Square are the focus for this year. Every show in this space is free and features all the talent you want to see anyway. Plus, they’ve added a beer garden with local sponsor Half Pints providing my favourite malt beverages (honestly – their beer is soooo tasty!).

The shows at the Zoo, Whiskey Dix and Alive will also highlight more than the usual club fair these venues are known for. As half of THE SHAKE, I’ll be representing the locals on the opening night. LOTEK and I are playing a tag-team set as usual, except we’re patching together two midi controllers for a 6-deck set. We’re in some great company too, playing along side Dan Gilson, Encode, Dubz, Dave Rad, Freaky Alien, Jamal Knight, Just For Kicks, Frankie Wild, and fellow contributor to Manalogue, Owen Reynolds.

This year’s festival embraced the visual aspect of performance with vjs and artists providing additional enjoyments. It’s all led by MRGHOSTY with help from a bunch of others.

Not enough? Well there’s also two half-day workshops on June 24 and 25 on how to make electronic music, with presentations from performing DJs.

Visit www.memetic.ca for the full lineup.

Winnipeg: hope you’re ready to get intergalactic!

This Saturday we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first human to orbit in space. Yuri Gagarin piloted a Russian space craft on April 12, 1961 and a global network of parties have been organized to honour the occasion and to embrace the culture, science and spirit of human space exploration.

Winnipeg is host to one of hundreds of celebrations worldwide, and while I’m not familiar with what’s happening elsewhere, we have to have one of the best events. It’s all at the Manitoba Museum – in The Planetarium of all places. There are space exhibits, including the opportunity to put on a space suit, and of course the million-dollar light show as well as visuals by MRGHOSTY providing a most stellar backdrop for an interplanetary dance party.

THE SHAKE (that’s LOTEK and I) played at it last year and it was one of the best gigs ever. It also sold-out by 9:00 pm. This year should be even better considering the magnitude of the event. It’s only $10 and tickets can be purchased in advance from the Manitoba Museum. More details can be found on Winnipeg’s Yuri’s Night facebook event page.

DJ Lineup:
Freaky Alien
Dial-Up
Lebeato
THE SHAKE

For more info about the global parties, or to find one near you, go here.

Oh, and of course since this is a mp3 blog – let’s do this properly. Lebeato kindly gave us some tunes to share from their latest EP. The lads are working on some new material too.

MP3: Lebeato – Pressure

MP3: Lebeato – Some Kind of Love

A.SKILLZ hits Mytstique Nightclub in Winnipeg on Thursday, March 17 – yes St. Patty’s Day! In fact, it’s his first date on his Canadian tour. The Londoner is seemingly at the top of his game lately which makes his visit to this prairie city all that much more special. I’m pumped to see him and as it turns out, my mate LOTEK and I have been asked to play one of the opening slots in our tagteam we call THE SHAKE.

Tell everyone you’re going and invite your friends here.

Understandably, we have a tonne of readers outside of Winnipeg so here’s A.Skillz’ full tour schedule.

Thursday March 17, Mystique, Winnipeg MB
Friday March 18, Orange Room, Toronto ON
Saturday March 19, Republik, Calgary AB
Tuesday March 22, The Rockwater Bar, Golden BC
Wednesday March 23, Bulldogs, Fernie BC
Thursday March 24, Bud’s, Invermere BC
Friday March 25, Spirit Bar, Nelson BC
Saturday March 26, Red Room, Vancouver BC
Sunday March 27, Village, Whistler BC
Wednesday March 30, Aurora, Banff AB
Thursday March 31, Shark’s Club, Grand Prairie AB
Friday April 1, Event’s Centre, Edmonton AB

If you’re unfamiliar, here’s a chance to reverse that. In short, they guy plays funky breaks. His repertoire goes far beyond that though – he produces said funk, and is criminally unknown for his mashups. Take a look at the mix below for an example. It’s full of customized tunes / remixes, mashups, and original productions. A.Skillz describes it as…

This 30min mix is a small sample of some of the tracks / bootys / edits / mashups i’ve been playing at gig’s over the last few months and some of the new ones I intend on playing in the next few months plus a few one off edits that will probably only ever be heard on this mix.
I will post the track listing soon so you can hunt down the tracks but a lot of the versions in this mix are my edits / remixes or mash ups that are not currently released. I will give a few of these away from time to time on my soundcloud page or release them through my Insane bangers booty label or Jam City official label so Stay tuned!

A.SKILLZ BEATS WORKING VOL 1 (Dj Mix 2011)

A.SKILLZ BEATS WORKING VOL 1 (Dj Mix 2011) by A.Skillz (Check the full tracklist after the jump.)

For realz, I’ve been meaning to post some tunes he’s sent our way for weeks (long before I found out A.Skillz was even coming to Winnipeg). It’s kind of unavoidable now, isn’t it.

Stream: A.Skillz - Another One Bites

Stream: A.Skillz - Dust Beats Battle Break

MP3: The Beatles – Come Together (A.Skillz Remix)

Bonus:
MP3: Don Diablo – Who’s Your Daddy (A.Skillz Remix)

Tracklist:
1.A.Skillz (Rock the house) Intro – A.Skillz
2.Back and Forth (feat Izza Kizza)- Dj Yoda & A.Skillz
3.Don’t Believe the hype (A.Skillz Re-Lick) – Public Enemy  
4.Another Day (Acc) – A.Skillz feat Real Elements
5.California Soul (A.Skillz Remix) – Marlena Shaw
6.Got your money (Acc) – Ol’dirty Bastard
7.Love will bring us back together – Roy Ayres
8.Do what you want to – The Barkays
9.The Rhythm – Nick Thayer
10.Night to remember – Shalamar
11.In da house (Acc) – Jurassic 5
12.You keep me coming back – Brothers Johnson
13.Breath and Stop – Q-tip
14.Happy – Max Sedgly
15.Dangerous (Acc) – Busta Rhymes
16.Contact (inst) – Noisia & Foreign Beggars
17.Contact (Noisia Remix) – Noisia & Foreign Beggars
18.Empire State of mind (Beats) – Jay Z & Alicia Keys
19.Take me to the hospital(SubFocus Remix) – The Prodigy
20.Front to back – Sigma
21.Dreamer – Featurecast
22.Cop the shit (Acc) – Timbaland & Magoo (Feat Missy)
23.Back to you – Nick Thayer
24.Rockit (A.Skillz (feat Redman)) – Subfocus
25.Yap that Fool – A.Skillz & Nick Thayer
26.Good Music – A.Skillz
27.Get on the boat (A.Skillz Beats Edit) – Prince
28.Another Day (Acc) – A.Skillz feat Real Elements
29.Ruskillcast – Featureskillz smashup
30.Bang Bang Bang (U-Turn Remix) – Mark Ronson & The Business Intl
31.Good Girl (Acc) – Grinny Grandad  
32.Jack of all trades (Maximillian Lopp Remix)- Flashbaxx
33.Runaway (Acc)– Nuyorican Soul
34.Show em what you got (Acc) – Jay-Z
35.Glide – Pleasure
36.Mr Spock – Justin Martin ,Ardalan
37.Planet Rock (Acc) – Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
38.Around the world – Daft Punk
39.Around the world(Bass Kleph Breaks Edit) – Daft Punk
40.Animal Rights (A.Skillz beatweek) – Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner
41.Night of the living bassheds (Fingure remix) – Public Enemy
42.Set you free (Acc) – N-Trance
43.Alpha Centauri – Noisia
44.Hold on (Sub focus remix) – Rusko
45.Katy on a mission (Acc) – Katy B
46.Pastime paradise – Stevie Wonder
47. Saturate the first Time (A.Skillz Mashup) – Caspa / ChemicalBros / Stanton Warriors

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Links:
A.Skillz on Finger Lickin’
A.Skillz on SoundCloud
A.Skillz on Twitter
A.Skillz on Facebook

A.SKILLZ hits Mytstique Nightclub in Winnipeg on Thursday, March 17 – yes St. Patty’s Day! The Londoner is seemingly at the top of his game lately which makes his visit to this prairie city all that much more special. I’m pumped to see him and as it turns out, my mate LOTEK and I have been asked to play one of the opening slots in our tagteam we call THE SHAKE.

Tell everyone you’re going and invite your friends here.

If you’re unfamiliar, here’s a chance to reverse that. In short, they guy plays funky breaks. His repertoire goes far beyond that though – he produces said funk, and is criminally unknown for his mashups. Take a look at the mix below for example. It’s full of customized tunes / remixes, mashups, and original productions. A.Skillz describes it as…

This 30min mix is a small sample of some of the tracks / bootys / edits / mashups i’ve been playing at gig’s over the last few months and some of the new ones I intend on playing in the next few months plus a few one off edits that will probably only ever be heard on this mix.
I will post the track listing soon so you can hunt down the tracks but a lot of the versions in this mix are my edits / remixes or mash ups that are not currently released. I will give a few of these away from time to time on my soundcloud page or release them through my Insane bangers booty label or Jam City official label so Stay tuned!

A.SKILLZ BEATS WORKING VOL 1 (Dj Mix 2011)

A.SKILLZ BEATS WORKING VOL 1 (Dj Mix 2011) by A.Skillz

For realz, I’ve been meaning to post some tunes he’s sent our way for weeks (long before I found out A.Skillz was even coming to Winnipeg). It’s kind of unavoidable now, isn’t it.

Stream: A.Skillz - Another One Bites

Stream: A.Skillz - Dust Beats Battle Break

MP3: The Beatles – Come Together (A.Skillz Remix)

Bonus:
MP3: Don Diablo – Who’s Your Daddy (A.Skillz Remix)

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Links:
A.Skillz on Finger Lickin’
A.Skillz on SoundCloud
A.Skillz on Twitter
A.Skillz on Facebook

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• CHECK YR PULSE
• LAZY RICH IN WINNIPEG
• SPECSTACULAR
• MANALOGUE’S ROBOT FUNK MIXTAPE
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Some time ago I mentioned over and over the number of Winnipeg weeklies that have taken on new directions or folded entirely. It’s only been a few months but the nightlife here is truly coming back, well, to life. Some solid doods started BASS INVADERS around the same time this darkness fell. While not a weekly, Bass Invaders do things on (roughly) a monthly basis and their gaining strength – the proof is in their parties.

THE SHAKE (that’s the tag team alter ego of Manalogue and LOTEK) are lucky enough to play this month along with the usual Bass Invaders crew, BILLY ROCKWELL and REDWORM, plus more local talent who deserve entire pages on this site. I’m feeling a sense of pride here you see, because I’m sure many of the readers (if any of you actually read the words on these pages) probably don’t have a clue where Winnipeg is. The thing is though, Winnipeg has an electronic music scene that runs deep with talent.

Drunk Love by Billy Rockwell

Try Again Bitch by Billy Rockwell

A Horrible Start by Billy Rockwell

Blerg by Billy Rockwell

Q Funk Dubsetp Mix by Redworm

P-dot-S-dot. I have no idea what I’m going to play yet, but Lotek and I have been told to play our craziest shit. This night will be deadly! Check out the event details here and invite yourself.

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