We expected having tons of fun amongst ourselves but the really amazing surprise was the fact that 4,000 people tuned in! People from all over the world check out the web event at different parts of the day; we had people stay on with us for over 12 hours!

So, this February 3rd we do it again.

Live on www.MusicIsMySanctuary.com (Audio / Video Stream)
Starting at 8pm on February 3rd (Montreal, Eastern Time)
Finishing at 8pm on February 4th

SECOND EDITION
DJ Line Up
Lexis
Poirier
Simahlak
Mossman
Scott C
HGLDT
Skinnybones
Bliss
Brace
Manzo
Seb Diamond
Sevdee

Pictures of the 1st Event

MIMS in collaboration with Montreal en Lumière is giving away a pair of tickets to the Robert Glasper show on February 24th. Definitely one of the most anticipated shows so far in 2012.

To Participate:
Simply Tweet or Join the FB group and like the Contest Post in the MIMS FB Group (Links below)
Doing both will give you two chances!

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The winner of the pair of tickets will be announced on Monday the 13th of February.

Show Info:
ROBERT GLASPER
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Gesù – Centre de créativité – Théâtre du Gesù
1200, De Bleury St.
$34.50 plus taxes and service charges ($41.17 to $46.32)
More info

One of the biggest rising stars in contemporary jazz, globe-trotting Texas pianist Robert Glasper finally arrives in Montreal. His free-spirited, ethereal and generous music, a blend of gospel, rap and hip hop dominated by jazz, is utterly irresistible and seductive. He’ll present a musical panorama featuring songs from a new album due in late February, Black Radio.

As my record collection expands, I realized how much good music I have that I don’t get to play in clubs or elsewhere. Some tunes, I have so much respect for that I wouldn’t even bother trying to sample them. As a result, I met up with my long time friend Lo Bono to think about how we could get these pieces the attention it deserves through video making. Lo Bono is a young independent film director, who is also a music lover that understands the powerful synergy that can have well orchestrated images on music. We got together and went through a stack of about 40 records (you know the ones that narrate stories and evoke images) and selected a few rare and less rare cuts to brainstorm on.

This is how Wax Office was born. We have absolutely no copyright on the material we use but we do it with the intention of making people discover wonderful music through the medium of short films. We plan to release a series of unofficial music videos starring real people instead of actors, as we thought it would make it a more interesting exercise. We will be projecting our very first creation entitled “Say Goodbye to me” at ExpoArts tomorrow. Here is the teaser and a link to the facebook event page. Hope you can make it!

Wax Office X ExpoArts (teaser) from Y Lo-Bono on Vimeo.

Event Info
Off Interarts Gallery
5143 Blvd Saint-Laurent
8pm – 12am
Voluntary Contribution
Facebook Event Page

PROPS is where you go to hear veteran DJs smash up a party with incredible records and that’s the facts.

For 8 years and running Wednesday night party people in NYC couldn’t front. Props is a music lover’s paradise. Bringing that raw, heavy, fun, sexy, soulful, honest music, the weekly selection runs the full spectrum. Both Rich Medina & Akalepse are avid record collectors, each with a heavyweight collection of 20,000+. Expect to be surprised, sweaty, and telling your friends to shake they ass next time the duo come back around.

DL: PROPS Mixtape Vol. 1 http://bit.ly/d5IkNL

Rich Medina (Jump N Funk/ Rock Steady Crew)
& Akalepse (Truth & Soul Records)

$5 ALL NIGHT, YA DIG.

Royal Phoenix Bar
5788 Boul. St-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2T 1S8

2U4U : A J DILLA TRIBUTE
Saturday February 11
Le Belmont 4483 St. Laurent
10PM-3AM $12 @ the door

MYMANHENRI
BADBADNOTGOOD [live]
SIMAHLAK
SCOTT C

Once again, we meet and celebrate the life and music of James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla, who passed away on Feb 10 2006. Those of you who have attended in previous years know that the vibe on this night is unprecedented, something you can feel, and we urge you not to miss it.

Back again are Montreal’s own SCOTT C & SIMAHLAK playing music from Dilla’s extensive catalogue, as well as rare and unreleased gems. We’re also joined by MYMANHENRI from 92bpm.com and based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD playing a live set of inspired J Dilla covers in their first Montreal appearance.

This is going to be a night to remember, so please mark it down!

http://www.92bpm.com/
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/
http://www.barbarianlove.tumblr.com/
http://www.badbadnotgood.com/

Tour Dates:
March 22 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre (with Four Tet)
March 23 – Asheville, NC – Emerald Lounge
March 24 – Atlanta, GA – 529
March 25 – Richmond, VA – Balliceaux
March 26 – Washington, D.C. – DC9
March 27 – St. Mary’s City, MD – St. Mary’s College
March 28 – Baltimore, MD – Soft House
March 30 – New York, NY – Santos Party House
April 2 – Buffalo, NY – TBA
April 3 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
April 5 – Montreal, QC – Le Belmont
April – Boston, MA – TBA
(More Dates TBA)

Promo Mix

Sonnymoon – Morning Person from Plug Research on Vimeo.

DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE + DAUGHTER of the REVOLUTION + DJ LEXIS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 – 8:30PM DOORS
Presented by World Famous Music, Music is my Sanctuary & Cafe Campus

TICKETS $10 (+ serv. charge) advance at Cafe Campus box office, Admission.com and www.worldfamousmusic.net

DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE (Toronto):
The Daft Punk Tribute are a 9-piece ensemble who reinterpret some of the world’s most popular electronic dance music with a horn section, rhythm section, vocals and electronics. Since emerging from Toronto’s prestigious Humber College Jazz Program in 2009 they have been melting faces and liquifying dancefloors at the most prestigious clubs and concert halls across Canada. They take off in January with their Winter Frost Week Tour: Montreal, Bishop’s, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto – www.daftpunktribute.ca

The Daft Punk Tribute is:
Ryan Spratt (Vocoder/Lazer Noises)
Joanna Mohammed (Vocals)
La-Nai Gabriel (alto sax / vocals)
Nevin Dunn (Tenor Sax/EWI)
James Ervin (Robot / Trumpet / Tambourine / EWI)
Matthew Giffin (Keyboards)
Michael Eckert (Guitar/Funktronics)
Liam Morin (Bass)
Michael Carrillo (Drums)
www.daftpunktribute.ca

Residents Wyld Stallyns (Construct & Harmsworth) welcome Wolfey and yours truly at Le Belmont, one of the dopest rooms in MTL to throwdown some beats! I’m pretty excited about this one because I get to do a type of set I don’t do very often!

The night is all about the crunchier and bassy side of the beats. So expect some glitchy stuff, some 8bit stuff and more Electronic weirdo, but danceable beats! There is tons of good stuff in that genre coming out these last 3-4 years with people like Rustie, Dibiase, Flylo, Eero Johannes, Flako, Samiyam and so on…

HEADS UP
with: Wyld Stallyns, Lexis & Wolfey
Thursday January 12th
Le Belmont
4483 Boulevard St-Laurent
Facebook Event Page

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For this edition, resident A-Rock will be joined by Doc’Trin and MIMS’ very own Lexis. As you figured out from the name, the night is all about the D aka Motortown! Of course, it’s not only about Detroit music but it has to fall within the family tree yaknowwhatwesayin? So no wonky, no future garage, no dubstep.

You can take a break from that for a week can’t you?

Just a little taste…

Jackie Beavers “Mr Bump Man”

Blizzarts
3956A St Laurent
10pm to 3am
free before 11pm, 5$ after

One of the biggest rising stars in contemporary jazz, globetrotting Texas pianist Robert Glasper, will be playing at the Gesù in Montreal. His freespirited, ethereal and generous music, a blend of gospel, rap and hip hop dominated by jazz, is utterly irresistible and seductive. He’ll present a musical panorama featuring songs from a new album due in January, Black Radio.

Tickets: 40$
Admission.com Link

Gesù Montreal
1202 DE BLEURY RUE, Montréal, Québec
(514) 866-2305

Hey guys! This is your friendly neighborhood DJs from Project Sunday! Did you know that we’re throwing a Footwork rave on New Year’s Eve? It’s true! You might have seen us flyering Blizzarts and Bluedog or posting about it on Facebook! In case you haven’t heard about it and are still considering your options for December 31st, we’re stoked to let you know that we’ll be bringing the best in Grime, Bass music and Juke/Footwork at Who da Coldest NYE! What’s Footwork you say? Why, we’re glad you asked! Footwork (or Juke, let’s not get into that…) is a style of high-speed Ghetto-House straight out of Chicago. It’s 160BPM, features lots of skippy drums and sounds like Aliens trying to make Jungle out of House Music and Hip-Hop but getting it all wrong. We’re sure all of you wonderful Music is My Sanctuary readers will love it (if you don’t already!) and we decided it’d be in the Holiday spirit to list our five favorite tunes of the year! Enjoy and see you on New Year’s Eve!

Check out the promo video
Who Da Coldest NYE Event Info 

1. DJ Rashad & Gant Man – Heaven Sent

A lot of Footwork can seem noisy and anti-musical at first glance since the genre is based on unorthodox rhythms and very short musical phrases but 2011 saw the style expand into more melodic song structures both abroad and in Chicago. This Bangs & Works 2 stand out from Juke Godfather DJ Rashad and scene leader Gant Man combined a G-Funk inspired bassline to straight up ghetto house drumming before exploding into triplet drum patterns that have come to define Footwork in the EDM world. It’s everything that makes Footwork special: the jacking energy of house, the rumbling 808s of Trap music, the sinewy grooves of funk and the weirdness you get from a community of like-minded musicians creating something special for a local community that doesn’t give an F about the outside world. Plus, it’s pretty damn sexy: if you need to convince your girl that Juke is the shit, this is the track to do it with.

2. DJ Earl – Had My Way

The influence of Chicago Hip-Hop producers and emcees can be found all over Footwork’s DNA. While national House and Hip-Hop alliances haven’t always worked out for the best, with neither scene trusting the other, the Chicago underground has proven to have no such qualms mixing dance and rap. Here, No I.D’s sample science gets updated for the 21st century with classic records getting chopped, flipped, screwed and reverse engineered into stuttering compositions that re-imagine the city’s soul and blues traditions for a rough new era. Meanwhile, shades of classic ghetto house and Twista’s rapid-fire Midwestern music shine through the hi-speed rhythms and 808s. Play this one for your true-school Hip-Hop homies and watch ‘em freak out!

3. Rashad – Welcome 2 da Chi

One of the great things about Footwork these days is how it re-imagines new school rap music as pure dance floor heat without getting bogged down by Hip-Hop traditions. Whereas NY crate-diggers were once the unchallenged masters of the sampler, Chicago producers are re-inventing the game by using rap itself as source material. Here, Rashad chops up Jay & Kanye’s 2011 anthem “Niggas in Paris” as a battle track before hitting you with MASSIVE London influenced sub-low frequencies, keeping all the roughneck energy that makes Trap rap so dope but with bass music precision. OK, we’re cheating here since you couldn’t (officially) get your hands on this track in 2011 but c’mon: this Juke-version is so much better than the overproduced original.

4. DJ Spinn – LOL

A good Footwork set is all about shifting patterns and going from straight up high-speed bootyhouse to half-time experiments to tracks built entirely on triplets. Somehow DJ Spinn’s LOL manages this all in one track. Built on another jazzy soul loop obliterated into atoms, it’s a surprisingly musical moment that have had a few people bandying about words like “deep” and “intelligent” like this was the 90s. While it’s important to show the world that Juke/Footwork is a versatile musical movement rather than a single-idea fad, we’re not fans of this sort of division. Good music is good music: no need for subgenres on this one, particularly given how much it bangs on a booming system.

5. Leatherface – I Wish

2010 was the year Footwork broke outside of Chicago but 2011 was the year it truly went international. Producers from all over the world started not only creating Juke but also adapting it to their own needs. While a metric ton of UK beatmakers went on to fuse Footwork’s drum patterns to a Bass music foundation, the genre also found fans out in France where producers such as Leatherface and his Nightmare Juke Squad delivered authentic Footwork bangers…with a twist. On I Wish, we see several of the genre’s competing elements pushed to extremes with ultra-precise choppage meeting a Hip-Hop ready sample source. A whole lot of people are focusing on London’s eclectic music scene right now but Paris’s rich Hip-Hop tradition both in music and dance has made it the ideal location for Juke to begin it’s international takeover and with tracks like this – Chicago better watch out!

Details Here

LOOKOUT & Mook Life bring you a holiday season gathering you may forget!!!

EPIC CHILLING DU TEMPS DES FETES with special guest:

SAMIYAM (Brainfeeder, LA)
www.myspace.com/samiyambeats

For anyone who made it in to CFC in February to watch Sam with his ex-roomie and label mate Teebs, you know what the fuck can happen when Mr Baker shows up with the SP404. Hot off of a European & Asian tour, with his follow up, ‘Sam Baker’s Album’ out now on Brainfeeder ( http://tinyurl.com/br7eu5z ) come check out the heavy heavy heavy in the flesh!!!

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also for your ears we got the finest of the Old School/New School DJs…

Lexis (MusicIsMySanctuary.com)
Rilly Guilty (Clark St, Lookout)
Tronald Trump (Clark St, Lookout)
Phil Sparkz (Booty Bakery)

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location will be announced 36hrs prior to the event, so check back or ask your friend who knows somebody.

5$ before 11pm, 10$ the rest o’ the night.

http://www.mook-life.com/
http://www.lookoutpresents.com/
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/

Tru Thoughts Recording artist Mark de Clive-Lowe will be doing REMIX:LIVE in Montreal! The set features on the spot remixes of his own tracks and other club classics…all done with his keys, drum machine and effects. If you’ve never seen an MdCL show before, now is your time!

Rounding out the bill are sets by:
Colonel Red
Ken-Lo Cranqunqunes
Andy Williams (The Goods)
Lexis (Music Is My Sanctuary)

Saturday marks the birthday of one of Montreal’s longest running monthly nights. The 6th Anniversary of the monthly POW WOW night with resident bad boys Ephiks and Naes!

I’ve had the pleasure to play a few months back and it’s pretty much a guaranteed good time every time, probably the only night these days where you can hear quality hip-hop. Yes, the classics but also the weirder joints too!

For the occasion, the boys will be releasing their new mixtape called The Magic Touche DJ Mixtapes focused on remixes and mashups are not something that really interests me too much these days but these guys do it verrrry well. Here is the first example of what’s to come on The Magic Touche

Maybe Watson Feat Jam & P-Dox – Les Gentils (Naes & Ephiks Plus Gentil Remix) by payzplay

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Friday November 18th
Line-up: Africa Hi-Tech (UK), Ango, Lexis, Boomclap Sound
Location: Cabaret du Mile-End (5420 Avenue du Parc)
Details

Saturday November 26th
Line-up: DJ Vadim (UK), Poirier, Lexis
Location: Belmont (4483 Saint-Laurent)
Details

Saturday December 17th
Line-up: Mark De Clive-Lowe (US), Colonel Red (UK), Lexis, Kenlo, Andy Williams
Location: Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent)
Details

A new weekly served fresh out the oven to satisfy your need to pop, lock & twerk. Every week we’ll be showcasing the hottest local & international artists. You’ll be hearing Bass Music, Funky/Garage, Juke, Ghetto House and SO MUCH more….

On the menu for round six:

LEXIS (Music Is My Sanctuary)
www.musicismysanctuary.com/djlexis
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/

And your resident pastry chefs:

PHIL SPARKZ
http://soundcloud.com/sparkzmtl

BONGIOVANNI
http://soundcloud.com/bongiovannimtl

COMPTON CHIC
http://soundcloud.com/compton-chic

Indie Montreal, Boomclap & Music Is My Sanctuary Present…

AFRICA HITECH
-Warp-
http://warp.net/africa-hitech

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ANGO
-Lucky Me-
www.ango.ca

BOOMCLAP SOUNDCREW
-New Sounds of MTL-
www.facebook.com/groups/boomclap

LEXIS
-Music Is My Sanctuary-
www.musicismysanctuary.com

Advanced tickets / Billets à l’avance:
$11.40 + tax, svc ($13 + svc)
ON-SALE NOW! / EN VENTE MAINTENANT!

Outlets:
(as of Friday, November 4)
Online – www.indiemontreal.ca
Atom Heart – 364 Sherbrooke E.
Moog – 3828 St. Laurent
Off The Hook – 1021 Ste. Catherine O.
Cheap Thrills – 2044 Metcalfe

At the Door/ À La Porte (If not sold out/ si il en reste):
$14.91 at the door + tax, svc ($17 + svc)

Doors/Portes
10:00 PM / 22h00

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Nearly nine years ago Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. First came an appearance by Spacek on Pritchard’s Troubleman album, then the collaborative track “Turn It On” released on Sonar Kollektive. It was when they both, by pure coincidence, found themselves living in Australia that the connection was cemented. Africa Hitech is the moniker which represents both Steve and Mark’s love for all things progressive within music, whilst acknowledging that the roots of much of today’s popular music can be traced directly back to Africa.

Pritchard had already begun to narrow the gaps between the pair’s beloved genres under his Harmonic 313 moniker and Spacek was eager to explore new directions in both his production and vocals after the disbandment of his eponymous band and the worldwide acclaim of his Dilla-asisted “Dollar” single. The first widely heard fruits of the duo’s labor was the striking single “Blen”. A penetrating exercise in minimalist dancehall swordplay, it was released under the intriguing name Africa Hitech which immediately seemed to encompass both the influences and ambitions of the newly christened 2-piece.

While Spacek’s predatory ragamuffin chat on “Blen” was a pleasant shock to many, Pritchard’s compositions straddled UK garage and ruff-neck Kingston logic just as deftly. More of the same could have easily followed, but instead came the “Hitecherous” vinyl double-pack. Nodding heavily towards classic grime, techno and even (on “Too Late”) smooth, futuristic lover’s rock, the expansive EP shed some light on where the duo were headed. As well as sculpting their own vision of future music, they would also stop do update the genres they loved along the way.

The result is 93 Million Miles, an unflinchingly ambitious product of international globe-trotting that carves a new fault-line into the rapidly expanding terrain of “bass music”…or whatever it’s being called this week. The first point of introduction for many will have been the Ini Kamoze-sampling behemoth “Out In The Streets”, immediately championed by Flying Lotus, Untold, Toddla T, Benji B, Scratcha DVA and featured in “Wild Hundreds”, a documentary about Chicago’s underground Juke/Footwork dance community. A brilliant exercise in artful international data-splicing, “Out In The Streets” combines the ghosts of 1980s Jamaica with the youth-culture explosion of juke.

While there are several incredibly unique footwork deconstructions on the album, other tracks like “Our Luv” and the album’s title track look to Chicago house and Detroit Techno while Spacek’s combative patois returns drenched in sinister vocoder tones on the grime-meets-dancehall bubbler “Do You Wanna Fight?”. Still more explorations come with the album’s second half when afrobeat, dub and deep jazz experimentalism are all added to the already potent cocktail. For many this ambitious cultural intake could spell disaster, but in the hands of Pritchard and Spacek it becomes a surprising, fulfilling journey aimed squarely at the dedicated listener rather than simply at the dancefloor. Given the duo’s breadth of experience and exquisite levels of taste and ability, it could go no other way.

http://warp.net/africa-hitech

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PRESENTED BY INDIE MONTREAL, BOOMCLAP, MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARY

INDIE MONTREAL
www.indiemontreal.ca
http://twitter.com/indiemontreal
Page: www.facebook.com/IndieMontreal
Group: ‘Montreal Indie Music Network’ on Facebook

BOOMCLAP
www.facebook.com/groups/boomclap

MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARY
www.musicismysanctuary.com

In collaboration with / En collaboration avec:
Scion - www.scionnation.ca
Solotech - www.solotech.com
Surefire Sound - www.surefiresound.com
Friends of Friends - www.fofmusic.net

MIKE SLOTT (NY, Lucky Me Records) — http://mikeslott.bandcamp.com/
ELAQUENT (TO) — http://soundcloud.com/elaquent
SUNCLEF (TO) — http://sunclef.bandcamp.com/

VLooper & KenLo (Alaclair Ensemble, Tout’Nou)
http://alaclairensemble.bandcamp.com/album/un-piou-piou-parmi-tant-dautres
Bueller (Tout’Nou) — http://bueller.bandcamp.com/
Smilé/Smah (K6A) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ5QkfnAIjA
Kaytradamus (Alaiz) http://kaytradamus.bandcamp.com/

Good Grooves + Future Classics :
LEXIS — www.musicismysanctuary.com

Hosted by SevDee & Mark The Magnanimous
Hosted by SPLCreations and MusicIsMySanctuary.com

CFC
6388 St-Hubert
Montreal, Quebec

For the 15th edition, Karnival is keeping the pace as one of the nights with the best bookings in Montreal (Rupture, Kentaro, Kode9, Mungo’s Hi-Fi). Where would we be without The Goods & Karnival monthlies! For this one, Music Is My Sanctuary is teaming up with Poirier to bring you one of my favorite producers for just about 10 years: Russia’s DJ VADIM!

One look at Vadim’s discogs page and you realize how impressive his track record of quality and diversity truly is. One of the earliest stars of the Ninja Tune label (and one who introduced me to that sound), he also went on to record for other top notch labels as BBE. He is also the driving force behind groups like One Self and The Electric. He is definitely one of the handful of guys that widened my interest in leftfield beats.

Most importantly, on top of being a dope producer, Vadim is a really amazing dj. Thus, the name DJ VADIM. Check out one of his many mixes below.

Karnival v.15
@ Le Belmont (4483 St-Laurent)
w/ VADIM, Poirier & Lexis

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH E.S.L, LAWLESS & UK PIRATE RADIO STATION NASTY FM PRESENT ‘NASTY HALLOWEEN’. A GRIME & UK FUNKY RAVE IN MONTREAL, CANADA HOSTED BY THE STATIONS TOP DJ’S AND MC’S.
$20 @ DOOR

LIMITED PRE-SALE TICKETS $15 AT ATOM HEART (364 RUE. SHERBROOKE)
LOCATION REVEALED 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE EVENT AT WWW.NASTY.FM

MAK 10
No introduction needed. DJ MAK 10 is a pioneer in the UK GRIME scene. MAK’s career started with the infamous N.A.S.T.Y. CREW, which developed most of grimes biggest acts to date with the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Ghetto, D double E, Footsie , Monkee (Newham Generals), Jammer, JME, Skepta ,Dirty Goodz, Bruza ,Roll Deep, also brothers Lil Nasty and Griminal and many more. MAK 10 is a taste-maker and straight up’ burns other DJs. Attached is the recoding of MAK 10 2010, new years eve party, recorded live in Montreal.
:: Nasty FM / Sunday / 3-5

HYPER MC
HYPER is a legendary MC part of the original N.A.S.T.Y CREW. His spin on MC’ing influenced GRIME in a big way, representing the loud, easy-to-follow style jocked by the best MC’s like Skepta and Wiley. 3 years ago Hyper was asked to come do a Christmas day special on RINSE FM. He has been back and involved, ever since.

LIL NASTY
Little brother to Marcus Nasty, Mak 10, and Griminal, cousin to DJ Spyro, Terror Danjah, Nasty Jack and growing up around the whole N.A.S.T.Y. crew; you could say that Lil Nasty had a privileged upbringing. This past year Nasrt’ has gone to work, dropping his mixtape ‘Rock N Rolla’, starting the clothing line ‘Nasty By Nature’, and releasing a new single ‘BIG’ produced by Virgo. Lil Nasty is rated among the top MC’s at the moment.

FREEZA CHIN
Freeza Chin started as a lover’s rock/dancehall DJ in the late 90′s, so it’s no surprise that everything that he plays today is heavily ragga-influenced. Besides being a DJ, he is a well seasoned emcee. Being one third of the UKC crew, along with partners Plain English and Alki Riddimz, he has played a key part in laying the foundation of Toronto’s (and arguably Canada’s) thriving dubstep and grime scene. As one of the hardest working performers in country, he has shared the stage with the likes of Logan Sama, Joe Nice, D1, MRK1, Juakali, XI, Marcus Visionary, Benny Page, DZ, Sharmaji, Harry Shotta and many more.
:: Nasty FM / Friday / 7-9

TRE MISSION
Tre Mission broke into the UK Grime Scene in early 2010 with Freestyles over beats like Sukh Knight’s “Petrol not Diesel” and S-X’s “Woo Riddim”. Since then he frequents the UK, touring the city with BOY BETTA KNOW, representing Toronto, Canada. Rolling with Freeza Chin, Tre apparently heard about the line-up and wanted to come! This is a special unexpected guest! (A Halloween Miracle?!!)

DJ CONSTRUCT
Starting in Halifax 5 years ago as a DnB/Breaks promoter, he discovered Dubstep and propelled himself to the air waves of CKDU.ca 88.1FM for a 2 year stint before making moves to Montreal. Jumping on board with Vilify at Bass Drive Wednesdays and running two weekly radio shows at Sub.FM & Jungletrain.net, it wasn’t long before Constuct had rinsed all the biggest clubs & venues in Montreal. Performing on stage with acts such as Benga, Skream, Rusko, Goldie, Bassnectar, Chrispy, Borgore, and many more. He also takes care of international J’amie Le Dubstep.
:: Nasty FM / Wed / 7-9pm

E.S.L.
ESL Productions consists of Jennifer Wade (promotion, bookings, event-coordination) BUS (founder, DJ), Skinnybones (DJ, producer, graphic design) and Bowly aka DJ Sharivari (DJ, producer). A crew dedicated to popularizing UK sub-genres: Garage, Grime, Dubstep, Bassline, Jungle and UK Funky, amongst other fast moving classifications. Conceptually, the team works together to create unique events including MTL FUNKY and works with other crews in MTL to put on big NYE and other holiday raves. Outside of pushing new UK genres, the focus of the clique is to create positive vibes and a sense of community. With two producers and counting, rare dubs, and UK style mixing, the E.S.L. crew takes it, every time.
::: Nasty FM / Saturday / 7-9

PURSUIT GROOVES (BROOKLYN, Tectonic/Rush Hour)
Pursuit Grooves (Vanese Smith) stands out from the rest not only as a female producer but as a music producer in general. Refusing to be defined or labeled she graciously accepts all of her influences to create something that is distinctly her own while owing much to the past. Inspiration includes soul/funk artists (Cameo, Sade, Loose Ends), trip hop gurus (Bjork, Massive Attack, Portishead) and hip hop producers (DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Jay Dee). She travels internationally performing a live show filled with her energetic beats via a hardware sampler and MC vocals that no one else on the scene delivers.

KENLO CRAQNUQUES
KenLo Craqnuques (aka Akena Lohamba Okoko) is a producer from Sainte-Foy, Québec, who’s been operating his beat spaceship since 2005. In 2007, he began releasing the free instrumental series entitled Craqnuques, which has so far issued seven colour series of random productions and broken loops (Noir, Bleu, Mauve, Orange, Rose, Brun and Turquoise). Lo also works on various online instrumental projects (Bullesbubbles I & II with VLooper (2009), Qwerty Musique : Mononucléose (2009), Cailloux Germés EP (2010) and has added some Montreal flavour to the Beat Dimensions vol. 2 (2009) compilation

SMOKED MEAT FAX MACHINE (Ancient Robot)
Smoked Meat Fax Machine is John Constantinides, an electronic musician, producer and DJ based in Montreal. He adopted the bizarre moniker when he began DJing at local clubs and loft parties in 2001, playing mainly deep funk records collected from his international crate-digging adventures. In 2007 Constantinides began crafting his own brand of funk-drenched electronic music, featuring juicy basslines, swerving arrangements and infectious, gritty synth hooks. He founded a label (http://ancientrobot.com/) to release his tracks, and it has since grown into an outlet for forward-thinking underground producers. The Smoked Meat Fax Machine live show currently features Constantinides on laptop/gear alongside drummer Mark Zadel.

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LEXIS
You know me by now…

CFC
6388 St-Hubert
Montreal, QC
5$ before 11PM, 8$ after.

Last time . For your enjoyment, here is Dibiase’s recorded set at ArtBeat #2.

Featuring:
SIKH KNOWLEDGE AND BEEKER LABS are LIGHTER’S INTERNATIONAL
+++ KENLO & VLOOPER +++ (Piu! Piu!)

PHIL SPARKZ 
SMILÉ (K6A)
HIGH-KLASSIFIED and DR MAD (ALAIZ)
VINCENT BANVILLE (DEAD OBIES)
Introducing
NOO BAP

along with the one and only SCOTT C (The Goods)
Hosted by Sevdee & Mark The Magnanimous

@ PANDA BAR
2021 St Denis
9pm
10$

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THE OLYMPIA
1004 STE CATHERINE ST EAST

TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.BLACKSTARMTL.COM
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CITY STYLES: 514.499.9114 — OFF THE HOOK: 514.499.1021 — MOOG AUDIO: 514.284.7434 — INDUSTRIE: 514.522.3870

ON CAMPUS: CONCORDIA: AUS 2070 MACKAY (4TH FLOOR)

A brand new experience taking the Blizzarts Sunday Night Bass concept to the year 3000, PROJECT has arrived. No overcooked heavy-metal chainsaws, no watered down electro-pop, PROJECT promises strictly the finest in uncompromised urban bass music combining slamming percussion, rattling sub-frequencies, quality production and a street-wise edge.

Genre doesn’t matter. Tempo doesn’t matter. Vibe matters and we at PROJECT promise you nothing but the dreadest of dread and the most euphoric of highs as we collide street culture to club culture.

Classic London Grime? We got it. Original Chicago Footwork? Check. A new concept of Deep House informed by the rudebwoy edge of UKG? Oh yeah. If you grew up on Hip-Hop, Acid House, Jungle and dark Garage and are ready for a night combining those influences into something brand new, welcome home.

Resident DJs:
- HGLDT // www.SwingAndSkip.com
- Son Raw // www.PassionWeiss.com
- Hesk // http://HeskHeskHesk.tumblr.com/
- Paveun // www.soundcloud.com/Paveun/

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH
Blizzarts
3956 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
FREE ALL NIGHT!

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You’re all invited to the 4th installation of the 90’s HipHop Classics’ Revival at Bobards, 4328 boul Saint-Laurent, on October 8th, 2011, doors at 9pm, 8$. Get ready for another night filled with classics played by this Live band GroundFOOd with NOmadic Massive’s vocalists and some of Montreal’s finest MC. Lets DROP IT !!!Come early and leave late! Music by Dj kYou

Les Bobards
4328 boul Saint-Laurent

Facebook Event Page

GROUNDFOOD http://www.reverbnation.com/groundfood
NOMADIC MASSIVE http://www.nomadicmassive.com/

Red Bull Music Academy, Public Transit Recordings & TheFutureIsNow  Present:

SARAH LINHARES
‘Messages From The Future’
Album Launch Party & Live Show

With special guests

THURSDAY OCTOBER 6^th, 2011
7:30 PM
(SARAH ON AT 9:30pm)

LE BELMONT
4483 boul. St-Laurent
Montreal, Qc
$10 (entrance & digital album)
$15 (entrance & album)

SPECIAL GUESTS 
SIBIAN & FAUN (Xavier Léon from S&F IS Montreal’s ONLY 2011 Red Bull Music Academy Participant!)
MOONSTARR(Public Transit Recordings & Executive Producer of MFTF)
KENLO CRAQNUQUES(Alaclair Ensemble & Producer on MFTF)
SIKH KNOWLEDGE(RBMA alumni & Producer on MFTF)
IamBlackGirl (Nomadic Massive)

& Dj sets from:
SCOTT C (The Goods)
LEXIS (Music Is My Sanctuary)

There is definitely a huge garage and 2step revival going on right now. The influence of UKG can be heard in tons of young producers like Falty DL, Jacques Greene, Julio Bashmore, Blawan, Ramadanman and so on. The legacy left by the glory days of UKG and producers like Steve Gurley, Tuff Jam, Booker T, Wookie, Sticky, Grant Nelson is still here and it also helps that you have guys like Zed Bias, El-B, MJ Cole all still making amazing music.

So anyyyways, all this to say that all four of us are all excited to hear some of our favorite classics in a loud system, the way UKG is meant to be enjoyed!

In the meantime, feel free to check out my mix from a few months ago called “UK Garage Classics part 1″, the part 2 will be released and given at the event (if all goes well!)

UK GARAGE 4EVER
Saturday October 1st
Dr. Love, Lexis, A-Rock and Bowly
@ CFC (6388 St-Hubert)

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JESSE ROSE
http://jesserose.net/

Jesse has been producing and playing records for over fourteen years. Raised on an upbringing of Motown Soul, Jazz and Eighties Funk, in London’s Ladbroke Grove area, Jesse moved to Bristol at the age of twelve and started working with old friend Jamie Anderson at the beginning of the nineties.

He’s is fast becoming one of Europe’s most in-demand house DJ’s, regularly playing the worlds most respected clubs including Fabric, Panoramabar, Basics, WMF, The End and Weekend to name just a few. Residencies have included Front Room Sessions @ Kinzo in Berlin, Wagg in Paris, a two-year stint on Kiss FM & Back to Yours in London, which he continues to play bi-monthly.

Le Belmont
4483 St-Laurent
Montreal, QC

PRESALE: $15+SV
DOOR: $20+SV
Purchase Online: http://bit.ly/p1q8BW

Don’t want to get too many emotional about this one but shit, this one is a dream come true for me. Like many hip-hop heads, in 2007 “Below the Heavens” came in at a time where I really needed to get excited about rap music again and it pretty much didn’t leave my record box for the next two years. Blu and Exile together conjure the same feeling for heads as Pete Rock & Cl Smooth. Since the early 2000′s both of them have put out some of the most interesting work in the game. Taking risks and working the angles on every project.

When I met Morgan who is part of Sofa King Raw a couple years ago, this was one of the first conversations we had “shit we should bring Blu and Exile”. Well, there you have it!

BLU
EXILE
+
Lexis & Guilty (Dj Sets)
ShashU (Live Beats Set)

Tuesday September 27th 2011
Le Belmont (4483 St-Laurent)
Doors at 9pm
18+

Tickets:
10$ Pre-Sale
Online: LookoutPresents.com
Off the Hook (1021a Ste-Catherine W.)
High Times (1385 Ste-Catherine W.)
Sub V (5666 Ste-Catherine W.)
Moog Audio (3828 St-Laurent)

Just a little heads up to remind you that I will have the pleasure to be part of the Pop Montreal festival once again this year. This year i’ll share the bill with a Toronto’s XI and fellow MTL-er James Krown.

XI has already been to Montreal a couple times already (check out the video of his last Mutek performance below) but i’m looking forward to playing with a dude i’ve heard nothing but good things about. And well… his music speaks for itself: a lovely blend of futuristic techy riddims. A great mix of dubstep, IDM, garage, house and so on…

The show is part of the Indie Montreal showcase and will also feature great live acts starting at 19h30. Sandman Viper Command, Sweet Mother Logic, Cherry Chapsticks & Humans
September 23rd at 3 Minots

Set times:
12-1: James Krown
1-2: Lexis
2-3: XI

Not that playing a vinyl set is the whole point of my set or the night, it’s more about the appreciation of music whatever the hell format it’s in. But playing on weeknights has always been really fun for me, seems there are more people there for the music than the usual weekend pub crawl.

I’ll be playing with one of my favorite dudes in the city, Phil Sparkz who just put together an outstanding my called the 69ers, if you haven’t checked it! (Part 1 / Part 2). Also running things will be Doctor Bahar,

Korova
3908 boul. Saint-Laurent
Montreal, QC

FUNKEN WEDNESDAY
with Docteur Bahar, Phil Sparkz & guest Lexis

KARNIVAL v.13
Vendredi le 30 septembre 2011

MUNGO’S HI FI
(Scotch Bonnet – Glasgow, UK) – 1ère fois au Canada!
http://www.mungoshifi.net/
http://soundcloud.com/mungoshifi

POIRIER
(Ninja Tune)
http://www.poiriersound.com/
http://soundcloud.com/poiriersound

RIDDIM WISE
(cism)
http://www.soundcloud.com/riddimwise

Le Belmont
4483, St-Laurent
10pm – 3am / 10$

CONTANGO (TORONTO)
MAYSR (MTL)
BRDN (LIVE)
$10
DOORS @ MIDNIGHT

EASTERN BLOCC – BACK ENTRANCE
7240 Clark
Montreal, QC

Eglo Records label boss and Rinse Fm‘s most diverse selector, Alexander Nut has made a name for himself blending all corners of the contemporary music spectrum into a glimmering prism of late-night futurism, regularly filling Saturday afternoon’s with a mutant brew of bass heavy sounds from hip hop to house to dubstep and beyond, showcasing a plethora of producers with a mixing style all his own. His label Eglo Records (co-run with Floating Points) has fast become a byword for eclectic quality and continues to push the musical envelope with contrasting releases from Floating Points, Funkineven, Mizz Beats, Fatima and Arp 101. In 2009 Nut release the 8th in the Rinse mix CD series, which was voted No.3 in Phonica’s top 100 releases of the year. A regular at FWD, Plastic People, Deviation and Fabric.

ALEXANDER NUT (UK)
+ MY MAN HENRI (TORONTO) + LEXIS (MIMS) + GUILTY (LOOKOUT)
@ CFC (6388 St-Hubert)

For the first time ever in Montreal, Can. – the Ambassador to Boogaloo and Latin Soul Music, Mr. JOE BATAAN along with back up band created by, Nomadic Massive’s Drummer/ M.C, Butta Beats, called MANTECOSO. In addition the round up the bill will be the always dope and reliable THE GOODS Sound System, (Scott C and Andy Williams), and to kick off the evening, an opening act influenced and inspired by, the Joe Bataan sound, straight from Spanish Harlem NYC – The SAN JUAN HILL band.

More info – Pop Montreal.com

After a couple of weeks off Piknic is back this sunday (praying to the sun god). Three of the dopest producers in the game (and also three of my personal favorites) will be sharing the stage at Piknic Electronik, Montreal’s now famous sunday hangout spot.

Back in may when the Piknic lineup for the summer of 2011 came out a lot of people instantly circled this one on their calendar. And that was even before Scuba was added to the line-up a couple of weeks ago!

The fit between these three is just so well thought out because although all three belong to the UK underground family, they definitely bring different takes on it:

Scuba has his techno flavour mixed with the new school UK-isms, Addison Groove does the whole Juke / 808 revival thing while Appleblim is just that perfect blend of tracks for the steppers and the dub heads.

Set times:
14:00
Dorobo
16:00
Appleblim
18:00
Addison Groove (Live)
19:30
Scuba

Montreal has been waiting a few months for this and now it’s here!

Addison Groove – Work It

Kryptic Minds – Can’t Sleep (Scuba Remix)

Appleblim – Circling

Important note; this edition of the Piknic will be at Jardin des Floralies (details):

Gilles Peterson returns to Montreal for the second time in two years as part of the three day Cuban mini-festival sponsored by Havana Club. It’s always a pretty exciting thing for me when I get to see Gilles play as he’s definitely been an inspiration and model for over 10 years when I started listening to his BBC 1 Worldwide radio show.

Tickets: 28$

Thursday August 11th, 2011
@ La Tulipe
4530 Avenue Papineau, Montreal, QC
http://www.latulipe.ca

AKIDO (akidomusic.com)
+
LEXIS (musicismysanctuary.com)

O Patro Vys
356 Mont-Royal Est – 514-845-3855

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4e Anniversaire de MusicIsMySanctuary.com
4th Year Anniversary of MusicIsMySanctuary.com

CFC
6388 St-Hubert
5$ before 11:30pm – 8$ cover after

verrrry special guest
LEFTO (Brownswood Records, Belgium)

Lefto is derived from the French ‘leve tot,’ meaning early riser, received his first set of turntables in 1996, which his father bought for him on a bank loan, and he has not turned back since. On the look out for new opportunities, he was first discovered in Brussels by the Music Mania Record Store that has established a nationally respected name for discovering the best in new DJ talents. On their payroll for six years, he then moved on to being the main DJ and host of De Hop, the only nationally broadcasted Hip Hop radio show in Brussels for more than nine years.

As well as being a talented DJ, Lefto is Co-President of the Brussels based label B9000 (BE) and has released many albums as well as contributed to many releases across the world. Amongst those are the Eardrums EP with Jerboa, a contribution to the Nine compilation (distributed by Rush Hour) and a remix-album for the world-famous Blue Note label titled ‘Out Of the Blue’.

Among his fans is world renowned DJ Gilles Peterson who praises Lefto’s eclecticism and tight mixing skills. He made him a part of the Brownswood family and an official resident of the Worldwide Festivals, as well as a regular writer for the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Blog. Gilles recently named Lefto 2009 Best Radio Show for his Worldwide Awards. Lefto released the ‘Worldwide Family Vol.1′ compilation on Brownswood with fellow GPWW family member Simbad early January 2011 and is currently touring in support of the release.

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WITH:
LEXIS (MusicIsMySanctuary.com)
JAMES KROWN (http://www.soundcloud.com/​jameskrown)

HOSTED BY DL JONES
FREE BEFORE 12, $10 AFTER

Velvet – Auberge St-Gabriel
426 ST-GABRIEL
Montreal, QC

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