Super late on this recap post, but better late than never. Few weeks ago we (Straight Goods) teamed up with our frequent collaborators Kapacity & TheKnwldg to present the Ottawa debut of A$AP Rocky & the A$AP Mob. It was their 2nd show north of the border, and the sold out crowd spoke volumes about Canada's fanbase committment.
I haven't plugged any of my shows on here since back in '10 - but this one deserves the entry as it's goin' to be somethin' else. Been hella about the dude A$AP since he first fondled youtube with his southern infused Harlem self. Four months, couple million views, articles galore, internet buzz through the roof, and we're here - $3 million deal in pocket, 23 years young, selling out our show (and every other one as well, it seems) a month before he departs on his 30+ date arena tour with Drake & Kendrick Lamar.
Our October edition of Frenzy features Fool's Gold & Night Slugs powerhouse Kingdom. We're extremely pleased to have some heavy NYC RnBass bless our system/dancefloor.
Sean Kingston - Letting Go (Ft. Nicki Minaj) (Kingdom Dub)
Kingdom - Hottest In America
"Kingdom is a Brooklyn-based producer and DJ whose signature sets and productions have been gathering a rabid following since he released his first mixtape in 2006. Since then, DJs from Diplo to BBC’s Annie Mac have given his tracks spins, and with his recent signing to Fools Gold Records and the video for his debut single “Mind Reader” airing on MTV2, there’s no doubt that Kingdom is the young American producer to watch. Kingdom may play everything from kuduro to juke, but R&B is his first love, and it shows in his bass-heavy remixes and original tracks, often featuring R&B vocal samples on top of his trademark production style—what some have called “a Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound.” This vanguard of tropical blends, Latin stylings and bass-heavy, dance-savvy sounds from around the world is catching the ear of more than a few tastemakers. Kingdom has received positive press and praise from magazines such as The Fader and XLR8R, to trendsetting sites such as Pitchfork and Discobelle, but his eclectic, forward-thinking style blows right past the buzz. Bok Bok of the London-based Night Slugs collective attested: “The genres Kingdom dips into range across the board, but his mixes create within themselves a new logic, a gutter house aesthetic that just makes sense."
Tonight, Friday October 1st, 2010
Frenzy w/ Kingdom & DJ Drastik
Babylon Nightclub (317 Bank St.)
Doors @11pm, 19+
Our June edition of Frenzy (flyer below, fb event page here) goes down tomorrow night with none other than Mr.Fly By Night, and URB's Next 100 select, Willy Joy. Been a solid 2 years since the Chicago party front-runner's last (and only) visit to Ottawa - so we're beyond excited to let loose with Trouble & Bass' most recently acquired release talent.
Below is one of Willy's mixes from back in February '09:
Willy Joy - Pre-Party Jamz Mix
Tracklist:
The Glamour - Kidz Night
Basement Jaxx - Miracles Keep On Playin' (Red Alert Remix)
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (Jaxx Club Mix)
Million $ Mano - Lady
A-Trak & Laidback Luke - Shake It Down (Joachim Garraud Remix)
Hardrive - Deep Inside
Jamie Anderson & Content - Body Jackin' (Original Mix)
Hollywood Holt - Hollywood (Willy Joy Remix)
Tittsworth feat. Pase Rock & Kid Sister - WTF (Eli Escobar Remix)
Oh Snap - Falling Out (Sammy Bananas Remix)
Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life (Count and Sinden Sidewinder Remix)
Kid Cudi - Day 'N Nite (Crookers Remix)
Pretty Titty - JB RIP
Cousin Cole - Everybody (Demo Mix)
Blaqstarr - Hands Up Thumbs Down (Bird Peterson Remix)
Blaqstarr - Hands Up Thumbs Down (Nadastrom Remix)
Atomic Hooligan - Electro Aint Electro (Rico Rave Mix)
Disco D feat. Dean - What Color Is Yo Thong (Original Mix)
Dev79 - In Ya Face (Willy Joy Remix)
Garage Jams feat. Clare Evers - Snowflake (Wideboys 2008 Extended Mix)
Indo - R U Sleeping? (Bump & Flex Vocal Mix)
Excited to launch our new monthly open-format party tonight. The "Frenzy", much like the Disorganised monthly that we retired just last month, will focus on showcasing ahead of the curve music talents that are (as often as possible) virgin to our city's dancefloors. No better person to headline our launch party than Brandon Sek - Toronto musical tastemaker extraordinaire & author of the boundary pushing Curb Crawlers blog.
For those that aren't up on what exactly Sek does/has done, peep his interview with Eye Weekly.
Otherwise, full info is in the facebook event page.
This year's Coachella lineup was announced last night. Stacked, as expected.
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.
Tonight we have the talented homies Keys N Krates (youtube channel) playing our NYE party. I don't know why I haven't posted about them before - dudes are straight taking the remix game to a whole new level with their intricate fusion of turntablism, sampling, and live instrumentation.
One of their first gigs, about a year ago:
Several months later, headlining the Livestock annual block party:
Recent trailer for their upcoming mixtape, presented by URB Magazine:
The KnK fam will be joined by Drastik & Kaem in the main party room, while the basement room will feature Sound Syndicate's entire dj roster for all the the house heads.
Full info in the facebook event page.
Very excited about tonight's booking. We have NYC's DFA Records signee Hercules & Love Affair rollin' through town for a very special dj set. Expect a lot of great jazzy funky disco house.
Full info on Facebook event page.
And who could forget "Blind" ... their single from last year that was awarded Best Song of 2008 by Pitchfork Media.
I've been major failin' @ blogging this month. My bad on that. Last few weeks have been hella busy... from the launch of our new weekly party, to having Rampage come through last week, to being permadrunk/hungover.
Anyways, time to hop back on the net game. Tonight, as a part of our new Saturdays, we have the MTV Love Fest Tour w/ Team Canada DJs comin' through. Thanks to Ritual Nightclub's 2 floor capacity, we were able to add on one of our favourite peoples in the game - Talib Kweli. Kweli's tour dj, Chaps, will be holdin' the lounge down (with Kweli on hosting, drinking, mic fun duties) while Team Canada & Drastik handle the upper level dancefloor.
No advance tix, $12 @ door before 11:30pm.
Ritual Nightclub, 127 Besserer St.
Facebook event HERE.
Our monthly Disorganised party pops off tonight. Even the good homies over @ Fool's Gold Records are pushin' it. Our partners in crime, Jokers Of The Scene, have been doing massive touring this past year (even moved to Europe for 2 months due to the number of gigs they were booked for) so its great to finally have the boys back to play on their own turf. Both JOTS & Drastik have been steady readying themselves for the hometown throwdown. Drastik has been sick for the past week or two, so when not kleenexing mid-mixing @ various gigs, he has been kleenexing while downloading copious amounts of new music. I know this because both my toilet paper inventory & internet speed have miraculously halfed during his last visit.
JUST ADDED TO THE BILL! DJ Illo will be throwin' down as well (4 turntable set w/ Drastik).
Mika - We are Golden (Jokers of the Scene 'Are Not Who You Think They Are' Remix)
Friday August 7 2009
Babylon Nightclub
317 Bank St.
Doors @ 11
$8, 19+
Ayo Ottawa. The homie & 5 time world dj champion, A-Trak, is rollin' through town tonight with another one of our great friends, Treasure Fingers! They bringin' some next level lights, a stuffed horse with a bigger fanclub than your fave boy band, a limited toy signing session before the club, and as expected... a musical ride that no djs can parallel. I shit you not. Trizzy was the first (& only, I think?) dj to ever have me dancing in a drunken I-don't-even-care-what-I-look-like-right-now closed eye fashion (see pic), back on his Sunglasses Is A Must tour. I lost friends that night, I'm positive.
A-Trak & Treasure Fingers + Drastik & Illo
Ritual Nightclub, 137 Besserer St.
Full info in facebook event
This blog has been mad lacking lately. Saaawry. This past while has been super hectic party wise. We are celebrating our 6 years of Disorganised... and have decided to throw 6 events during our anniversary month to proper celebrate. 3 have already flown by (MSTRKRFT, Steve Aoki, Jess Jubilee/Lucie Tic/DJ Barbi), and the other half fast approaching. Add those to the Kapacity Ent. & Straight Goods gigs we have coming up and, shit, my ass is too busy illegally flyering car windshields to throw up any worthwhile posts.
For all the local cats, here be the rest of our July scheduled drunkenness:
Thurs July 9
RJD2 @ Ritual Nightclub
$10 @ door
Fri July 10
Flying Lotus @ Babylon Nightclub
(info)
Sat July 11
Jokers of the Scene, Flosstradamus, Drastik @ Ritual Nightclub
(info)
Sun July 12
Kid Koala, DJ Illo @ Ritual Nightclub
$10 @ door
Mon July 13
Gift of Gab @ Ritual Nightclub
$10 @ door
Thurs July 30
A-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers @ Ritual Nightclub
(info)
This tour is just plain stoooopid. Peep below dates & insane special tour guests.
6/17/09 NEW YORK, NY - ULTRA LOUNGE (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
6/18/09 BOSTON, MA - HOUSE OF BLUES (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
6/19/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA - ELECTRIC FACTORY (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
7/02/09 CHARLOTTE, NC - THE FORUM (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
7/03/09 ATLANTA, GA - OPERA (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
7/04/09 ORLANDO, FL - HOUSE OF BLUES (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
7/05/09 TAMPA, FL - CZAR *7/08/09 MIAMI, FL - LIV *
7/10/09 AUSTIN, TX - AUSTIN MUSIC HALL (BACARDI B-LIVE) +
7/11/09 HOUSTON, TX - WAREHOUSE LIVE *
7/13/09 PHOENIX, AZ - CLUB RED *
7/14/09 SAN DIEGO, CA - VOYEUR ^
7/16/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - THE INDEPENDENT *
7/17/09 PORTLAND, OR - ROTTURE ^
7/18/09 SEATTLE, WA - CHOP SUEY *
7/22/09 VANCOUVER, BC - RICHARD’S ON RICHARDS ^
7/23/09 CALGARY, AB - HI FI *
7/24/09 EDMONTON, AB - STAR LITE ROOM ^
7/25/09 TORONTO, ON - TIME FESTIVAL
7/30/09 OTTAWA, ON - RITUAL NIGHTCLUB * (more info on this TBA soon!)
7/31/09 NEW YORK, NY - WEBSTER HALL #
8/01/09 MONTREAL, QC - SAT *
8/07/09 CHICAGO, IL - LOLLAPALOOZA
8/08/09 LOS ANGELES, CA - HARD FESTIVAL
* with Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers
^ with Rye Rye
# with Treasure Fingers, Theophilus London and Jack Beats
+ with MSTRKRFT, Major Lazer, DJ AM, Jazzy Jeff and Drop The Lime (WTF!!!?#*%$?!)
We're bringin the "When God Gives You Ugly Tour" through town tomorrow night. Atmosphere with special guests Attracted To Gods & Shaun Boothe. Shitty deal we had to swap venues so last minute, but it ain't no thang. Musics is musics. Full info in event page.
Last night was nutso. Big thanks to all that repped hard and put up with the lineup in the rain. Time for a hangover nap before tonight's concert. Wu-Tang in the building! We still have some $32 advance tickets left, so cop those in order to avoid another wet lineup. All ticket selling locations can be found in the events page.
NOTE: this is an early show.
Doors @ 6:30pm, showtime @ 8, curfew @ 9:30.
Booo @ "embedding disabled by request"
GZA - Knock Knock (youtube video link)
April edition of Disorganised pops off tomorrow night. This month we have bassmaster Ghislain Poirier coming through with fellow MTL soundtaster Khiasma. Fellow disorg fam Drastik & Jokers of the Scene in the house too! There will be massive bass fuckery with dancehall, soca, electro, kuduro, baile, and countless subgenres Ghislain is waiting to expose us to. Full party in info on this and this page.
Get prepared.
Ghislain Poirier - Bring The Fire Mix (zShare)
Tracklist:
Z-Trip - About Faces
Heatwave - Tambouriddim
The 45 King - 900 Numbers
Raggasonic - À l’Ancienne
Blacksheep - Have U.N.E. Pull
Dizzee Rascal - Pussy’Ole (Instrumental)
Demon - Riddim In The Park feat. Mr. Vegas & Italee
K-os - The Man I Used To Be
The Streets - Don’t Mug Yourself (Big$hot remix - Ghislain slow edit)
Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Hip-Hop Dancer’s Theme
Pole - Winkelstreben (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Krys - Hey selectaSupa Dups - Kopa Riddim
Kardinal Offishall & Akon – Kill The Dance
Thunderheist - Bubblegum (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Freestylers - Ruffneck feat. Navigator
Kid Unknown - Nightmare
Razor X - Problem Version
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (Modeselektor remix)
Alison Hinds - Soca Nation (Ghislain Poirier remix)
KMC - Take Over (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Dawg E. Slaughter - Bounce
Bonjay - Gimme Gimme
60Hz - A.Montana Riddim
Mr. Oizo - $tunt$ (Flying Lotus remix)
Hudson Mohawke - (untitled)
Lady Sovereign - Fiddle With The Volume (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Hudson Mohawke - Spotted
Dabrye - The Stand
Bassnectar - Bomb The Blocks feat. Persia (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Beautiful day out. Imma do it the pre-facebook way and go promo downtown with posters & flyers. To all my Ottawa peoples, we're throwing the Bloc Party afterparty this Tuesday. The concert has been sold out for a good minute now, but the dj set tix are only 8 doellaz. Full info in the events page.
We're bringin' DZ through tonight for our March edition of Disorganised.
Homie has been merking the dubstep scene for a minute now, having his "Down" track in the top 10 in Beatport's Dubstep section for the last 10 weeks (4 of which were @ the #1 spot), landing the official remix honours of JOTS' "Baggy Bottom Boys" (which will be out on Fool's Gold records), and recently getting signed to the Trouble & Bass label.
Jokers of the Scene & Drastik will be up in the bitch as well, joining DZ in a night of heavy club music, dubstep, raveraverave, and basssssssss galore.
(Facebook event)
ALSO - this blog has turned into party promo, and I apologize for that (I've been busy), so I'll make sure to put a shitload of music up this weekend.
Thrilled to have the God Preemo back up in this bitch again! Same lineup as last time, with the addition of Blaq Poet. Much like the previous Premier nights, expect only the finest classics, and "ante up" crowd hypeness start to finish.
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